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News Release from: Forestry Commission | Subject: European standards for biomass
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2008
European standards for biomass published
European technical standards governing the production of solid biomass fuels are now available for download from the UK's Biomass Energy Centre website.
The 25 standards, supported by Defra and the Forestry Commission, are officially known as the CEN/TC 335 Biomass Standards and have been adopted in the UK by BSI British Standards They cover topics including methods for determining moisture content and calorific value, fuel quality assurance, and total content of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 13 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Publishing the standards fulfils a commitment in the Government's UK Biomass Strategy, published by Defra in 2007.
The Biomass Energy Centre will now follow up the standards' publication over the next few months by producing a suite of guides to implementing the standards for use by the people who produce the fuels.
Andy Hall, from the Biomass Energy Centre, welcomed the new standards, saying, "Using biomass fuels can contribute to efforts to tackle climate change.
These standards provide essential guidance to people at the forefront of the UK's rapidly expanding biomass industries.
"They provide vital guidance on topics such as achieving product quality and will, for example, be useful in helping to resolve disputes over matters such as chip size and moisture content." The Standards were published with the support of Defra and the Forestry Commission.
They can be downloaded free of charge from the Biomass Energy Centre website, www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk, by following the "CEN/TC 335 Standards" link in the bottom right-hand corner of the home page.
Priced hard copies can be obtained from www.bsigroup.com/shop.
Prices vary depending on the particular standard being ordered.
Further information is available from the Biomass Energy Centre: e-mail: biomass.centre@forestry.gsi.gov.uk; tel: 01420 526197.
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