Short Rotation Coppice WillowSalix Viminalis L.

• Importance of using biomass for energy purposes

• Willow as an energy and environmental crop

• Cultivation of SRC Willow

• Project Selice

Index

Importance of using biomass for energy purposes

• Environmentaly friendly

• Creation of new job opportunities

• Alternative for unused agricultural soil

Willow as an energy and environmental

crop• Energy crop:

– Easy and inexpensive to plant (cuttings)

– Extremely rapid growth

– Harvested using efficient machinery

– Good product on the fuel market

• Environmental crop:– Use as a bio-filter

– Capable of taking up heavy metals (cadmium)

Cultivation of SRC Willow

1. Soil preparation before planting (first year)

2. Planting (first year)

3. Treatment after planting (first year)

4. Harvesting during the winter period

Preparation of planting material

Mechanical planting

1 month after planting

5 month after planting

3-year stems

Harvesting

72 ton per hectare

Project Selice

• Area: 5100 m2

• Establishment: May 2006

• Cultivars: Tora, Sven, Gudrun, Tordis, Inger

• Measurements - every two weeks:

- stem diameter,

- stem height,

- number of shoots