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Wood Fuel for Warmth
| Date: | 27/06/2005 |
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| Classification: | Energy, Climate Change |
| Document type: | SDC Reports & Papers |
| Download: |  050626-SDC-Wood-Fuel-for-Warmth.pdf - 1938 KB |
| Summary: |  Wood Fuel for Warmth, released in 2005 by SDC Scotland, examines the issues surrounding wood fuel for heat in Scotland. It demonstrates that wood-fuel heating could make a significant contribution to cutting carbon emissions – while providing much needed new rural jobs, and reducing fuel poverty. The report finds that wood-fuel heating in households could cut emissions for heating and hot water by up to 96%. With a reasonable level of take-up, almost a quarter of CO2 emissions from Scotland’s domestic space and water heating could be cut." The report recommends that action needs to be taken to: • Formulate a clear and coherent renewable wood fuel heating strategy within a clear policy framework, which sets out targets for renewable heat uptake • Investigate a Renewable Heat Obligation • Investigate the concept of ‘clusters’ to introduce economies of scale into wood fuel supply, involving existing wood processors • Increase capital grants under the Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI) • Clarify the definition and application of VAT to wood fuel heating appliances and fuels • Secure grant funding through the Community Energy Programme for community biomass schemes that local authorities can bid into • Establish directly supported domestic and large scale demonstration projects to build confidence. |
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