Submitted on January 31st, 2008 by jonathan Harvey (not verified)
The 350 megawatt biomass power station for Port Talbot should surely be fuelled at least in part from UK grown biomass crops, of which Miscanthus is currently most promising for Wales and adjacent areas of England. Much of the research on Miscanthus is now being carried out by IGER at Aberystwyth. The company Bical (www.bical.net) would be able to supply rhizome for planting on local farms. Long term this must be better than shipping US and Canadian wood chips thousands of miles, especially as the american chips may be needed for bioethanol there.
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Submitted on January 31st, 2008 by jonathan Harvey (not verified)The 350 megawatt biomass power station for Port Talbot should surely be fuelled at least in part from UK grown biomass crops, of which Miscanthus is currently most promising for Wales and adjacent areas of England. Much of the research on Miscanthus is now being carried out by IGER at Aberystwyth. The company Bical (www.bical.net) would be able to supply rhizome for planting on local farms. Long term this must be better than shipping US and Canadian wood chips thousands of miles, especially as the american chips may be needed for bioethanol there.
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