Most biomass burnt in the UK is imported and there appears to be plenty of fuel around for feedstock contracts. But is vertical integration sustainable or are there more efficient routes? And is policy stable enough for investors? Brendan Coyne reports

The biomass fuel market appears unconstrained. But if biomass is to meet 10% of UK demand, as the Energy Technologies Institute thinks it can, the logistics and supply chain will have to be optimised. Whether biomass will expand so significantly is debatable.