The TEA as Partners in the Biomass Supply Chain Project have produced very clear and useful guidance documents for any person or business that is serious about utilising wood energy or becoming involved in this highly sustainable sector. Specifiers Guide (Very useful for clients, architects and engineers who should consider biomass) (8MB) Biomass Heating Standards (Ensuring quality

The Bioenergy System Planners Handbook, (BISYPLAN) is now available online at http://bisyplan.bioenarea.eu/ . Click here for for more information on BISYPLAN and what is in the handbook and how it can help you.  

Biofuels have long been discussed as a possible alternative to fossil fuels, but their high prices and mediocre performances have kept big oil corporations and much of the public away. In today’s post, however, Madison Jones explores the new technological breakthroughs that are making biofuels a viable and feasible fuel resource. Madison notes that with

In the next 15 we could be using bio fuel that has been made from algae.  A County Cork based research firm is responsible for this latest development.  Algae is now proving itself to be a suitable contender for bio fuel production as it is does not require much power or land resources.  A good

A German research team has found that bio fuels do not meet the EU sustainability target of 35%.  Click the link below for the full story http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/19/biofuel-fails-eu-sustainabilty-test?CMP=twt_fd

If you are planning on growing miscanthus or willow you could be eligible for the new establishment grant which is now available.  Aid is payable on 50% of the approved costs associated with establishing the crop, subject to a maximum payment rate of €1,300 per hectare and each applicant must grow a minimum of 3

  RBBD  Wood Fuel Quality information day held in WIT on the 06th June 2012. GIFT Speaker Topics Paddy Phelan – TEA “The Business Case  for Quality” Ben Tansey – re:heat Ltd “Wood Fuel Management Case Study” – Presented by Paddy Phelan   Dr Andrea Sgarbossa- Università degli Studi di Padova “Italian Wood Fuel Quality

The TEA would like to invite interested parties to contact us at info@tea.ie if you are interested in joining us on a study trip to Vaxjo in Sweden on the 28th May 2012. The trip will be 75% funded under IEE programme for suitable applicants. Hurry as time is running out. The tour is spread