MGT Power will invest in and only source from certified sustainable forestry operations, and have drawn up a set of sustainability criteria for all biomass sourcing activities available at Sustainability

Sustainable short rotation forestry involves harvesting the annual growth increment from a forest, retaining the same number of standing trees year on year. Re-growth replaces harvest and absorbs CO₂, creating a carbon neutral fuel. Enduring forest cover provides a long term carbon store and benefits wildlife.

Greenhouse Gas Savings

Plants harness the energy from the sun to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fix the carbon in useful, high energy molecules. Subsequent combustion of these molecules to utilise their energy releases the carbon back to the atmosphere, and this closed loop ensures the carbon neutral nature of our fuel.

As with all fuels, there are some emissions from producing biomass, for example from harvesting and transportation. However, carbon footprint analysis of our fuel supply chains shows that large scale biomass will deliver 90-95% greenhouse gas savings versus natural gas or coal through the entire life-cycle.

Wood Chip Biomass

Wood will be chipped before being transported to the Plant. This allows the fuel to be handled more easily and economically in large quantities. The resulting wood chips are an excellent source of energy.

Clean wood directly from a sustainable forest does not contain the wastes typical of recycled wood. It is very low in sulphur, chlorine and other elements and burns cleanly.