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We would like to draw your attention to a funding opportunity that may be of interest. The ‘Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal (PBC4GGR)’ project is offering proof of concept grants for projects up to a year in duration, and with a total value not exceeding £50,000. Projects should address key knowledge gaps in perennial biomass crops deployment. Applicants must meet standard eligibility criteria for UKRI funding.  

The flurry of planting at the various Biomass Connect hub sites continues. We've already reported on the planting at the BGI Hub site in Chesham and the IBERS hub site in Aberystwyth. We're pleased to report that the hand-planting of trees at the Rothamsted Research hub site in North Wyke has been completed this week too.

Over 2000 trees and cuttings planted by hand in a single day - a record so far for the #BiomassConnect hub sites, and these numbers don't include the Miscanthus that was planted first.

Biomass Connect has now collated the February 2023 updates from most of our Hub Sites. We have published these within the Hub Site Updates and they can also be accessed […]

February 2023 The weather has been quite wet, but the site isn’t too boggy. We expect to be able to get on to spray in the next couple of weeks. […]

February 2023 It has been extremely wet. So wet, the ground is almost like quick mud. Nearly lost a welly! It will be several weeks before it has a chance […]

Biomass Connect team members will be at the upcoming European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales and Farming Connect event: Welsh Farmers – Embracing New Ideas. EIP Wales have funded 46 on-farm projects […]

February 2023 We have sprayed the grass with glyphosate, where there was multispecies sward, we’ve sprayed with Glyphosate and Doxstar. We are looking to plough and cultivate next week to […]

February 2023 Extending the plough area for miscanthus varieties experiment guards. Not done yet. Ground conditions are improving by the day so possibly next week. Spraying. Still too cold. Will […]