Selecting biomass as a fuel can also provide several other, less quantifiable benefits. For example, the

future price of wood chips can be predicted with more confidence than can the price of some conventional

energy sources, such as fuel oil, because the price is based on local rather than global economics. This

means that wood-chip systems offer greater security from future fuel price shocks.

•Wood chips is a cost effective form of heating

•Managed well, forests can give us a renewable supply of heat indefinitely, and provide environmental protection

•Locally produced wood chips is an even more secure and sustainable supply of energy

•Wood chips creates local jobs and can help to alleviate fuel poverty.