Use Wood, Don't Burn It
Submitted by allgreen on Sat, 08/06/2011 - 11:06{EAV_BLOG_VER:d8d8317f40d9f024}
We've had an interesting email from the Make Wood Work campaign.
In essence, the UK Government's Renewables Obligation (RO) policy encourages the use of bio-mass burners for electricity generation with financial subsidies. Whilst, from an environmentally-friendly point of view, biomass burning creates energy from waste materials, the forest products industry is concerned that using wood for bio-mass burners will damage their industry.