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Forestry Commission backs wood fuel conversion
20/01/2010
The UK Forestry Commission is supporting a Christian holiday centre in Lancashire in its bid to become more environmentally friendly through converting to using wood fuel to produce its energy.
Caperwray Hall attracts as many as 2,000 holiday guests each year and wants to switch to wood fuel in order to cut its reliance on fossil fuels and reduce its carbon emissions.
The Hall has its own forests onsite, which it intends to sustainably manage to provide the wood for its fuel. The site has a woodchip boiler which converts the fuel for heating and hot water.
The Forestry Commission wants to encourage the take-up of wood fuel as a more environmentally friendly alternative to gas and electricity. It hopes to increase the use of wood fuel to produce two million tonnes of fuel each year to 2020, enough to power 250,000 homes.
Peter Fox, the wood fuel officer at the Forestry Commision, says, "there is huge potential to increase the use of wood fuel using wood from Lancashire's undermanaged woodlands. Well managed woodlands can benefit the local economy by creating and supporting jobs in the wood fuel supply chain. They also provide increased biodiversity benefits and a renewable source of carbon-lean fuel.”
Caperwray Hall attracts as many as 2,000 holiday guests each year and wants to switch to wood fuel in order to cut its reliance on fossil fuels and reduce its carbon emissions.
The Hall has its own forests onsite, which it intends to sustainably manage to provide the wood for its fuel. The site has a woodchip boiler which converts the fuel for heating and hot water.
The Forestry Commission wants to encourage the take-up of wood fuel as a more environmentally friendly alternative to gas and electricity. It hopes to increase the use of wood fuel to produce two million tonnes of fuel each year to 2020, enough to power 250,000 homes.
Peter Fox, the wood fuel officer at the Forestry Commision, says, "there is huge potential to increase the use of wood fuel using wood from Lancashire's undermanaged woodlands. Well managed woodlands can benefit the local economy by creating and supporting jobs in the wood fuel supply chain. They also provide increased biodiversity benefits and a renewable source of carbon-lean fuel.”
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