Sharing SW Region Best Practice - Biomass and Biofuels

Summary

Benefits

• Better understanding of factors influencing development of SW industry - key success factors, problems
• Sharing information on methods, equipment used, time and costs involved

The UK Government's Road Transport Fuel Obligation is set at 5% fuel substitution with Biofuels by 2010 leading to the EU target of 10% substitution by 2020. As the SW region strives to meet these targets sharing best practice information is important in developing this industry further. The BioFuel studies can be found by following the links below:

• Bio Logic Fuels, Amesbury, Wiltshire
• BioSulis, Radstock, Somerset
• Bridport TLC, Bridport, Dorset
• Folly Farm, Nr Northleach, Gloucestershire
• Golden Fuels, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire

Producing energy from Biomass has both environmental and economic advantages. There are an increasing number of businesses in the South West successfully using biomass technology and there is also strong interest from other businesses to learn from these early examples and see how the technology has been successfully applied. The Biomass studies can be found by following the links below:

• Goblin Combe Campsite Redevelopment, Near Cleeve, Somerset
• The Science Museum and Library, Old Wroughton Airfield, Near Swindon, Wiltshire
• Blaise Nursery, Bristol
• Netham Recreation Ground Pavilion, Barton Hill, Bristol
• Ashridge Farm, Crediton, Devon
• Home Farm, North Cadbury, Somerset
• Lippingcotts, Wellington, Somerset

If you are interested to know more on these projects or our Sustainable Energy collaborative initiatives, please contact Alan Stewart on 0117 328 2542.

Biofuel Case Studies involved collaboration with the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and the University of the West of England, Bristol with support from Knowledge West.

Biomass Case Studies were led by the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, with support from Knowledge West and other HEIs in the region. This collaborative study has been funded through the Knowledge Exploitation South West project (KESW2) by the South West Regional Development Agency.