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Advice on best practice associated with the production and use of biomass fuels is available from a number of sources.
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| Biomass installation and deployment
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|  Biomass heating: a guide to small log and wood pellet systems
First in a series of three technical design guides from the Biomass Energy Centre (PDF - 4.0 MB) | |
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| Biomass heating: a guide to medium scale wood chip and wood pellet systems
Second in a series of a series of three technical design guides from the Biomass Energy Centre (PDF - 5.0 MB)
N.B. Erratum: In Figure 19, Page 16 of this guide, pumps are shown on the heating circuit on the return lines to the low loss header. These should be shown on the flow lines, not the return lines. Please download the corrected version of this Figure using the link below below. | |
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| Corrected low loss header diagram
Erratum for Biomass heating: A guide to medium scale wood chip and pellet systems. A corrected version of Figure 19 (page 16) showing the low loss header (PDF - 36 kB) | |
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| Biomass heating: a guide to feasibility studies
Third in a series of three technical design guides from the Biomass Energy Centre (PDF - 3.9 MB) | |
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| Biomass heating: A practical guide for potential users
A detailed and practical guide to using biomass from the Carbon Trust | |
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| Biomass for London: wood fuel guide
A guidance booklet produced by the London Energy Partnership. (PDF - 3.4 MB) | |
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| Biomass for London: wood fuel demand and supply chains
A report for the London Energy Partnership assessing the number and capacity of planned wood fuel plant in London and their potential fuel demand. It then examines the potential sources of fuel and makes recommendations for enabling the growth in fuel production from London's own resources. (PDF - 2.8 MB) | |
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| Wood pellets
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| Balcas Pre-delivery and design checklist for pellets
A guidance document from Balcas on the design of wood pellet stores (PDF - 2.7 MB) | |
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| Energy Crops Company Wood pellet fuel utilisation design guide
A guidance document from the Energy Crops Company about wood pellets, storage, delivery, and boiler system design and maintenance (PDF - 1.6 MB) | |
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| A Beginners Guide to pellet production
The first of a series of five guides on making biomass fuel pellets from a British manufacturer and supplier of pellet mills. This first guide covers many of the factors that can affect the quality of the final pellet and the pellet making process in general, while the following ones provide more detail on specific factors in the manufacturing process such as binders, moisture content, die thickness, etc. These subsequent guides can also be accessed from this starting page. | |
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| Wood chip storage
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| Losses in large scale wood chip storage
Identification and characterisation of factors affecting losses in the large-scale, non-ventilated bulk storage of wood chips and development of best storage practices. A report for the DTI. Covers, inter alia spontaneous combustion and mould formation. (PDF - 621 kB) | |
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| Harvesting and processing and purchasing virgin wood
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| Guidance on the sustainable management of woodlands and forestry
Wide range of guidance available on the Forestry Commission website | |
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| Whole Tree Harvesting – a guide to good practice
Forestry Commission (PDF-379K) | |
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| Woodfuel information pack
Information on all aspects of woodfuel production and use | |
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| Small scale systems for harvesting woodfuel products
Forestry Commission (PDF-399K) | |
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| Brash residue protocol
Guidance on site selection for brash removal. From the Forestry Commission (PDF-1078K) | |
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| FR Stump harvesting guidance
Interim Guidance on Site Selection and Good Practice for stump harvesting, from Forest Research (PDF - 905 kB) | |
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| Executive Summary of UK Government Timber Procurement Advice Note April 2009
Guidance from CPET on government timber procurement to ensure legalist and sustainability (PDF - 175 kB) | |
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| Establishing and managing energy crops
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| Planting and growing Miscanthus best practice guidelines
Best practice guidelines for applicants to Defra’s Energy Crop Scheme. (PDF - 437KB) | |
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| Establishment and management of short rotation coppice
Forestry Commission (PDF-120K) | |
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| Establishment and Management of Broadleaved Coppice Plantations for Energy
Outline guidance on site selection and preparation, plantation design, planting, weed control, crop management, pest management and yield for coppice plantations of a range of broadleaved species (PDF-114KB) | |
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| Growing short rotation coppice
Guide from Natural England website (PDF - 4.01 MB) | |
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| Short rotation coppice for energy production
Renewable Energy Association (PDF-2046K) | |
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| Short rotation coppice in the landscape
Guidance note on the design and layout of short rotation coppice plantations. Forestry Commission (PDF-6346K) | |
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| New draft: Growing Short Rotation Coppice (advanced draft Autumn 2008)
An advanced draft of the new Defra guidance on growing short rotation coppice for applicants to the Energy Crops Scheme (PDF - 163 KB) | |
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| NNFCC Crop Factsheet: Short Rotation Coppice Willow (SRC)
Information on growing, harvesting and storing short rotation coppice willow (SRC) in the UK and its uses as a non-food crop (PDF - 128 kB) | |
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| NNFCC Crop Fact sheet: Miscanthus
A fact sheet from NNFCC on Miscanthus (PDF 171 kB) | |
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| Anaerobic digestion
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| Anaerobic digestion of farm and food processing residues
Renewable Energy Association (PDF-1599K) | |
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| Woodland management
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| Ancient Woods - A guide for woodland owners and managers
A guide produced by the Woodland Trust on the management of ancient woodlands | |
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