A press release on the SEI website has announced the launch of a new quality mark for wood fuels in Ireland. With a deadline approaching I don't really have time to dissect the details right now, but the programme - known as the Wood Fuel Quality Assurance scheme - will be launched in Tipperary tomorrow.
Various agencies appear to have played a role in drawing up the scheme, including Coford, NSAI, SEI, the Irish Bioenergy Association and Waterford IT.
The press release says the "quality assurance scheme will certify organisations involved in the manufacture / supply of quality logs, chips, pellets and briquettes formed from clean wood. This QA scheme will provide customers with confidence that they are purchasing a quality wood fuel from a sustainable source relevant to their needs."
Unfortunately the press release doesn't appear to list the specific criteria wood fuels will have to meet to get the stamp, nor does the Irish Bioenergy Association website. However the Wood Fuel Quality Assurance scheme website will go live tomorrow, so more details should be available then.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010 00:00
A new wood fuel quality mark for Ireland
Written by Lenny Antonelli
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Lenny Antonelli
Lenny Antonelli is deputy editor of Passive House Plus. He also writes regularly for the Irish Times, and has contributed to a variety of other publications including the Sunday Times, the CS Monitor, Village, the Sunday Tribune amd the Dubliner. He is currently working on a radio documentary on Ireland's oceans.
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