Stobarts not payin for wood chip

[briquette_seller]

Not a great fan of drying floors due to contamination issues. Have looked at most systems and concluded a modified LENZ system would be our best solution.

 

Fair point, but does depend on the installation.

 

E.g. If you use a 40 yard hook lift skip with a drying floor, chip straight into the skip, dry it, then deliver straight to the customer, the chance of contamination is low to nil.

 

Chip on top of mud, scoop the chips off the mud onto the floor in a shed installation, and drive over the floor with muddy tyres, then contamination will be an issue, but surely this is plain and simple bad practice?

[arboriculturist]

Drying isn't that expensive, about £9 a tonne using the right machine.

 

Would you class the ' RIGHT MACHINE' as being the LENZ system linked up to a 40yard hook skip?

[SimonBullock]

Just to clarify the point regarding Sustainability, Arb chip is exempt from this, as is Waste wood.

[renewablejohn]

Just to clarify the point regarding Sustainability, Arb chip is exempt from this, as is Waste wood.

 

Are you talking in respect of power generation or boilers less than 1MWth

[SimonBullock]

Power generation, although many of the larger plants are heat and power.

 

Residues from arboriculture

 

In DECC’s Government Response published in August 2014, it was confirmed that arboricultural arisings would be exempted from the sustainability requirements of the Timber Standard for the RO.

 

Arboricultural arisings comprise/will be defined as material that is removed as part of tree surgery, management of municipal parks and verges of roads and railways.

DECC have confirmed that where industry seek to rely on these exemptions under the RO, it will be for the biomass supplier or generator operator to provide Ofgem with evidence verified as part of the annual sustainability audit reports which allows the regulators to determine that the relevant exemption has been met.

 

Operators can discuss with Ofgem the type of evidence which they would consider acceptable for verification, bearing in mind that it will be a legal requirement under the European Timber Regulation (EUTR) to collect information about the origin of such material.

Edited November 19, 2014 by SimonBullock

[rick k]

If no one lets stobarts take it for free , they'll start to pay again

There's hundreds of farmers, equine yards , nurserys and landscapers that can put it to good use

Why give it to the greedy big company's that are again screwing the little man

[Ian C]

They won't be getting mine for free.

[Marko]

Received today.....

 

"Get ready for new RHI biomass sustainability rules

 

Dear Non-Domestic RHI stakeholder

 

We sent you an email yesterday which did not include contact details for Germserv who operate the Biomass Suppliers' List on behalf of government. Please accept our apologies for this and find a corrected version with the contact details at the end of the email.

 

As an applicant or current participant on the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, we want to make you aware of some changes that the government will be introducing to the scheme which will affect your eligibility to receive Non-Domestic RHI payments.

 

What changes are being made to the scheme?

 

The government intends to introduce new sustainability criteria for installations using biomass fuels on the Non-Domestic RHI scheme. From autumn 2015, you must use fuels that meet the sustainability criteria to continue to receive payments. This applies to all existing and new participants – even if you are already receiving Non-Domestic RHI payments, you will need to comply with the criteria when they are introduced.

 

What does this mean for me?

 

You can meet the criteria using the following options (where applicable):

 

1. The simplest way for you to meet the criteria is to use sustainable fuel bought from suppliers registered on the Biomass Suppliers' List which lists suppliers selling wood fuels that meet the RHI sustainability criteria. It is open to the public now and you can search by postcode to find suppliers in your local area. You should encourage your current supplier to register on the list so you can continue to use them when the new rules are introduced. Please ask the supplier to confirm that the fuel you are purchasing meets the RHI sustainability criteria.

 

2. If your installation is below 1MW and if you use fuel from your own estate or supply your own waste wood, you should register on the Biomass Suppliers’ List as a ‘self-supplier’ on the Biomass Suppliers’ List website.

 

3. Alternatively, if you don’t use the Biomass Suppliers’ List, you will have to report quarterly to Ofgem on the sustainability of your fuel. Installations over 1MW will also have to provide an annual independent audit providing details of the fuels used over the last year.

 

You should use up your old fuel stock now and start using sustainable fuels to ensure you continue to receive Non-Domestic RHI payments. Otherwise Ofgem may consider these fuels to be unsustainable and you will no longer receive your Non-Domestic RHI payments when the criteria are introduced in autumn 2015.

 

For more detailed information on the new biomass sustainability requirements, and how to meet them, please read the government’s information leaflet.

 

If you have any questions, please contact the Non-Domestic RHI enquiry team by email or on 0845 200 2122.

 

The Biomass Suppliers' List is not operated by Ofgem - it is operated by Germserv on behalf of government. For any questions on the Biomass Suppliers' List, including how to register or buy fuels, please contact Germserv on 020 7090 7769 or email [email protected]

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

Non-Domestic RHI Team"

[nick channer]

It's a definite thing them not paying

Said I'd asked on here and no one no's anything about it

They said that's cos they probably not tried selling any in last few days

Unless your right on door step of a power station u def will not get paid for it

 

I've stopped all chip being tipped now

That's over ten good sized tree company's in area gotta find tipping else where

 

Few we're tipping 4-6 loads a day!!

[Johny Walker]

It's a definite thing them not paying

Said I'd asked on here and no one no's anything about it

They said that's cos they probably not tried selling any in last few days

Unless your right on door step of a power station u def will not get paid for it

 

I've stopped all chip being tipped now

That's over ten good sized tree company's in area gotta find tipping else where

 

Few we're tipping 4-6 loads a day!!

 

can u not compost it & plow it in to the land