LC Energy, the specialist supplier of sustainable wood fuel, has acquired the Harvest Wood Fuels bulk pellet business.
Based in Tilford, Surrey, Harvest Wood Fuels supplies high grade wood pellets sourced from local producers who use local woodland management arisings as a raw material.
LC Energy operates across the South and East of England with an established base of public, private and commercial sectors, from primary schools and care homes to global hotel groups, leisure parks, hospitals and international airports. As well as developing a leading reputation for the supply of biomass wood fuel, it has been recognised for its policy of supplying wood chip fuel which is sustainably harvested and sourced locally.
Managing director of LC Energy, Mark Lebus, said: 'Harvest Wood Fuels has built a reputation for supplying sustainably sourced pellets to customers across the region, and this responsible approach chimes perfectly with ours. Additionally, their expertise in the bulk pellet market complements our experience and, in bringing the two companies together, we feel we will be able to grow the market for wood fuel energy across the board.'
Following the acquisition, James Little, former managing director of Harvest Wood Fuels, has been appointed head of business development at LC Energy.
Lance Trevellyan, who founded Harvest Wood Fuels, has recently been granted planning permission at the Tilford site to develop a sawmill, a wood chip fired Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant and wood pellet production.
The new plant will generate both electricity and heat from wood chip to be used in the production of dry wood chip (a proportion of which will be used to fuel the CHP plant) and Grade A1 wood pellets for wholesale to LC Energy.
