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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.

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