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Kent Downs Woodfuel Pathfinder
Woodland Contractors Workshop
Evolving market opportunities
17 November 2011
Matthew Woodcock
Forestry Commission South East England
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Major Sawmills
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Established markets:
Slough Heat & Power
Verdo Renewables
Bedmax
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Evolving woodfuel markets:
BAA - Heathrow
Waitrose
Local Woodheat users:
Estover
LARGE SCALE
MEDIUM SCALE
SMALL SCALE
Firewood
LC Energy
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Not just woodfuel:
Post and Rail
Chestnut fencing
Chestnutpanels
Faggots
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Sawn wood
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Simple shelters etc
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Homes:
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Offices:
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South East EnglandWoodfuel Strategy suggested targets by County
County WoodlandArea
(hectares)
%
Woodland
cover
FC
holding
(Hectares)
% of
woodland
cover
Non FC holding
(hectares)Woodfuel Strategy
target by % non FC
woodland area
(m3/yr)
Woodfuel
Strategy
Suggested County
Target (m3/yr)
Berkshire 18,308 14.5 444 2.4 17,864 38,103 35,000
Buckinghamshire 17,573 9.4 1,753 10.0 15,820 33,743 33,000
Oxfordshire 18,235 7 629 3.4 17,606 37,553 35,000
Surrey 37,564 22.4 1,588 4.2 35,976 76,735 70,000
Hampshire 66,939 17.7 20,136 30.1 46,803 99,828 105,000
Isle of Wight 4,549 12 1,146 25.2 3,403 7,258 7,000
West Sussex 37,507 18.9 3,789 10.1 33,718 71,919 70,000
East Sussex 29,924 16.7 2,643 8.8 27,281 58,189 55,000
Kent 39,487 10.6 3,540 9.0 35,947 76,673 90,000
270,086 14.4 35,668 234,418 500,000 500,000
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Whats the potential?
Traditionalbroadleaved4m3/ha/yr
Conifers >
8m
3/
ha/yr
Traditionalcoppice species
>6m3/
ha/yr
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How much heat is this?
1 cubic metre of seasoned chestnut: @ 30% moisture content
will provide > 2,200kWhrs heat
So 90,000m3 of wood could provide Approx. 200,000,000 kWh
An average home uses about 15,000kWh/yr So in South East England we could heat >13,000 homes
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Value of wood as a heat source?
Heating oil at 60 pence per litre Provides 10kWh per litre
Cost = 6 pence per kWh
Seasoned chestnut (30% MC) Provides 2,200 kWh per m3 Matched against oil = 130 per m3
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RHI Calculator
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Local supply: Surrey sports centre
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An evolving market for low quality wood
Local markets offer: reduced costs
improved market security
higher margins
Markets for low quality wood allow us to:
undertake silvicultural operations improve timber quality
Interest in woodfuel is stimulating interest in wood asa whole
and encouraging interest in woodland creation.