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Timberbond A farmer has taken up the Welsh Assembly Government's challenge to create a clean energy revolution. Edward Jones has set up the UK's first Timberbond scheme, which involves selling heat, having first sourced the wood from woodland owners.
He says his bio-energy company EGNI is meeting two needs. It's helping to comply with the Government's target to increase the supply of clean energy in Wales by 10% by 2010. And it's providing landowners with a cost free means of managing their woodland.'We can take any timber that isn't suitable for sawmills', said Anglesey CLA member Edward Jones. 'We take the whole tree and branches. We cut it into 20 to 40 ml wood chips which can then be fed directly into boilers or stored for heat production. 'The majority goes to our own boilers located in various strategic places: big houses, leisure centres, and the like. We provide the heat. We install the burners and provide the fuel. 'It's a new way of looking at forestry. It means a cost free and risk free means of bringing woodland back into management. We're working alongside management contracts and schemes'. EGNI provides owners with a contract to manage and harvest the woodland in exchange for the timer. Advance payments are made and there may even be a profit! Glamorgan CLA chairman John Homfray is enthusiastic about the scheme which is widely practised in Europe, particularly in Sweden and Austria. He says the fact that there are to be many grant supported heating projects in Wales will lead to useful opportunities for woodland owners. 'It's a brilliant idea', he added. 'It will assist farmers who want to tidy up uneconomic woodlands, disposing of timber which previously had no value. We have lots of woodland here at Penllyne and would be very interested in the scheme. The Forestry Commission has launched a £7million grant scheme to kick start a sustainable energy in Wales based on wood fuel. Cash will be available to help companies and people involved in setting up small and medium-scale woodfuel projects. Further information can be had from CLA Glamorgan and Monmouth chairman, John Homfray at jgrhomf@aol.com Or from Anglesey member, Edward Jones (EGNI Managing Director) at timberbond@egni.net The Forestry Commission's Wood Energy website is www.woodenergybusiness.co.uk |
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