Introduction
The first meeting of the Highlands and Islands
Woodfuel Group was held on Thursday 23rd February
at the Kingsmills Suite, Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football
Stadium.
A press release reporting from the meeting states:
" OPERATORS in the Highland woodfuel industry have given a
resounding thumbs up to proposals for a new regional forum to
represent the sector.
More than 50 representatives of businesses and
organisations from across the sector gathered in Inverness on
Thursday (23 Feb) to lay the foundations of a new industry
body."
Read the full press
release.
See Press
& Journal article on the meeting.
The second meeting was held on 22nd August
at the Duke of Gordon Hotel in Kingussie. There was a wide-ranging
programme of presentations and an opportunity to see the
hotel's own woodchip boiler and hear about the hotel's
experience of heating with woodfuel.
The meeting was very well attended and lively discussion took
place.
The presentations will be posted shortly
Next Meeting
Details will be posted here.
Contacts
To find out more and to join the Highlands and Islands Woodfuel
Group please contact Fiona
Strachan
If you have a message for the HIWG please use the 'enquiries' facility
on this website and it will be passed to the group
Local News
On 22nd June 2012 Fergus Ewing MSP, minister for energy,
enterprise and tourism, launched the Highlands and
Islands Bioenergy Region, an ambitious venture to help the
Highlands and Islands become the UK's leading region for
bioenergy.
The initiative is being set up to develop the sustainable use of
bioenergy in the Highlands and Islands. Already popular in Austria
and Scandinavia, bioenergy is generated from organic
materials such as wood waste. Correctly managed, it is a
sustainable energy-source that can deliver significantly lower
carbon emissions than energy produced through fossil fuels. It can
also benefit rural economies by allowing revenue to remain in the
local area rather than going to external energy
companies.
The full story appears on our news
page