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2017 – Volume certified

Respondents to surveys run by Forest Research were asked to report on volumes certified. 67% of private sector softwood removals in 2016 were from certified sources (Table 2.28). The percentage of private sector softwood removals that are certified has fluctuated over recent years; industry experts have indicated a general reduction in the level of certification […]

Technical and regulatory

Pages with information about regulations concerning the use of woodfuel and technical aspects such as sustainability, standards safety and emissions

2017 – Inputs for the integrated pulp & paper mills

The integrated pulp & paper mills in the UK consumed a total of 0.5 million tonnes of material (all softwood) in 2016, a 6% decrease from the 2015 total (Table 2.20). UK roundwood represented 84% of the inputs for the integrated pulp & paper mills in 2016, with the remaining 16% coming from sawmill products. Table 2.20 […]

Combustion equipment

These pages contain information about the equipment available to use woodfuel for energy

Short rotation coppice

Short rotation coppice (SRC) grown as an energy crop with a rotation of a few years

Short rotation forestry

Growing single stem trees on a short rotation

2017 – Number of sawmills by country

Around one half (53%) of the 169 active sawmills in 2016 were in England, around one third (33%) were in Scotland, 9% in Wales and 5% in Northern Ireland (Table 2.9). Year England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK 2007 105 20 70 10 205 2008 103 18 68 8 197 2009 101 17 68 9 195 2010 98 17 65 9 189 2011 96 16 64 9 185 2012 95 15 62 9 181 2013 92 15 60 9 176 2014 92 15 58 9 174 2015 91 15 56 9 171 2016 90 15 55 9 169 Source: Sawmill Survey Data: Longer time series of the above table, and for mills in England by region, are available from the Data Downloads web […]

2017 – Production of sawn softwood by country

1.9 million cubic metres (52%) of sawn softwood was produced by sawmills in Scotland in 2016 (Table 2.14). A further 30% was produced by mills in England, 10% in Wales and the remaining 8% in Northern Ireland. Whilst production of sawn softwood by mills in Scotland and England had recovered following the financial crisis to exceeded […]

2017 – Consumption of softwood by size of mill

Despite accounting for only 17% of all sawmills (see Table 2.8), those with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 86% of the total softwood consumed by sawmills in 2016 (Table 2.11). Year Size of Mill (total production)1       Total   <1 1 – <5 5 – <10 10 – <25 25 – <50 50 – <100 100+   thousand green tonnes 2007 30 184 203 585 840 1639 2346 5828 2008 31 197 190 599 660 1548 1881 5107 2009 35 183 163 664 577 1416 2253 5291 2010 33 188 155 744 537 1373 2689 5719 2011 32 180 156 685 615 830 3486 5984 2012 33 176 184 539 738 1133 3395 6198 2013 36 177 177 476 804 777 4085 6532 2014 36 150 173 486 833 1090 4117 6884 2015 31 158 204 553 795 801 3805 6347 2016 29 146 199 588 372 1117 4270 6720 Table 2.11 […]

2017 – Consumption of softwood by country

Mills in Scotland consumed around one half (51%) of the 6.7 million green tonnes of softwood delivered to UK sawmills in 2016 (Table 2.12). A further 30% was consumed by mills in England, 11% in Wales and 8% in Northern Ireland. Year England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland UK thousand green tonnes      2007 1674 759 2683 713 5828 2008 1533 599 2415 560 5107 2009 1548 538 2672 532 5291 2010 1694 583 2913 528 5719 2011 1726 634 3082 543 5984 2012 1821 654 3195 528 6198 2013 1879 702 3420 532 6532 2014 1982 711 3661 530 6884 2015 1915 655 3247 531 6347 2016 1984 737 3441 558 6720 Source: Sawmill Survey Data: Longer time series of the above table, and for […]

2017 – Production of sawn softwood by size of mill

UK sawmills produced a total of 3.6 million cubic metres of sawn softwood in 2016, a 5% increase from the 2015 figure (Table 2.13). Sawmills with total annual sawnwood production of 25 thousand cubic metres or more accounted for 85% of the total sawn softwood produced by sawmills in 2016. Year Size of mill (total production)1    Total   <1 1 – <5 5 […]

Energy crops

Crops grown specifically for energy purposes