Save Our Speyside

 For further information there are informative articles relating to bio-energy on the following websites:


Following our report on Brash Removal - see Environmental Issues in our Key Issues to Consider document on the SOS Upate Page, released on 2nd March, 2012 - Read further information - CLICK on the two following publications:


'GUIDANCE ON SITE SELECTION FOR BRASH REMOVAL'

FOREST RESEARCH, MAY 2009


'SCOTTISH SOIL FRAMEWORK'

BY THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT, MAY, 2009








'Wood Fibre Availability & Demand 2007 - 2025'

Report by John Clegg Consulting Ltd with support from The Forestry Commission prepared for:

Confederation of Forest Industries (CONFOR)

UK Forest Products Association (UKFPA)

Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF)


Note the following articles from the report:

Coniferous Residues Section - Pages 28 - 30

Conclusions - Pages 50 - 53

Northern Scotland Zone - Pages 68 - 73


Click here to download report



A quote taken from an article written in `The Garden` magazine for November 2011 titled 'Tree Huggers wanted`, written by columnist Nigel Colborn urging us to think more about woodlands:


"Forestry problems are closer to home than you might think.  If all the biomass and woodburning power stations currently planned for the UK are actually built, where will their vast tonnages of fuel be grown?  How much wood will have to be imported, and is producing it likely to damage environments?"




Friends of the Earth Scotland - 

The UK Government Climate Change Advisors published a report dated 7th December, 2011 

"New Report Casts Doubt on Forth Energy Biomass Plans" 

http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/news 


Also see the report on biomass http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/biomass



Forestry Commission Scotland - 

See report 'Wood Fuel Demand and Usage in Scotland 2011'

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-7tdhjn



Moray Council -

The Local Moray Plan 2008 is available to read on the council website and contained within this you will see a

local plan document titled 'Natural Environment' which can be found on:


http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_57770.html


There is also a local plan document for Craigellachie which outlines two main objectives:

  • "To maintain Craigellachie's attractive setting within the AGLV" (Area of Great Landscape Value)
  • "To promote Craigellachie as strategic point of Speyside Way and associated tourist facilities"

Further information can be found on:

http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/page_57765.html



Bio-fuel Watch -


A very good source of general information about Biomass Plants can be found on the Biofuel Watch website:


http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/


See the UK map which shows the location of biomass plants which are either proposed, approved planning, operational or refused


http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/biomass_map


Biomess


This is a campaign group and their information can be found on the following link:


http://www.zcommunications.org/zspace/Biomess


'Green groups angered as biomass plant approved'

A report from the Guardian.co.uk , Friday 16th September, 2011

'The concerns were expressed as a draft report by a panel of 19 top European scientists, who expressed scepticism about the wider carbon advantages of biomass and biofuels, known collectively as bioenergy.'

'"It is widely assumed that bioenergy is inherently carbon-neutral. However this assumption is flawed," said the scientific committee of the European Environment Agency in the report seen by Reuters. "The potential consequences of this bioenergy accounting error is enormous."'

'A second recent report undertaken by the RSPB wildlife group estimated that almost 40 new biomass schemes were in various stages of planning in the UK alone, with an explosion of similar projects expected all over the world.'

'Friends of the Earth and the RSPB want the government to scale down its Renewable Obligation subsidy regime for biomass, saying ministers should concentrate on encouraging wind and solar power.'

'It is not just green groups who oppose the bioenergy drive. The wood timber industry says prices have already shot up by 50% over the past three years as energy companies seek out new supplies for their biomass plants. The industry say timber factories in Britain are now threatened by closure.'


Read the full article http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/sep/16/green-groups-biomass-plant-approved












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