Hows the log sales going now

[Woodworks]

OK here but relying on friends to deliver is tough. I can load with tractor but dragging a bad too much with broken collar bone.

 

Ouch!

Hope it heals quickly for you

[Chalgravesteve]

Two different sources have now told me there is the possibility that anyone who sells logs will have to apply for a licence from the ea, yet I cannot find anything online about it. As it came from two unnconected sources, mi thought this maybe another government money making scheme

 

You are talking about the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL) and fuel which is BSL compliant.

 

From Nov 2015 it will be a requirement for anyone claiming RHI payments that the fuel they use in their biomass boiler will be an approved BSL fuel. This will apply to both Domestic and Commercial RHI.

 

At the moment, there is no control over what is used for fuel, you can burn pretty much anything. The scheme will, as I understand it, require that a claimant for RHI will require that they can prove the fuel they have used is a BSL fuel for the amount of RHI claimed.

 

For example, if you say that 1 tonne of dry logs produces 4500kW of heat, and you have claimed in a quarter, RHI for 100,000kW, then you would need invoices that show 22 tonnes of fuel purchased as a BSL fuel to remain accredited for RHI payments.

 

To become a BSL approved fuel, you have to jump through a load of hoops to show that you can prove the origin/source of the fuel, the distance it travels from source to depot, the processing system, the moisture content at start and finish of the processing, delivery distance to other depots for distribution to the end user and the approx distance to the end user. If this is under a certain final figure in their formula, then the fuel will be BSL compliant.

 

Personally, I would think that a fuel which is imported, say from Eastern Europe, would have too great a distance in transportation for it to be compliant as a BSL fuel.

 

So, if you can get your fuel approved as a BSL approved fuel, there will be a significant number of people who will HAVE to source their fuel from approved suppliers in order to continue to claim RHI. If you supply fuel to people with open fires and woodburners who are not claiming RHI it wont be any different to what you do now.

 

Once you are compliant as a BSL supplier, there are quarterly compliance reports to complete to remain compliant as a fuel supplier.

 

Sounds worse than it is, but it is all about being able to prove the source and the destination and the processing.

Edited March 17, 2015 by Chalgravesteve

[mendiplogs]

You are talking about the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL) and fuel which is BSL compliant.

 

From Nov 2015 it will be a requirement for anyone claiming RHI payments that the fuel they use in their biomass boiler will be an approved BSL fuel. This will apply to both Domestic and Commercial RHI.

 

At the moment, there is no control over what is used for fuel, you can burn pretty much anything. The scheme will, as I understand it, require that a claimant for RHI will require that they can prove the fuel they have used is a BSL fuel for the amount of RHI claimed.

 

For example, if you say that 1 tonne of dry logs produces 4500kW of heat, and you have claimed in a quarter, RHI for 100,000kW, then you would need invoices that show 22 tonnes of fuel purchased as a BSL fuel to remain accredited for RHI payments.

 

To become a BSL approved fuel, you have to jump through a load of hoops to show that you can prove the origin/source of the fuel, the distance it travels from source to depot, the processing system, the moisture content at start and finish of the processing, delivery distance to other depots for distribution to the end user and the approx distance to the end user. If this is under a certain final figure in their formula, then the fuel will be BSL compliant.

 

Personally, I would think that a fuel which is imported, say from Eastern Europe, would have too great a distance in transportation for it to be compliant as a BSL fuel.

 

So, if you can get your fuel approved as a BSL approved fuel, there will be a significant number of people who will HAVE to source their fuel from approved suppliers in order to continue to claim RHI. If you supply fuel to people with open fires and woodburners who are not claiming RHI it wont be any different to what you do now.

 

Once you are compliant as a BSL supplier, there are quarterly compliance reports to complete to remain compliant as a fuel supplier.

 

Sounds worse than it is, but it is all about being able to prove the source and the destination and the processing.

HI ALL hows the log sales going now then thanks jon

[Johny Walker]

think its about done now, now the chip kicks off

[mendiplogs]

think its about done now, now the chip kicks off

 

Hi Johny your not selling any now JOHNY thanks still cooled here at night thanks Jon

[Mortimer Firewood]

It's slowed right up 4 cube gone out and got a£50 load to do in the morning and then a 1.2 load Saturday.

 

Have another merchant interested in taking an artic load of crates and another that's wants 800 nets.

[StephF]

Stops and then starts! It is pretty cold here still, frosts in the morning. Started cutting logs again this week as all barns except 1, empty now.

[dig-dug-dan]

Do you mean the requirement for owners of wood boilers to only use hetas assured firewood to be elegible for the rhi payments?

 

Not sure about that. Someone else has said today that to sell logs you need to have had your premises inspected, random moisture testing and prove where the wood came from in the first place!! Still cannot find anything online so I ham hoping its a rumour started in a Pub somewhere and its got elaborated!!

[mendiplogs]

It's slowed right up 4 cube gone out and got a£50 load to do in the morning and then a 1.2 load Saturday.

 

Have another merchant interested in taking an artic load of crates and another that's wants 800 nets.

 

HI MIKE still selling but very slow thanks jon

[big chris the log]

HI MIKE still selling but very slow thanks jon

 

Still selling well nice sunny days here but still cold at night.Won t mind if it slows abit as got 300 tonnes hardwood to haul back to yard before end of April.

Cheers to you jon ,Chris