Ø     Wood fuel

We use only clean, uncontaminated wood chips.

Much of our wood is from local forestry enterprises and tree surgeons who manage woodlands, forests, parks and roadsides. We purchase chips made from branches, stems and other material which has few, if any, other economic uses. The management of wooded land resources, such as thinning over-stocked dense tree stands, helps wildlife and flora.

We also source uncontaminated wood from local sawmills, where chips are a by-product from sawing timber. Wood chips are also made from clean pallets, demolition wood, joinery off-cuts etc. and these are delivered to us.

Dedicated wood energy crops are grown by local farmers on land that has been set-aside from food production. Fast growing willow is coppiced on a short rotation. This is a new and increasing source of wood.

Much of our wood is locally sourced. This makes financial and environmental sense. We have over 100 forest enterprises and tree surgeons registered and more than one quarter of our wood fuel is sourced from within 50 miles.

Our skills are combined with traditional practices by South England’s forest management and sawmilling industries. Through our work with wood fuel suppliers, we invest over £3million each year into the rural economy. This helps sustain and create dozens of jobs.

Willow short roation coppice harvest

Our fifteen year short rotation coppice contract with Slough Heat and Power offers local farmers a fantastic opportunity to diversify into energy crop production, thereby allowing them to save greenhouse gas emissions and improve local wildlife.

Dr Gillian Alker, TV Bioenergy Coppice Limited – company growing willow coppice with local farmers

Woodland has to be farmed like every other crop. Slough Heat and Power’s conversion to wood fuel is a much-needed shot in the arm for this farm, and has already brought many hectares of dead woodland back to life and increased wild bird movement and population immensely.

Richard Porter, Hampshire Farmer

Tree cutting

Slough Heat and Power have found a valuable use for half of our production, at a time when very few UK sawmills can survive in the face of cheap imports.

John Giddings, Managing Director, R F Giddings & Co Ltd. – sawmill in the New Forest

If you are a company wishing to supply wood fuel, find more information here.

 

Ø     Fibre Fuel

 Non-recyclable packaging materials are turned into fuel cubes.

 Every year, Fibre Fuel avoids 100,000 tonnes of material being disposed to landfill.

 Learn more about Fibre Fuel here.

If you are a company wishing to supply non-recyclable fibrous materials, find more information here

  

 
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