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 [...]
The Climate Change Committee has published its Sixth Carbon Budget report which highlights how perennial energy crops can provide local energy while significantly reducing carbon emissions and the need for fossil fuels. The report shows that the planting of energy crops is needed to remove CO2 in the [...]
We've already been putting our brand new New Holland Forage Harvester to work on energy crop harvesting!Since receiving it from Lloyd Ltd just three weeks ago, we've harvested four complete willow plantations already, with more in the pipeline!It’s important for ECC that our growers know we will do a [...]
Energy Crops Consultancy (ECC) is a new renewable green energy company formed during the height of COVID-19 at the start of 2020. Using wood biomass primarily for energy generation, Energy Crops Consultancy is helping to create sustainable long-term renewable energy solutions to move away [...]
...and will it follow the Climate Change Committee advice to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050? Our director, Neil, has recently been attending various digital discussions surrounding the flagship ELM scheme, as we work with NFU and REA and other high profile bodies to help form a combined response [...]
Now is the time to be thinking about planting energy crops, but how do you grow an income this way? When deciding which route is best to go down when repurposing your land, you should always seek professional and trustworthy advice so that you can effectively and efficiently [...]
Biodiversity is important to the enrichment of land, and there are plenty of benefits in rejuvenating your land in a positive way. Biodiversity is a rich source of nectar and pollen, and this will in turn attract positive pollinating insects like bees, ladybird beetles and butterflies! Not only [...]
Energy Crops Consultancy was officially launched in March 2020 at the Energy and Rural Business Show at the East of England Showground – just before the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown was announced! Our director, Neil Watkins, spoke to many interested parties drawn in by the huge forage harvester, which was [...]
In January of 2020, the UK's Climate Change Committee released a ground-breaking report into how the UK must change in order for it to meet its 2050 Net-Zero carbon challenge.Perhaps the most exciting part of this report from our point of view is the findings on how land use [...]
