Energy Crops

To maximise the potential of biomass, MGT Power intends to utilise energy crops – crops planted specifically for use as fuel.

Energy crops for woody biomass come in many forms, such as:

• Short Rotation Forestry (eg. Eucalyptus, Pines)
• Short Rotation Coppicing (eg. Willow, Poplar)
• Perennial Grasses (eg. Miscanthus, Switchgrass)

Re-growth replaces harvest, creating a carbon neutral fuel to replace fossil fuels, but energy crops offer many other environmental advantages:

• Very low fertilizer and chemical inputs
• Enduring plantations create permanent carbon storage on land
• Mixed species culture, late harvest and prolonged cover benefit wildlife

MGT Power is committed to using the most suitable independent trace and certification scheme for each source of biomass, and will never procure fuels that contribute to the loss of areas of protected habitat or areas of high ecological value.

In fact, MGT Power believes in not only using certification schemes and anticipating sustainability standards likely to be introduced under European legislation, but in going beyond these efforts by targeting the globally abundant marginal land resource, which holds great potential for sustainable bioenergy production without competition for land space with nature or food crops.