Kenny McCauley

Leitrim native Kenny McCauley is the founder of McCauley Wood Fuels Ltd, one of Ireland’s longest-established biomass producers.

Kenny McCauley is a 2026 Nuffield Ireland Scholar. Based on the family farm near Mohill, the business processes around 500 tonnes of wood biomass weekly—displacing almost 200,000 litres of fossil oil. Its customer base spans poultry, pig, and mushroom farms, as well as hotels and large heat users nationwide.

Kenny is passionate about linking forestry, farming, and rural enterprise to create short, reliable supply chains that keep value local and reduce fossil-fuel dependence. An early advocate of the WFQA quality standard, he continues to work with farmers, co-ops, and energy users to advance sustainable biomass systems. His international experience in East Africa reinforced his belief in locally driven, renewable solutions.

Nuffield study topic: “Mobilising rural biomass: unlocking renewable heat, carbon storage and bioeconomy value from farm forest resources.”