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ARCHIVE: Industrial crops contacts

For further information on energy and industrial crops please contact:

Tel: 020 7238 5317
Fax: 020 7238 6166

Industrial Crops
Area 4B
Defra
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London SW1P 4JR

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.carbontrust.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.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cafe/

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