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Where is Herefordshire?
Herefordshire
You are HereHEREFORDSHIR
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WHAT ARE RENEWABLEENERGY CROPS?
Crops grown on agricultural land for energy production.
Energy Grasses ~ e.g., MISCANTHUS
Energy Wood ~
e.g., WILLOW COPPICE.
Diversification for Farmers
HOW DO THEY PRODUCE ENERGY?
• Produces heat, or steam to drive turbines.
• Conversion units fire the biomass.
• Available from 1 mw to
35 mw• British manufacturers
(Talbotts of Stafford)
HOW DOES AN ENERGY CROP GROW?
MISCANTHUS
• Planted in Spring as a rhizome.
• Produces a dense population of cane ~ about 12 feet high.
• Harvested March with mower and baler.
• No fertiliser, or sprays
• CO 2 efficient ~ environmentally friendly.
• Ecologically friendly.
PROJECTS ON LINE
HEREFORDSHIRE BIOMASS PROJECT
• 20 mw Green Energy Station
• 70,000 tonnes of renewable biomass per annum
• 3,500 plus hectares and 400 plus farmers
• £1.5 million crop value per annum
STAFFORDSHIRE PROJECT
• 2 mw Green heat project – Talbotts Unit
• 1,000 hectares © 100 farmers.
NEW PROJECTS?
• Heat and power on a local basis
• Schools
• Hospitals/Care Homes
• Local Projects easily driven forward
WHAT DOES THE INDUSTRY NEED?
• Planning Support
• Funding Support
• Quality Projects
• People to Make Things Happen!
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