Industrial crops - Contacts
General
Crops for Energy Branch and Crops for Industry Branch
Both Branches are jointly responsible for these industrial crops pages. This is a good starting point for information on energy and industrial crops.
Area 4B
Defra
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 4JR
Tel: 020 7238 5317
Fax: 020 7238 6166
Email: industrialcrops@defra.gsi.gov.uk
European Union
http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
Legislation
European
legislation (Eurolex)
National Assembly for Wales - Department for Environment, Planning & Countryside
Northern Ireland Assembly - Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Scottish Executive - Environment and Rural Development
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/?pageID=63
and www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/?pageID=106
Energy
Carbon Trust
The Carbon Trust's Low Carbon Innovation Programme provides support for
new and emerging technologies to the point where they are self-sustaining.
www.thecarbontrust.co.uk
Community Energy Programme
Provides £50 million to promote community heating through grants
to install new schemes and refurbish obsolete infrastructure and equipment,
primarily using combined heat and power (CHP) technology.
www.est.co.uk/communityenergy
Community Renewables Initiative
Providing £1.6 million to help local communities in England devise
renewable energy schemes suited to their area.
www.countryside.gov.uk/communityrenewables
DTI Sustainable Energy Policy Unit
Department of Trade and Industry
Room 1138
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H OET
www.dti.gov.uk/renew/eoi.htm
Energy Crops National Implementation Team (Defra)
The first point of call for Energy Crops Scheme establishment grant applications.
Organic and Energy Crops National Implementation Team
RDS North West
Defra
Electra Way
Crewe
CW1 6GL
Tel: 01270 754000
Fax: 01270 754088
Email: organic-energy@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Energy Saving Trust
Involved in a number of initiatives concerning energy efficiency, renewable
energy and clean fuels.
www.est.co.uk
Forestry Commission
The government department responsible for the protection and expansion of Britain's forests and woodlands. Partners in the Energy Crops Scheme.
231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Tel: 0845 367 3787
Fax: 0131 334 3047
Email: enquiries@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
www.forestry.gov.uk
New Opportunities Fund
Lottery distributor.
www.nof.org.uk
Renewable Energy Association
The REA (formerly the Renewable Power Association) represents renewable energy producers across the range of renewable resources including biomass and renewable transport fuels.
Renewable Energy Association
17 Waterloo Place
London
SW1Y 4AR.
Tel: 020 7747 1830
Fax: 020 7925 2715
Email: info@r-e-a.net
www.r-e-a.net
Fibres
Home Office
Issues licences and offers guidance on siting commercial hemp plantings,
because of the traces of tetrahydrocannabinol (the narcotic element) that
can sometimes be found in commercial hemp.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Rural Payments Agency
An Executive Agency of Defra. It is the single paying agency responsible
for CAP schemes in England and for certain schemes throughout the UK.
Email: enquires@rpa.gsi.gov.uk
www.rpa.gov.uk
Non-food
IENICA
Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications,
a project funded by DG Research of the European Commission.
www.ienica.net
National Non-Food Crops Centre
A single, independent and authoritative source of information on the use and implementation of non-food crop products and technologies in the United Kingdom.
Innovation Centre
York Science Park
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5DG
Tel: 01904 435182
Fax: 01904 435345
Email: enquiries@nnfcc.co.uk
www.nnfcc.co.uk
Page last modified: 31 January 2006