A study of the potential for developing a biomass fuel supply from tree management operations in London.

Summary This paper sets out the results of work undertaken by Econergy Ltd and the London Tree Officers' Association (LTOA) with support from the BioRegional Development Group to investigate the potential for developing a supply of biomass fuel for renewable energy production from woody material generated by arboricultural operations in London. Currently there is an alliance of renewable energy policies with waste policies which seek to reduce the volume of organic carbon-based materials going into landfill sites. The result is the creation of an opportunity to divert significant volumes of clean woody arisings into renewable energy production. The study surveyed 31 contractors, out of an estimated 135 contractors working within the Greater London area, for both the volume, weight and type of arboricultural arisings that they dealt with. It also asked them for information about travel movements in disposing of arisings. From this sample, two figures were estimated for London's arboricultural arisings by w...