THE future of willow coppice as a renewable energy source was left hanging in the balance this week following the news that Europes first wood-powered energy station had gone into voluntary ...

Scottish Biofuel, part of the Scottish Resources Group that produces more than 3.5 million tonnes of coal annually, is seeking farmers prepared to grow willow as short-rotation coppice. The market is ...

FARMERS and contractors are still waiting for the go-ahead for a big expansion of short rotation coppice (SRC) production. The prospect of producing willow or poplar chippings for use as a power ...

Northern Ireland farmers have shown a strong interest in growing short rotation coppice willow for energy production. Northern Ireland farmers have shown a strong interest in growing short rotation ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We tested the effect of timing and intensity of deer browsing on compensatory response by willow grown for bioenergy. Browsing was simulated ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After a year pruning shrubs, dividing and moving herbaceous plants and clearing layers of debris, I have a feel ...

A team of volunteers from Jersey have been carrying out some coppicing around Queen's Valley Reservoir. Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management, which allows new shoots to grow from ...

Disturbances such as harvesting often interfere with the ecological processes that lead to the biological control of insect pests. For willows, grown as short-rotation coppice crops harvested every ...