Being in the right place at the right time, has contributed to the success of Pembrokeshire BioEnergy, however there is no denying that Paul and Emma Ratcliffe have worked hard and spotted opportunities to get to where they are today.
The couple were farming beef, sheep and arable, alongside running a contracting business. However, in 2002 farming as they knew it, was changing.
“We were losing a block of arable land due to the development of a local holiday resort, now known as Bluestone National Park Resort, and the prospective influx of a large number of regular visitors made me question whether livestock farming was still going to be feasible,” explains Paul Ratcliffe, director of Pembrokeshire BioEnergy Ltd.
“The change made us re-evaluate our options and the prompt from the developer of Bluestone asking whether we knew anything about energy crops, got me thinking.”
Paul began researching renewables – looking at energy crops and biomass boilers, pellets and wood chip supply, visiting other countries and talking to people in the industry, and in 2003 they started their new journey.
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The couple were farming beef, sheep and arable, alongside running a contracting business. However, in 2002 farming as they knew it, was changing.
“We were losing a block of arable land due to the development of a local holiday resort, now known as Bluestone National Park Resort, and the prospective influx of a large number of regular visitors made me question whether livestock farming was still going to be feasible,” explains Paul Ratcliffe, director of Pembrokeshire BioEnergy Ltd.
“The change made us re-evaluate our options and the prompt from the developer of Bluestone asking whether we knew anything about energy crops, got me thinking.”
Paul began researching renewables – looking at energy crops and biomass boilers, pellets and wood chip supply, visiting other countries and talking to people in the industry, and in 2003 they started their new journey.
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