energy crops scheme

A grant scheme (now closed) administered by Natural England for establishing biofuel crops. For the duration of the scheme (2000–2013) about 9,600ha of Miscanthus and 2,500ha of short-rotation coppice were established in England.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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