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IFA farm forestry chairman Pat Hennessy said: “Increasing numbers of our members are thinning their plantations and producing timber for the first time. Many see this as an ideal fuel source to heat their homes. Already they are stockpiling and drying timber.
“Installing a biomass gasification boiler could reduce your annual home heating bill by as much as 60%, when you consider home heating oil has increased by 40% to €1,000 per litre since the start of 2008. The saving could be as much as 80% if you are using timber from your own forest.”
