The rural productive and land management sectors generate significant amounts of organic waste in forms such as wood residues (such as bark, hedge trimmings or leaves), manure, food processing waste and agricultural residues (such as straw). These ‘waste’ products have a significant amount of energetic value. New technologies and greater affordability in the required equipment is making it an increasingly realistic option to extract this energetic value on farms and other rural situations. This is actively promoted through the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive.