Latest Coverage
| Title & link:- | Today Programme on the renewable heat incentive |
| Date:- | 10th March 2011 |
| Reference:- | BBC News |
| Author:- | Unknown |
| Summary:- | The Today Programme interviewed the BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin on the renewable heat incentive (RHI). |
| Title & link:- | Channel 4 News on the impact of biomass demand on timber prices |
| Date:- | 6th March 2011 |
| Reference:- | Channel 4 News |
| Author:- | Tom Clarke |
| Summary:- | Channel 4 News reported this week on the government subsidies to encourage power companies to burn wood which are distorting the market for timber and forcing up prices in manufacturing and construction industries. |
| Title & link:- | Welsh AM's support MakeWoodWork |
| Date:- | 18th August 2010 |
| Reference:- | www.markisherwood.co.uk |
| Author:- | Mark Isherwood |
| Summary:- | Welsh Assembly members Mark Isherwood and Brynle Williams following a site visit to woodbased panel manufacturer Kronospan Ltd have come out in support of the industries MakeWoodWork campaign. |
| Title & link:- | Biomass plants' 'carbon debt' |
| Date:- | 29th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Dundee Courier |
| Author:- | Stefan Morkis |
| Summary:- | 'Forth Energy have denied claims that its proposed biomass generator for dundee docks might not be carbon neutral until the middle of the century.' |
| Title & link:- | Government subsidies for biomass energy plants could destroy wood panel industry and increase Carbon emissions |
| Date:- | 29th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Greenasap.co.uk |
| Author:- | Jon Close |
| Summary:- | Report regarding the Make Wood Work campaign |
| Title & link:- | Wood recycling "at risk" from large-scale biomass |
| Date:- | 29th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Letsrecycle.com |
| Author:- | Rachael Meredith |
| Summary:- | Large-scale biomass plants being paid a renewable energy subsidy to burn woodchips have pushed up woodchip prices by more than 30% in the last four years and are putting wood recycling at risk, according to the Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF). |
| Title & link:- | Scots jobs 'at risk' as fears grow over biomass plants' appetite for wood |
| Date:- | 29 June 2010 |
| Reference:- | The Scotsman |
| Author:- | Jenny Fyall |
| Summary:- | An article in relation to the Make Wood Work campaign focusing on biomass energy plants effect other businesses in Scotland in terms of potential job losses. |
| Title & link:- | Green energy boasts hit unintended target |
| Date:- | 29 June 2010 |
| Reference:- | The Scotsman |
| Author:- | Author unknown |
| Summary:- | Unintended consequences of energy production from biomass and its effect on the wood panel industry |
| Title & link:- | Biomass plants threaten UK wood panel industry, campaign says |
| Date:- | 28th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Greenwisebusiness.co.uk |
| Author:- | Greenwise Staff |
| Summary:- | An article regarding the Make Wood Work campaign and the reasons behind it. |
| Title & link:- | Biomass Electricity Generation Threatens UK Wood Industries |
| Date:- | 28th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Green Building Press |
| Author:- | Green Building Press |
| Summary:- | An article regarding the Make Wood Work campaign and the reasons behind it. |
| Title & link:- | Wood-fuelled energy is fine ... if done right, campaign says |
| Date:- | 29th June 2010 |
| Reference:- | Greenbang.com |
| Author:- | Greenbang |
| Summary:- | An article regarding the burning of waste wood for fuel. |
