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Climate Change and Renewable Heat; The Importance of Biomass

Climate Change and Renewable Heat; The Importance of Biomass. Wood Fuel for the Construction Industry. Use Green Heat www.usegreenheat.co.uk. Climate Change The Facts. Climate change is a long-term shift in the climate

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Climate Change and Renewable Heat; The Importance of Biomass

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  1. Climate Change and Renewable Heat;The Importance of Biomass Wood Fuel for the Construction Industry Use Green Heat www.usegreenheat.co.uk

  2. Climate Change The Facts • Climate change is a long-term shift in the climate • Our climate is changing at a rate faster than what we have experienced in all of human history • By burning fossil fuels for electricity and other industries we are releasing billions of tons of carbon dioxide and changing the climate • Carbon dioxide acts like a blanket, trapping the sun’s heat around the planet

  3. Climate ChangeWe can reduce our carbon dioxide emissions and slow the rate of change • AES Drax in Yorkshire is a coal-fired power plant emits 22.8 million tonnes ofCO2 annually – more than the 100 least-industrialised nations combined • It provides 7% of Britain’s electrical power • Burning fossil fuels to turn steam turbines and create electricity accounts for a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and coal has the highest carbon content of all fuels

  4. Policy • The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 sets a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050 • The Act also sets an interim target of a reduction of at least 42% by 2020

  5. Heat Need to decarbonise heat as it accounts for 47% of UK’s carbon dioxide emissions and 60% of average domestic energy bills (Source: Heat and Energy Saving Strategy, DECC (2009)

  6. Renewables The Renewables Action Plan identifies options to ensure at least 20% of Scotland's energy comes from renewables by 2020

  7. What is Renewable Heat? • Biomass • Heat Pumps (ground, air or water source) • Waste biomass and anaerobic digestion (including biogas) • Solar heating • Geothermal heat

  8. Renewable Heat • Security of energy supply • Maximising economic opportunities – up to half a million additional jobs might be created in the UK renewables sector and its supply chains.

  9. Renewable Heat Renewable heat is massively under utilised

  10. Why Woodfuel? Economically attractive – how much will it cost to heat an average 3 bedroomed house?

  11. Renewable Heat Incentive Financial support will: • Increase access to renewable heat • Expand supply chain and market • Help bring down costs

  12. CNP Settlements

  13. Heat Mapping

  14. CNP Forestry

  15. Support and Advice • www.usegreenheat.co.uk • www.lowcarboncairngorms.org • www.usewoodfuel.co.uk • www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ • www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk • www.scottishwoodfuelnews.org.uk

  16. Thank You Amanda.calvert@highlandbirchwoods.co.uk

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