Abstract
The UK government expects biomass to play a large role in switching part of the country's power generation to renewable sources. The definition of biomass in the Renewables Obligation is wide: it is a substance of which 98% has been derived directly or indirectly from plant or animal matter. The government's real aim is to stimulate a new rural industry comprising energy crops that are grown specifically for burning. With this in mind, the Renewables Obligation has been defined with the aim of encouraging energy crops to be planted. To help build a secure market for energy crops, the Obligation started out by allowing a proportion of biomass to be burned in conventional power stations; a process known as co-firing. This article discusses the problems encountered when attempting to introduce biomass to the existing coal-based process.
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