Land Use Futures can undertake supply side analysis of the availability of biomass feedstocks to inform planning and design of resource recovery and processing facilities such as water resource recovery facilities, anaerobic digestors, dehydrators, pyrolysis and gasification plants and composting. Features of our services include:

• Land use analysis to identify the presence of alternative biomass supply sources.

• Mapping the location of alternative biomass supply sources.

• Quantification of potential supply from alternative sources.

Using land use analysis we are able to identify the potential availability and volumes of biomass in an area from over 50 land use types. This could range from diffuse sources such as softwood plantation forests (e.g. Pinus ssp.) for wood residues and point sources such as municipal wastewater or red meat processors. This information is useful for a range of planning applications including:

• Pre-feasibility, scenario and strategy planning.

• Business case development.

• Facility design.

Where there is land available for producing your own biomass, we can also arrange assessment of potential suitability of alternative biomass crops, related irrigation supplies and nominal yields.