This one-day workshop is targeted at shoot owners, managers, farmers, gamekeepers, foresters and conservation professionals.

The day will focus on:

This one-day seminar is designed to introduce those working with farms and estates to the opportunities provided by woodfuel for self-supply from woodland and forest resouces and the chance to look beyond estate boundaries to other opportunities in the renewable energy sector

An outline of the course is available here.

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This course is a must for all firewood producers.  It provides participants with a background to firewood production and supply drawing on real market economics and covers the technical aspects of producing and delivering firewood as well as quality control.

This course is a must for all firewood producers.  It provides participants with a background to firewood production and supply drawing on real market economics and covers the technical aspects of producing and delivering firewood as well as quality control.

If you produce firewood, woodchips or pellets as a fuel, or are considering using them as a fuel, this course is a must.  It introduces the latest standards for solid biofuels in use in the UK, provides the methodology for sampling fuel and covers quality assurance processes. The course involves a practical on how to sample fuel products accurately.

This three day course has spurred a number of companies to embark on new business ventures in the rapidly expanding wood fuel market.  Applying knowledge and skills gained on the course, many of these companies are now actively participating in the wood fuel supply chain as producers and suppliers.