Government eyes up eucalyptus fuel

James S Murray
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New Defra research project to assess the suitability of fast growing trees as a source of biomass fuel

They may be more famous as the Australian home of Koala Bears, but fast growing Eucalyptus could soon become a feature of the UK's forests after the government announced it was to investigate using virgin...

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