Hub Site Update – BGI Chesham – July 2023
August 25, 2023
July 2023 Staff at the BGI Hub Site have been taking the ‘Connect’ in Biomass Connect seriously during July by hosting a number of visitors and attending local shows. 4th […]
Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates – June 2023
August 16, 2023
Biomass Connect has now collated the June 2023 updates from our 8 Hub Sites. The reports this month include an overview of progress to date at each site. The month […]
Hub Site Update – AFBI Hillsborough – June 2023
August 16, 2023
May & June 2023 – Hub Site Updates 7th – 9th May, Willow variety trial planted Still awaiting word from RRes Harpenden regarding delivery of Eucalyptus plugs and the Sida […]
Hub Site Update – Newcastle University Cockle Park Farm – June 2023
August 16, 2023
June 2023 -Hub Site Update Like many of the Hub sites hosting the Biomass Connect sites, June has been very dry. Overall, the site was relatively weed free. This was […]
Hub Site Update – Rothamsted Research – North Wyke – June 2023
August 16, 2023
June 2023 – Hub Site Updates The Willow variety trial was planted 7th/8th and 9th of June. When the weather changed mid-Month the conditions changed as well, very quickly, and […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Ayrshire – June 2023
August 16, 2023
June 2023 – Hub Site Update The Willow variety trial was planted on 13th & 14th June by the Rothamsted Research team and team members from SRUC. Conditions were hot […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Edinburgh – June 2023
August 16, 2023
June 2023 – Hub Site Update The Willow variety trial was planted on 13th & 14th June by the Rothamsted Research team and team members from SRUC. Conditions were hot […]
Hub Site Updates – IBERS Aberystwyth – June 2023
August 15, 2023
June 2023 – Hub Site Update Establishment across the site overall looks good. Like everywhere across the country, the lack of any meaningful rain has stunted growth a little, but […]
Hub Site Update – NIAB Headley Hall – June 2023
August 15, 2023
June 2023 – Hub Site Update 2nd June – Fencing completed. On the bottom block of Miscanthus gigantus (MISg on the plan) the pre-em herbicide hasn’t worked very well. We […]
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Presentation: Eddy Covariance
At our October Demo Event at Mysercough College, near Preston, experts from UKCEH and PBC4GGR provided live demonstrations of eddy covariance towers for monitoring carbon fluxes and led sessions on soil carbon testing and biodiversity monitoring.
Type: Presentation
Date: October 2024
Crop: All Biomass Crops
Keywords: Biomass Connect
Presentation: Craig Bothwell – Government Policy and Whole Farm Plans
At our October Demo Event at the Boghall Demonstrator Hub near Edinburgh, Craig Bothwell of SAC Consulting discussed Scottish Government policy on Whole Farm Plans.
Type: Presentation
Date: October 2024
Crop: All Biomass Crops
Keywords: Biomass Connect
Presentation: David Eadie – Woodland Creation Forestry Grants
At our October Demo Event at the Boghall Demonstrator Hub near Edinburgh, David Eadie presented on available forestry grants and the economic potential of biomass integration.
Type: Presentation
Date: October 2024
Crop: Woodland Crops
Keywords: Biomass Connect
Presentation: Sarah Erbanova – Carbon Literacy
At our October Demo Event at the Boghall Demonstrator Hub near Edinburgh, Sarah Erbanova focused on industry upskilling and carbon literacy to address the challenges of achieving net-zero carbon emission
Type: Presentation
Date: October 2024
Crop: All Biomass Crops
Keywords: Biomass Connect
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