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Short Rotation
Coppice Willow
Best Practice Guidelines
Short Rotation
Coppice Willow
Best Practice Guidelines
Teagasc and AFBI staff will endeavour to update this publication based on research findings.
Teagasc is the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland. Its mission is to support
science-based innovation in the agri-food sector and the broader bio-economy that will
underpin profitability, competitiveness and sustainability. Teagasc is funded by the Department
of Agriculture Fisheries and Food.
Research carried out by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) on biomass crops
is financially supported by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Northern
Ireland (DARD). The AFBI is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by DARD.
This publication is supported by ARBOR. ARBOR is an Interreg IVB NWE project with 13
partners from six European regions dealing with the development of technological solutions
and regional strategy development for improved sustainable biomass utilisation. The project is
co-funded by local authorities from the United Kingdom, Flanders, Saarland, Luxemburg, the
Netherlands, and Ireland.
ARBOR’s mission is to foster and accelerate sustainable development and use of biomass in
North West Europe, to facilitate the achievement of 2020 energy objectives and to make the EU
a world-class centre for biomass utilisation. The authors wish to thank Mr Robert Dowdall and
Professor Ravi Thampi from UCD for supporting the publication of the Best Practice Guidelines.
Edited by
Barry Caslin
1
, Dr. John Finnan
1
, Chris Johnston
2
, Prof Alistair McCracken
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, Linda Walsh
2
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Teagasc, Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow
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AFBI, Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast
February 2015
www.teagasc.ie
ISBN number 1-84170-610-8
Photos supplied by
Teagasc, AFBI, Queen’s University Belfast, Resourceful Organics, Winters Renewables
Disclaimer
The Best Practice Guidelines may give reference to a company, trade name or product does not constitute an endorsement
of that company, trade name or product, nor does the omission of a company, trade name or product imply any criticism.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is accurate, but if any errors or significant omissions
have been made, Teagasc & AFBI will be happy to correct these at the earliest opportunity.
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CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Site Selection
1.2 Pre-Planting Site Preparation
1.3 Planting Material
1.4 Planting
1.5 Post-Planting Establishment
1.6 Nutrition and Fertilisation
1.7 Bioremediation
1.8 Disease and Pests
1.9 Harvesting
1.10 Yield
1.11 Drying and Storage
1.12 Site Restoration
2.0 Combustion and Other Uses
2.1 Combustion
3.0 Economic Evaluation
4.0 Environmental Impact of SRC willow
4.1 Flora
4.2 Invertebrates
4.3 Birds
4.4 Mammals
4.5 SRC Willow and Water
4.6 Carbon Mitigation Potential
References
Appendices
Appendix 1: Waste Legislation
Appendix 2: Crop Management
Appendix 3: Further Reading
Appendix 4: Energy Calculations
Appendix 5: Willow Payback Calculations
Contacts
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1.0 Introduction
SHORT ROTATION COPPICE WILLOW
Best Practice Guidelines
1.0 Introduction
Ireland has limited fossil energy resources and as a result has to import in
excess of 90% of the energy it uses. The total energy usage on the island is
currently almost 20 million tonnes oil equivalent with an approximate value
of €20 billion. This can be divided roughly into 37% electricity generation,
34% heat and 29% transport fuels. Hence there are huge incentives to
reduce the island’s dependency on imported energy, while at the same
time exploiting renewable sources of energy generation.
The most promising renewable energy technologies which could be
used in Ireland include energy from biomass (anaerobic digestion and
combustion), wind, solar (photovoltaics and solar heat), hydro, wave, tidal
and ground and air source heat pumps.
Two year old SRC willow
In the past twenty years woody biomass has been recognised as an
important biomass source which can be used primarily for heat generation-
combustion. More recent technologies such as gasification are being used
for electricity production. Sources of woody biomass include conventional
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