Wood Fuel Supply Chain Development

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• Wood Fuel Supply Chain Development
• Ewan Bent BSc, Director

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Who we are
Supply Wood Fuel
Install Wood Fuelled Boilers
01952 510001 www.wood-fuel.co.uk
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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Depots

• Expanding Network four at the moment
• Surplus farm buildings
• Local to boiler demand c. 15 miles
• Outside storage allows timber to dry to around
  25
• Covered storage keeps the chips clean and dry

01952 510001 www.wood-fuel.co.uk
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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE Timber
Poor quality mixed round timber
Sawmill co-product
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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Chipping

• Mus-Max Wood Terminator 8
• 380 hp engine

• 15 tonnes / hour
• 16 capacity

01952 510001 www.wood-fuel.co.uk
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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Chipping

• High Quality G30 grade

• Free from slivers and oversized pieces

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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Delivery
Tipping
Hook Lift Containers
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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Chip Tanker

• Blown Fuel delivery
• Up to 15 m horizontally
• and 6 m vertically
• Simplifies on-site fuel storage
• Cuts capital cost dramatically

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SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE - Contracts

• Long term heat contracts
• Index linked prices predictable future energy
  costs
• Onus is on us to maintain quality

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BUSINESS GROWTH
2004-5 500 t / 2 sites 2005-6 1,000 t / 4
sites 2006-7 1,800 t / 11 sites 2007-8 -
3,600 t / 20 sites
Worcester County Hall 700 kW
Worcester Woods Visitor Centre 25 kW
Oakengates Theatre 100 kW
Upper Twyford Barns 15 kW
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CHALLENGES

• Making a profit
• High initial investment
• Finding the right operational staff
• Establishing efficient administrative systems

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CONCLUSION

• The reliable supply of good quality wood chip
  fuel should no longer be a barrier to the
  development of wood energy
• www.wood-fuel.co.uk
• info_at_wood-fuel.co.uk
• 01952 510001

01952 510001 www.wood-fuel.co.uk