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Environmental
and Social ImpactProject development including forestry and renewables
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The Fast
Growing Tree1,500 hectares of land reforested with Paulownia
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Sustainable
DevelopmentSocio-economic and Carbon sequestration benefits.
Environmental Impact
- Carbon sequestration
- Biodiversity benefits
- Avoided deforestation
- Sustainable harvest
- Climate change mitigation
Latest news & articles
Germany’s Lufthansa carries out flights using biofuel
German airline Lufthansa last Thursday carried out the last of 1,187 flights in a six-month experimental period using bio-kerosene made from raw mater...
Silva Tree Starts Jatropha Project
Silva Tree has begun growing Jatropha for its own use, as bio-fuel for forestry equipment and harvesting machinery.
Seedling Sales Begin
Silva Tree commercialised its seedling production operation when Paulownia seedlings went on sale in the beginning of 2012.
Happy Holidays from Silva Tree
Wishing all our customers, friends and associates a happy new year and seasons greetings. The Silva Tree team.
Port of Amsterdam Makes Way for Biomass
The Port of Amsterdam is preparing for a growth in biomass product as European countries look to replace existing coal-fired power plants with renewab...
U.K. Biomass Project Development Continues to Pick up
Just his week, Kedco Plc, a renewable energy developer in Ireland, announced plans to build five biomass power plants with a combined capacity of 15 m...
Silva Tree Launches Jatropha Project
Following the VCS validation of the Princess Project, Silva Tree has become acutely aware of its fuel consumption and related carbon emissions. As a ...
Princess Project Planting Season Finished
As 2011 nears its end, so does the Princess Project Panama planting season which has provided up to 100 jobs for local workers.
UK Releases Long-Awaited Renewables Support Proposals
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change released its proposal for Renewables Obligation banding levels from 2013 to 2017 on Oct. 20, leaving ...
More Biomass Support Needed to Meet Targets - Drax
Drax has called for more backing for biomass power generation after the government's proposed support levels for renewables technologies were revealed...
School Field Trip to Princess Project
In early October, a local class of school children was taken by its teachers to visit the Princess Project in Chepo, Panama.
Trees Win Big as Forest Carbon Surges to Record Year
Investors and buyers have funneled record amounts of capital into forestry projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by conserving forests and cap...
Kedco plans five U.K. biomass facilities
For £59 million ($92 million), Kedco Plc, an Ireland-based gasification and anaerobic digestion technology developer, plans to bring five biomass com...
Report Suggests Biomass Energy Won't Harm Food Production
Biomass could cover 20% of the global energy supply without harming production of food, a new report released in the United Kingdom says.
Renewables Surpass Fossil Fuel in New Power Plant Investment, Bloomberg Reports
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an i...
Timber Demand Projections for Q4 2011 and Q1 2012
Japan’s Forestry Agency has released projections for demand for the fourth quarter of this year and the first quarter of next year. According to th...
China Prepares For Biofuel Demonstration Flight
China will be next to conduct a biofuel demonstration flight, with an Air China Boeing 747-700 expected to fly by the end of November on a blend of co...
Air China Flies First Biofuel Powered Plane
Air China has launched its first demonstration flight using biofuels derived from biomass grown in China.
Silva Tree Project Reaches 100 Employees
Silva Tree's reforestation project in Panama is an ambitious endeavour with hundreds of hectares of trees being planted every year. In order to facil...
60,000 call for end of nuclear power in Japan
Sixty thousand Japanese citizens marched in central Tokyo today to press their government to ditch nuclear energy in favour of renewables in light of ...
Approval for two new wood-powered biomass plants
Two major biomass power stations have been given the go-ahead in the UK. The first is located on the island of Anglesey in Wales and the second in Che...
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