1. Wood Fuel Supply Chain Robin Almond RTS

2. Who are RTS? Timber Harvesting & Marketing Quarter of a million tonnes of timber per year Woodland Management Wood Fuel Supply - 15,000+ Tonnes Specified and controlled moisture content Contracting Consultancy Contracting

3. Overview What Forms the Supply Chain Sustainability of Woodfuel Practical Issues for Installers

4. Standing Tree Select Suitable Material Conditioning Processing Further Conditioning Point of Delivery Air Drying Force drying Harvesting Extraction Haulage Chipping Movement Quality Control The Supply Chain

5. Felling

6. Conditioning

7. Processing

8. Quality Control

9. Delivery

10. Completing the Circle

11. Sustainability Sustained Supply or Sustainable Supply? Controlled Wood Certified Wood UKWAS FSC PEFC

12. Practical Issues Type of Available Fuel Delivery method Access Cost Usage Timing

13. Take Home Points Establish specification of available fuel and delivery method BEFORE specifying a boiler! Continuity of the wood fuel supply chain is well established. Local fuel supply networks will develop with size of demand

14. Wood Fuel Heating Robin Almond RTS Ltd 01764 652 858 www.rts.ltd.uk