Drax and NFU partner to boost UK energy crop market You can partner with ECC to tap into this exciting new development in pushing for Net Zero! World leader in sustainable bioenergy Drax Group has teamed up with the National Farmers Union of England and Wales (NFU), to [...]
And so it begins! Spring is here and our planting season has just begun. We have a busy but exciting few months of planting ahead of us as our team plants more than three million trees across the UK over the next three months. Here's one of our [...]
Energy Crops Consultancy was launched at the Low Carbon Agriculture Show 2020, just as Britain was about to be locked down. Now, one year on, Neil Watkins is a conference speaker. At 13.30 today (9th March 2021) Neil will deliver his presentation on "Understanding the Value of Energy [...]
New study suggests that using willow as fodder can cut emissions from livestock The Game and Wildlife Trust research showed that adding tree leaves to the diet of sheep could be instrumental in reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists from the trust tested the theory on 24 Aberfield [...]
This very morning, an interview by Caz Graham (Freelance radio reporter) with Neil Watkins of Energy Crops Consultancy and Caroline Holden of United Utilities was broadcast on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme. United Utilities has worked with Energy Crops Consultancy to plant a 2 hectare site near [...]
