(BBC) A feasibility study is examining the potential of harvesting bracken and using it to make a bioethanol fuel. A demonstration of the machinery needed to harvest the plant, usually regarded as a nuisance by landowners, was held near Blair Atholl last week.
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The study is looking at the possibility of establishing a biofuel plant.
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Douglas MacAdam, of Scottish Land & Estates, told BBC Alba: “Bracken is a bit of a scourge.
“It is a problem across Scotland and we have got to find ways of controlling it.”
He said rather than destroying bracken by spraying it, it could be cut and processed. READ MORE