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• Bridging the communications gap – how renewable energy companies can help farmers and landowners invest in renewables

  Author Name: CleanTech PR agency 130 British farmers and landowners were surveyed by the CleanTech division of PR agency CCgroup to investigate what renewables information resonates and why. The report ‘How to talk so farmers and landowners listen’... Posted May 21 2013, 06:14 AM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• What role should farms play in powering the nation? Farmers Weekly Survey

  Author Name: Will Frazer ‘What role should farms play in powering the nation? Take our survey to be in with a chance of winning £1000 http://www.fwi.co.uk/landing-page/farmenergy/farm-power/’ Read More... Posted Apr 30 2013, 05:42 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• Bio-refining grass

  Author Name: Alan Spedding The Welsh Government is supporting a project which will isolate and extract sugars and other components from ryegrass and convert them into low carbon products. These will include biofuels, platform chemicals and pulp-moulded... Posted Apr 01 2013, 10:10 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass, Energy Efficiency [Edit Tags]

• Survey launched to address renewable energy confusion

  Author Name: Tom Horn, CCgroup A new survey called ‘Renewable Energy: What do you need to know?’ has been launched to identify what information farmers and landowners need to help overcome the confusion surrounding investing in renewable energy... Posted Mar 19 2013, 08:59 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• Woodfuel

  Author Name: Ecosystem Markets Task Force ed Alan Spedding There is an opportunity to bring more unmanaged woodlands into active, sustainable management for woodfuel by raising awareness of the environmental benefits of doing so, and supporting the emergence... Posted Mar 18 2013, 08:04 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass, Energy Efficiency [Edit Tags]

• HGCA review creates oportunities in biofuels supply chain

  Author Name: HGCA taken from Farming News Revised GHG figures, supplied by HGCA, have been approved by the European Commission (EC) and can be used by biofuel suppliers when reporting under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). From 1 April... Posted Mar 14 2013, 11:16 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Drax Green Shoots programme

  Author Name: Drax website Drax’s focus on UK biomass includes energy crops (such as miscanthus, short rotation coppice and short rotation forestry), traditional agricultural by-products such as straw, as well as traditional woody biomass from the... Posted Mar 08 2013, 04:08 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Energy Crops Scheme news

  Author Name: Natural England Natural England is alerting farmers and other land managers that they need to get any application for new agreements under the current Energy Crops Scheme submitted by Saturday August 31st this year. Applications from land... Posted Mar 07 2013, 04:31 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Add your name to the Climate Week Declaration

  Author Name: Kevin Steele, Climate Week Over 700 organisations and people have signed the Climate Week Declaration in its first week. Please click here to add your name: http://www.climateweek.com/climate-week-declaration/?utm_source=Master+L... read... Posted Feb 27 2013, 02:25 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• Renewable energy offers financial lifeline for struggling farmers

  Author Name: NFU NFU says renewables give hard-pressed farmers a vital stream of income, with wind offering the highest rate of return Analysis from NatWest, RBS and RenewableUK shows farmers earn £12,000 - £50,000 a year from generating their... Posted Feb 26 2013, 09:46 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• Challenging conditions for biofuels, but heat and power market remains steady in UK

  Author Name: NNFCC Defra statistics reveal that around 109,000 hectares (ha) or 1.8 per cent of UK arable land planted in 2010 was grown for the production of bioenergy and biofuels during 2011. In 2011 around 8000 ha of oilseed rape, 14,000 ha of sugar... Posted Feb 18 2013, 11:58 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Solar, Energy Efficiency [Edit Tags]

• Energy Crops Scheme: Establishment Grants Handbook: 3rd Edition (Version 3.1) – January 2013 (NE125)

  Author Name: Natural England The Energy Crops Scheme offers grants to farmers in England for establishing miscanthus and short rotation coppice for their own energy use or to supply power stations. The rate of grant paid is 50% of all eligible costs incurred... Posted Feb 04 2013, 09:20 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass [Edit Tags]

• AgriChatUK - "Renewable Energy" discussion 24/01/13

  Author Name: Simon Haley, Reading Agricultural Consultants via Twitter A lack of consistency from planning authorities, opposition of NIMBYs and the short-termism of reporting in the media are the major obstacles to investment in renewables. Attention... Posted Jan 30 2013, 07:58 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• Lower nitrogen losses with perennial biofuel crops

  Author Name: American Society of Agronomy Perennial biofuel crops such as miscanthus are now shown to reduce the escape of nitrogen in the environment. In a 4-year University of Illinois study that compared miscanthus, switchgrass, and mixed prairie species... Posted Jan 23 2013, 03:53 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Improving willow for biofuels

  Author Name: Alan Spedding from BBSRC press release Scientists at Rothamsted Research, Imperial College London and the University of the Highlands and Islands' Agronomy Institute (at Orkney College UHI) have discovered that differences in the ease... Posted Jan 09 2013, 09:47 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Solar and biomass support packages published

  Author Name: DECC In order to incentivise solar projects on buildings, building-mounted solar PV projects will receive higher rates than ground-mounted projects. This will encourage the installation of solar projects at large factory or warehouse buildings... Posted Dec 19 2012, 06:12 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass, Solar [Edit Tags]

• Market outlook for UK biofuel crops potentially improved

  Author Name: HGCA An HGCA-led revision to regional greenhouse gas emissions figures could deliver financial benefits to growers and reopen market opportunities for arable crops in the biofuels supply chain. HGCA has been working with the Department for... Posted Dec 12 2012, 08:01 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Biomass [Edit Tags]

• EU calls time on first-generation biofuels?

  Author Name: Euractive ed. Alan Spedding The EU has launched new rules to account for indirect greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels, sending what EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard called a clear signal that first-generation biofuels were “not... Posted Oct 25 2012, 07:52 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Looking for investment? NNFCC can help

  Author Name: NNFC Having successfully placed an initial tranche of development projects ranging from waste to energy to speciality crop cultivation with interested investors we are now looking to assist other project developers in obtaining investment... Posted Sep 25 2012, 11:27 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Energy Efficiency [Edit Tags]

• Can biofuels policy work for food security?

  Author Name: Chris Durham, Grant Davies, Tanya Bhattacharyya, Defra Grains and oilseeds produced for use in biofuels could be allowed to flow into animal feed or human food markets during temporary spikes in the price of grains. Currently this is strongly... Posted Aug 07 2012, 09:19 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Biomass [Edit Tags]

• Practical biofuel activities

  Author Name: BBSRC The activities are provided to engage young people with the science and issues surrounding bioenergy and biofuels. The topics cover a range of areas in science and technology including: Plant science, microbiology and chemistry Who... Posted Aug 06 2012, 08:48 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro [Edit Tags]

• How does the renewables obligation banding review affect bioenergy?

  Author Name: David Turley, NNFCC The Government's response to the Renewables Obligation banding review has been met with a mixed reaction from industry, here we break down the announcement and assess what the new bands will mean for bioenergy production... Posted Aug 02 2012, 12:37 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Solar [Edit Tags]

• Farming Futures– Fast Forward to the future

  Author Name: Farming Futures So, it’s happened. Farming Futures, like the iconic friendly local corner shop, is “under new management”. read more Read More... Posted Sep 26 2011, 01:38 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, farming futures, new team, CEUKF [Edit Tags]

• Pastures new - Farming Futures moves to a new home

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Farming Futures enters a new phase this month. As you know, we were looking for a new host after our five-year Defra funding came to a close. So we're very pleased to announce that the project has a new home! The Centre... Posted Jun 15 2011, 02:57 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Charlotte's web: social media and farming

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis She grew up on a dairy farm, bought her first cow when she was seven, and her husband's a dairy nutritionist. So when Michele Payn-Knoper was stumped by her Hosltein dairy calf not weaning, she did what any self-respecting... Posted Mar 29 2011, 04:10 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, innovation, twitter, social media [Edit Tags]