Speaking to letsrecycle.com today, the Urban Harvest consultant explained that he had joined the subsidiary of renewable energy giant Greenergy International because there was a gap in the market for large-scale biomass providers.
” The availability of wood-based energy production is limited and not sufficient to fuel the expansion required. “
– Toby Beadle, Greenergy
Mr Beadle criticised the traditional “cottage-size” nature of most biomass suppliers, which he said had lead to the failure of many renewable energy projects.
He said: “Greenergy is a big company with a strong financial base and a turnover of 1.7 billion a year, so we can take on big deals and provide a bankable fuel supply which is underwritten by Greenergy.”
He added: “There is a lot of potential investment in renewable energy at the moment but many power projects fail because of problems with secure supply chains or planning.”
Wilton 10
Mr Beadle, who has helped source waste wood to fuel the Wilton 10 Power station on Teeside (see letsrecycle.com story), and worked as a consultant for organisations including WRAP and the Wood Recyclers' Association, explained that his new role would see him sourcing biomass fuels other than wood – to meet the growing demand for renewable fuel.
He said: “The availability of wood-based energy production is limited and not sufficient to fuel the expansion required. We will be looking at a range of different fuels from both inside and outside the UK.”
In particular, the founder of consultancy Urban Harvest said that Greenergy Bioenergy was interested in selling the “cake” left over after oil is extracted for diesel from rapeseed and palm kernals.
Mr Beadle said: “Specialist expertise and substantial resources are required to secure supplies, build supply chains and operate fuel preparation facilities. We have exciting plans and we anticipate strong interest from developers and others requiring a full biomass supply service.”
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