Carbon Credit Craziness? :: Shared Description

A short rotation coppice of Willow about 5-6 years old. Assumed to be for biomass production when seen in May 2010 NT3763 : Willow plantation. Discovered being ‘harvested’ in July 2010. Apparently the crop belongs to Scottish Coal, and is part of a carbon credit programme. Not sure how this works, however, since the stems are just being shredded and left to recycle in situ in the environment – the nearest biomass power station that could use it is at Steven’s Croft NY1285 : Steven’s Croft Power Station and Timber Processing Facility, [see also NY1284 and NY1285], about 110 km away, so not economic to take it there. The harvester [John Deere 7500] is 6m high, weighs 11 t, has a 580 bhp engine and uses about 600 l of diesel a day, so that will have a noticeable carbon footprint [you could get a 3-yr old one for £120000]. And the contractor [coppiceresources.com] was from Nottinghamshire. No energy will be created, and the decay of the shredded willow will result in the rapid return of carbon to the atmosphere [invertebrates, fungi and bacteria all respire to produce CO2].
by M J Richardson
Related descriptions Selection is automatic and approximate, it might not always select closely matching descriptions

15 images use this description:

NT3763 : Willow biomass at Dewarton by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow harvest - clear fell by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow plantation by M J Richardson
NY1285 : Steven’s Croft Power Station and Timber Processing Facility by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Vogrie Estate Country Park by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Short Coppice Rotation - the aftermath by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow plantation at Dewarton by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow biomass 'coppice' by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Short Rotation Willow coppice by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Stripping the Willow by M J Richardson
NT3764 : Oilseed Rape at Southside by M J Richardson
NT3763 : John Deere forage harvester by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Roadside willow plantation by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow coppice by M J Richardson
NT3763 : Willow biomass near Dewarton by M J Richardson


These Shared Descriptions are common to multiple images. For example, you can create a generic description for an object shown in a photo, and reuse the description on all photos of the object. All descriptions are public and shared between contributors, i.e. you can reuse a description created by others, just as they can use yours.
Created: Wed, 14 Jul 2010, Updated: Wed, 14 Jul 2010

The 'Shared Description' text on this page is Copyright 2010 M J Richardson, however it is specifically licensed so that contributors can reuse it on their own images without restriction.

You are not logged in login | register