Clifford Jones Timber of Ruthin is to invest £2.5M in a new wood pellet production facility. The site will produce up to 30,000 tonnes of pellets per year.

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Environmental policies in Wales should be co-ordinated with the rest of the UK or business will suffer, the CBI has warned.

The employers’ body warned that additional regulatory burdens on businesses in Wales would hamper their competitiveness and slow economic growth.

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The Resource Efficiency Network is a Knowledge Transfer Network, a service to UK industry and commerce provided through the DTI Technology Programme. The Network aims to improve use of materials and energy, encourage the use of industrial wastes as a source of chemicals, fuels and other valuable materials and promote recovery and processing of waste from one site, for use as a resource elsewhere.

As part of the free membership, members have access to a wide range of services on the web portal. Although primarily aimed at waste and recycling, opportunities for renewables firms also exist, such as this post on the forums:

Solar Energy for Power and Heat Applications Expertise Required
Posted: 9/25/2007 1:12:30 PM
I have a company in the East Midlands looking for advise on uses of Solar Energy Technologies for electrical power and heat for application in food processing. The would like to see if they have aaplications for it.

REN website

Labels: energyfromwaste, food, solar

Meat by-products may power the factories of the future. That is the belief of Carbon Trust Enterprises and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), which have announced a joint venture that will turn bio-waste into renewable energy.

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Tuesday 30 October 07, 10am – 4pm, The Building Centre, London WC1
£205 + VAT = £239.70

Aimed at technical, engineering and maintenance staff; building service engineers, building control managers, and facilities managers, this event is a detailed examination of the use of CHP plant within a range of building types.

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"Since its relaunch in May when the grant money available was drastically reduced to a maximum £2,500 a home from £15,000, and the rules under which money can be claimed were tightened up, many frustrated householders have simply given up on the scheme, Labour MP Lynne Jones says."

Guardian Online article