Regen SW is supporting 30 bioheat projects across the region, and three of them are in Devon, one of which is at the MET office. The sites have an interest in investigating the viability of woodfuel technolgies but so far have nothing installed, and hope to generate heat and power from renewable, local, sources.
It’s all part of the South West Bioheat Programme, funded by South West RDA and the Forestry Commission (hoping to create 48 new jobs and a sustainable market for local woodfuel worth an estimated £2.4 million per year).
Anna Halcro-Johnston, Regen SW’s Bioheat Programme manager, told the People’s Republic: ‘The level of interest in this programme has been higher than expected, and reflects a positive change in mainstream opinion towards the use of woodfuel technologies compared to better understood fossil fuel alternatives.
‘Some of the chosen sites are investigating biomass for financial reasons, others for the environmental agenda but ultimately all require a secure energy supply from a reliable source and consider that biomass can provide that.’
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