Biomass Connect Hub Site Updates – February 2023
April 26, 2023
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 […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Edinburgh – February 2023
April 26, 2023
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. […]
Hub Site Update – SRUC Ayrshire – February 2023
April 26, 2023
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 will be at the EIPWales event – Gregynog Hall 5th May
April 26, 2023
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 […]
Hub Site Update – AFBI Hillsborough – February 2023
April 26, 2023
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 […]
Hub Site Update – Rothamsted Research – North Wyke – February 2023
April 26, 2023
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 […]
Hub Site Update – BGI Chesham – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 Weather has been mild and dry, wetter weather is forecast. The fencing contractors have completed deer fencing. Willow and poplar harvesting, and data collection is ongoing (BioForce Lot […]
Hub Site Updates – IBERS Aberystwyth – February 2023
April 26, 2023
February 2023 The trial areas for the grass species that were left as furrows have dried well and should easily be workable by April assuming we don’t get significant unexpected […]
Easton College yield trial harvest
April 26, 2023
Biomass Connect staff coordinated the harvest of 3-year-old above ground biomass at a SRC willow yield trial in early February 2023.
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The Role of Biomass in Regenerative Agriculture – Factsheet
A factsheet outlining the potential role of biomass crops in regenerative farming.
Download this and other factsheets in our resources section.
Type: Factsheet
Date: February 2026
Crop: Miscanthus
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Consultation Workshop Visions of the Future
This document reflects the collective imagination of more than 100 contributors who were invited to picture what an ambitious, thriving biomass sector could look like by 2050. It offers a moment to take stock of where the sector stands today, where it aspires to go, and the pathways that could turn that shared vision into reality.
Type: Report
Date: November 2025
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Keywords: Workshop
Biorefining: Unlocking the Full Value of Biomass for a Sustainable Future
Type: Technical Article
Date: September 2025
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Keywords: Biorefining
Time line for transition of grassland into Miscanthus – Factsheet
A double-sided factsheet with information about transitioning from grassland into Miscanthus cultivation.
Type: Factsheet
Date: August 2025
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