Wood Fuel Supply Chain

Robin AlmondRTS

Who are RTS?

• Timber Harvesting & Marketing • Quarter of a million tonnes of timber per year

• Woodland Management• Wood Fuel

• Supply - 15,000+ Tonnes• Specified and controlled moisture content• Contracting

• Consultancy• Contracting

Overview

• What Forms the Supply Chain

• Sustainability of Woodfuel

• Practical Issues for Installers

Standing Tree

Select Suitable Material

Conditioning

Processing

Further Conditioning

Point of Delivery

Air Drying

Force drying

Harvesting

Extraction

Haulage

Haulage

Chipping

Movement Quality Control

The Supply Chain

Felling

Conditioning

Processing

Quality Control

Delivery

Completing the Circle

Sustainability

• Sustained Supply or Sustainable Supply?• Controlled Wood• Certified Wood

• UKWAS• FSC• PEFC

Practical Issues

• Type of Available Fuel• Delivery method

• Access• Cost• Usage• Timing

Take Home Points

• Establish specification of available fuel and delivery method BEFORE specifying a boiler!

• Continuity of the wood fuel supply chain is well established.

• Local fuel supply networks will develop with size of demand

Wood Fuel HeatingRobin AlmondRTS Ltd 01764 652 858www.rts.ltd.uk