Grow your income!

Since 2013 Iggesund is working together with farmers in northern England and southern Scotland to grow willow as an energy crop. The willow is used as biofuel at the Workington mill. Iggesund offers index-linked long term contracts and help with planting, harvesting and transport to the mill.

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Grow your income with Iggesund

Since 2013 Iggesund Paperboard works closely with landowners and farmers in Cumbria, UK to increase cultivation of energy crops that can be used as biofuel at the Workington mill.

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Why plant SRC willow?

New renewable energy targets in Britain and the rest of the EU are leading to an increasing demand for biofuel.

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Rushlight Bioenergy Award

Local farmers’ ability to sell biomass to Iggesund Paperboard’s paperboard mill at Workington will return over 1.5 million pounds annually to the local agricultural industry.

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Frequently asked questions

Do you have questions about SRC willow?

Here are some frequently asked questions regarding SRC willow that might help you. Should you want to know more, you are more than welcome to contact us.

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The sustainability aspect

Biodiversity

Apart from providing farmers with a new income source the willow plantations have also proven to be beneficial to biodiversity.

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Flood reduction

Short rotation willow cropping is not only beneficial as a regular income source for farmers. It will also act as flood control.

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Fossil-free energy using biomass

The energy produced by the boiler represents an emissions reduction of 190,000 tonnes per year.

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Case studies

Scroll for inspirational case studies where local farmers give you an insight on SRC Willow and the Grow your income project with Iggesund.

Terry and Thomas Dixon

Securing long term sustainability

The simplicity of the SRC willow coppice cropping system attracted Terry Dixon, his wife Eileen and son Thomas, who run Brackenthwaite Farm in Wilton, Egremont, a mixed farm.

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Steven Clarke walking on his land

Willow slows monumental flood

The December floods of 2015 destroyed pastureland, yet the willow stood strong. That’s the story at Steven Clarke’s 121 ha (300 ac) Braithwaite farm in Keswick, where 28 acres are planted with eight varieties of SRC willow.

Geoff Wilcox

“A steady and predictable income”

Geoff Wilcox needed sustainability and predictability for the future. With this in mind, he and his father decided to learn more about energy crops. After much research they opted to plant SRC Willow.

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102 Ha SRC Willow harvested by Iggesund for Carmichael Estate

A new cash crop

Harvesting SRC willow for green energy is the newest sustainability idea from Richard Carmichael, 30th chief and 26th baron of the ancient Clan Carmichael from Clydesdale, Scotland.

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Steven and Joe Clark

“You have to dare to try new things”

“Some of our land has deteriorated over the years due to all the rain in the area. I hope that planting willow will be a way to break that trend,” says Steven Clarke, a farmer who lives in Braithwaite, Keswick in the UK’s biggest national park, the Lake District.

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