Hows the log sales going now

[R Haigh]

I haven't sold any for a while now but I've brought a full load home today for next winter

[mendiplogs]

I haven't sold any for a while now but I've brought a full load home today for next winter

 

HI MATE night mere just talking lorry driver he said it slow thanks jon

[MonsterMonster]

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.

I'm an end user registered as a self supplier as an RHI claimant. Spoke to the RHI help desk for guidance on becoming Producer/Trader status and they seem to think that the rules will change soon so that all firewood suppliers will need to be registered on BSL even if not supplying RHI customers. So it sounds like all biomass fuel suppliers will need to prove sustainability and CO2 impact. I've not seen it in writing but was told verbally.

[ballibeg]

They've got to keep making rules up or they'll be out of a job.

 

They don't create, or produce, they just leach.

[briquette_seller]

I'm an end user registered as a self supplier as an RHI claimant. Spoke to the RHI help desk for guidance on becoming Producer/Trader status and they seem to think that the rules will change soon so that all firewood suppliers will need to be registered on BSL even if not supplying RHI customers. So it sounds like all biomass fuel suppliers will need to prove sustainability and CO2 impact. I've not seen it in writing but was told verbally.

 

Really?

I wonder what they will/are able to do if suppliers don't register?

[skyhuck]

I'm an end user registered as a self supplier as an RHI claimant. Spoke to the RHI help desk for guidance on becoming Producer/Trader status and they seem to think that the rules will change soon so that all firewood suppliers will need to be registered on BSL even if not supplying RHI customers. So it sounds like all biomass fuel suppliers will need to prove sustainability and CO2 impact. I've not seen it in writing but was told verbally.

 

I believe they are going to fit meters to our lungs too

[briquette_seller]

I believe they are going to fit meters to our lungs too

 

B.S meters also?

[skyhuck]

B.S meters also?

 

If we could cash in on that the deficit would be gone in no time

[Johny Walker]

just had a massive order come may need to sub part of it out

[mendiplogs]

just had a massive order come may need to sub part of it out

 

HI JOHNY OYES and whats that then thanks jon