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Wood fuel producer training, grant funding
opportunities & data resources
The training
courses listed below provide an ideal
foundation for developing your skills and knowledge
in the production of wood fuel and the practice of responsible woodland management.
There are also opportunities to gain grant
funding for developing your woodland
resource.
Training courses:
Ignite woodfuel training course
A three-day course produced by Rural Development Initiatives focusing upon the fundamentals of wood fuel production and supply.
It is accredited through the Lantra Awards body and won a National Training Award in 2006. It is suitable for anyone interested in becoming
a wood fuel supplier or gaining better knowledge of biomass energy.
For more details visit:
www.ruraldevelopment.org.uk/ignite.
Woodfuel Quality Standards Training course
This one-day course produced by Rural Development Initiatives concentrates on wood fuel from forest or primary wood processing sources.
The course includes information on:
- The draft CEN standards for wood fuels
- Wood chip fuel specifications
- Quality assurance and labelling
For further information visit: www.ruraldevelopment.org.uk/woodfuel-quality-standards.
Grant
funding opportunities:
Sustainable Woodlands South West provides funding for:
- Woodland & forest owners to improve the economic value of the forest
- Primary processing of forest products
Click here to visit the Silvanus Trust web site for details
Web sites
& guidance notes:
The most authoritative web site dealing with the topic of wood fuel is the Forestry Commission’s
Biomass Energy Centre. This has hundreds of pages covering every aspect of supply and use:
Click here to visit the Biomass Energy Centre web site
Specific wood fuel guidance notes were produced for Regen SW as part of the SW Bioheat programme and
these PDFs can be accessed from the links below
(right-click and 'Save as' to download each
PDF file):
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