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.
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.
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.
Learn moreNew renewable energy targets in Britain and the rest of the EU are leading to an increasing demand for biofuel.
LEARN MORELocal 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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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.
Apart from providing farmers with a new income source the willow plantations have also proven to be beneficial to biodiversity.
Read moreShort rotation willow cropping is not only beneficial as a regular income source for farmers. It will also act as flood control.
Read moreThe energy produced by the boiler represents an emissions reduction of 190,000 tonnes per year.
Read moreScroll for inspirational case studies where local farmers give you an insight on SRC Willow and the Grow your income project with Iggesund.
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.
Read the full storyGeoff 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.
Read the full storyHarvesting 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.
Read the full story“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.
Read the full storyGet in touch with us for more information about the Grow your income project, biofuel and our production at Workington Mill.