The latest Woodfuel Demand and Usage in Scotland report
has been published. The report on existing and potential woodfuel
use covers 2016 and assesses the possible additional use of
woodfuel for the next few years.
Headlines from the report are as follows:
- At the end of 2016, there
were an estimated 6,666 boilers using woodfuel in Scotland.
- Total woodfuel used in
Scotland in 2016 was 1,353k oven dry tonnes (odt), a 9% increase in
woodfuel usage in Scotland over the period 2015-2016.
- The majority of woodfuel
used in Scotland continued to be virgin fibre, sawmill coproducts
and process residues (65%). Recycled wood remained the next most
used woodfuel type, accounting for 25% of fuel used.
- In 2016, woodfuel boilers
in Scotland contributed 3,397k megawatt hours (MWh) to the Scottish
Government's renewable heat targets.
- Wood-fuelled boilers in
Scotland are estimated to have saved 1,334k tonnes of CO2e in
2016.
Download the full report here