Richard Peberdy

Richard Peberdy

Head of Sustainable Forests - Drax Biomass Inc.

Bioenergy From Forestry; A Perspective From the Energy Sector

March 08, 2022 - 11:30 AM

Bioenergy from forestry; a perspective from the Energy sector

A brief look at the drivers for using wood for energy in the UK/Europe, and the response to date of the energy sector. An overview of sustainability requirements, and the evidence to date of the impacts of forest biomass demand. A brief look forward to ‘Biomass with Carbon Capture and Storage’ – BECCS.

Speaker Biography

Richard has worked for Drax since 2012 as part of the sustainability team.  For 6 years Richard worked in the US as the company built 2 pellet plants and a port facility in Louisiana and Mississippi and then started operations. In that time Richard met and learned from many in the forest sector in North America – academics and NGO’s, certification schemes, forest owners and loggers, and other industry actors.  For Drax, Richard now monitors the forests from which Drax sources pellets, continuing work with the sustainability team.  Before joining Drax, Richard had spent 10 years running a small forestry business in North Wales, and then 20 years with the UK’s largest forest management company.

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