https://www.newpower.info/2019/01/air-quality-strategy-to-put-a-check-on-biomass-growth/ Expert information for all those invested in the UK's energy future Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:08:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 https://www.newpower.info/2019/01/air-quality-strategy-to-put-a-check-on-biomass-growth/#comment-44463 David Dundas Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:21:10 +0000 http://www.newpower.info/?p=6261#comment-44463 Although the Government report is all about air quality, there are some serious questions about the full impact of biomass, which if fully considered would probably make it uneconomic. These arise from the fact that a significant proportion of biomass feedstock, i.e. wood pellets, are produced in purpose planted forests that are far away from the UK, e.g. Canada. The environmental costs in growing, harvesting, processing and transporting such wood pellets is a substantial burden on the environment. Quite apart from etc detrimental effects on air quality, all biomass feedstocks should only be permitted that are produced within the UK

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