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MaIN spONsOR:<br />
WORLD<br />
BIOENERGY<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
pROCEEDINGs<br />
Edited by:<br />
The Swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association
© Swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association and Authors <strong>2010</strong><br />
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ORGaNIsED BY:<br />
The swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong> association, svebio<br />
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Tel +46 8 441 70 80, Fax +46 8 441 70 89<br />
E-mail worldbioenergy@svebio.se<br />
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E-mail worldbioenergy@svebio.se<br />
www.svebio.se<br />
paTRON Of WORLD BIOENERGY:<br />
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden<br />
CONfERENCE ChaIRpERsON:<br />
Prof. Tomas Kåberger, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency<br />
Patron of<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
His Majesty King Carl XVI<br />
Gustaf of Sweden<br />
Chair person of<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
Tomas Kåberger, Director<br />
General, Swedish Energy<br />
Agency<br />
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WORLD BIOENERGY <strong>2010</strong><br />
Dear Colleague,<br />
Renewable energy is growing rapidly worldwide. Fossil fuels are creating not only climate<br />
change damages but also local disasters when oil is spread, for example in the Mexican Gulf.<br />
The purpose of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Conference and Exhibition is to inform, show and discuss<br />
how bioenergy solutions in a profitable way can replace fossil fuels and dangerous nuclear.<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> is the international forum that facilitates the transfer of bioenergy technology,<br />
know-how and experience with the unique concept of combining excellent presentations with<br />
a large exhibition and numerous study visits showing bioenergy in practice. The conference is<br />
unique as it aims to connect scientific advances with practical implementations of bioenergy<br />
innovations and successful market advances. This proceedings gives you an in depth look at<br />
some of the scientific advances that were presented at the conference.<br />
These proceedings are the collection of papers from speeches and posters presented at the<br />
conference. If you do not find the speech you look for in this paper you can find it on the <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> website www.worldbioenergy.com. This paper is based on a voluntary supply from<br />
speakers, poster exhibition and tendered abstracts. We wish you interesting reading and welcome<br />
back to Jönköping in 29-31 May 2012.<br />
Gustav Melin,<br />
President Svebio,<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Conference Manager<br />
Project managers Gustav Melin, Svebio and Jakob Hirsmark, Elmia.<br />
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CONTENTs<br />
OpENING sEssION 7<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> outrivals oil in Sweden,<br />
showing that growth in a green economy is possible 8<br />
Gustav Melin<br />
COMBINED hEaT aND pOWER (Chp),<br />
COMBusTION, hEaTING aND CO-fIRING 11<br />
Slagging and fouling risk of Mediterranean biomasses for<br />
combustion 12<br />
Daniel J. Vega-Nieva, Raquel Dopazo, Luis Ortiz<br />
Improved flexibility and economy by using small fluidised<br />
bed boilers in district heating 17<br />
Alpo Sund, Matti Lilja<br />
fOREsT REsIDuEs – sLash, sTuMps,<br />
sMaLL TREE haRVEsT 20<br />
Procurement costs of slash and stumps in Sweden –<br />
a comparison between south and north Sweden 21<br />
Athanassiadis, Dimitris., Lundström, Anders, Nordfjell Tomas<br />
Harvesting for energy or pulpwood in early thinnings? 25<br />
Dan Bergström, Fulvio Di Fulvio<br />
CO 2 -EQ emissions of forest chip production in Finland 2020 29<br />
Arto Kariniemi, Kalle Kärha<br />
Large-scale forest biomass supply with long-distance<br />
transport methods 34<br />
Ranta, T., Korpinen, O.-J., Jäppinen, E., Karttunen, K.<br />
Biomass functions for young Scots pine-dominated forest 43<br />
K. Ahnlund Ulvcrona, U. Nilsson, T. Lundmark<br />
Estimating potentials of solid wood-based fuels in Finland 2020 47<br />
Kalle Kärhä, Juha Elo, Perttu Lahtinen, Tapio Räsänen, Heikki Pajuoja<br />
pOLICY –<br />
hOW TO MaKE IT aLL happEN 51<br />
Climate change in Brazil: Public policies,<br />
political agenda and media 52<br />
Magda Adelaide Lombardo, Ruimar Costa Freitas<br />
Barriers of implementing renewable energy and energy<br />
efficiency in northern periphery 56<br />
Renvall, J., Puhakka-Tarvainen, H., Kuittinen, V., Okkonen, L., Rice, L., Pappinen, A.<br />
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<strong>Bioenergy</strong> in Ukraine: State of the art and prospects<br />
for the development 59<br />
Georgiy Geletukha, Tetiana Zheliezna<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> at climate negotiations:<br />
Visions, challenges and opportunities 62<br />
McCormick, K.<br />
Supply chains of forest chip production in Finland 65<br />
Kalle Kärhä<br />
The economic, political and social issues, hindering<br />
the adoption of bioenergy in pakistan: A case study 69<br />
Umair Usman<br />
BIOfuELs fOR TRaNspORT –<br />
BIOGas, BIOEThaNOL aND BIODIEsEL 78<br />
Biogas upgrading by temperature swing adsorption 79<br />
Tamara Mayer, Michael Url, Hermann Hofbauer<br />
pELLETs –<br />
ThE NEW LaRGE ENERGY COMMODITY 84<br />
Emissions charecteristics of a residential<br />
pellet boiler and a stove 85<br />
Kaung Myat Win, Tomas Persson<br />
New insights in the ash melting behaviour and improvements<br />
of biomass energy pellets using flour bond 89<br />
J. van Soest, J. Renirie, S. Moelchand, M. Schouten, A. van der Meijden, J. Plijter<br />
ENERGY CROps, aGRICuLTuRaL<br />
REsIDuEs aND BY-pRODuCTs 93<br />
Use of ashes as a fertilizer in Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris<br />
Arundinacea L.) grown as an energy crop for combustion 94<br />
Eva Lindvall<br />
Intercropping of Reed Canary Grass, Phalaris Arundinacea L.,<br />
with legumes can cut costs for N-fertilization 95<br />
Cecilia Palmborg, Eva Lindvall<br />
Organisational frameworks for straw-based energy<br />
systems in Ukraine and western Eurpope 98<br />
Y. Voytenko, P. Peck<br />
ORaL CONfERENCE pROGRaMME 108
OpENING sEssION<br />
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WORLD BIOENERGY CONFERENCE <strong>2010</strong>, OPENING SESSION 25 MAY<br />
BIOENERGY OUTRIVALS OIL IN SWEDEN,<br />
SHOWING THAT GROWTH IN A GREEN ECONOMY IS POSSIBLE.<br />
Gustav Melin<br />
President<br />
Swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
Torsgatan 12<br />
111 23 Stockholm<br />
Sweden<br />
ABSTRACT: From a situation when use of fossil oil covered 77 per cent of the Swedish energy mix in the 1970-ties,<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> is since 2009 the number one energy source when counting final energy use in Sweden. The last 20 years the<br />
economy (GDP) grow by 45 per cent and emissions of green house gases decreases by 12 per cent. This paper gives a<br />
background to why this development has taken place. It also claims that the same decisions and development is possible<br />
in any country and will lead to positive economical development and reduced emissions. The main instrument used is the<br />
carbon dioxide tax, a most efficient instrument to combat climat change.<br />
Keywords: <strong>Bioenergy</strong> policy, <strong>Bioenergy</strong> financing, strategy, CO 2 emission reduction, carbon dioxide tax.<br />
1. BIOENERGY SURPASS OIL IN SWEDEN<br />
In April <strong>2010</strong> the Swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
calculated official Swedish energy statistics<br />
published by the Swedish Energy Agency. Svebio<br />
were able to announce that <strong>Bioenergy</strong> was the<br />
number one energy source in Swedish energy<br />
consumption. The use of bioenergy exceeded the use<br />
of fossil oil for energy. Actually the use of<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> has increased in a rate corresponding to<br />
an additional volume of 6400 cubic meters of oil<br />
every week for almost 20 years. Clearly we had<br />
foreseen that bioenergy would surpass oil any year<br />
now, nevertheless it was a bit surprising that it<br />
actually happened already in 2009.<br />
For a long time there has been no doubt about the<br />
direction, the use of renewable energy and especially<br />
bioenergy has been growing for 30 years.<br />
In the year 2009 bioenergy represented 31,7 per cent of<br />
the total energy use. Almost one third of the energy use<br />
from <strong>Bioenergy</strong> that’s a good figure.<br />
However I have been working in this sector for more than<br />
20 years. It has been a good development but it has not at<br />
all been optimal. A similar or even faster change would<br />
be possible in almost any country.<br />
2. SWEDEN ALREADY NOW CLOSE TO REACH<br />
2020 RENEWABLE TARGET<br />
Then if we take a look at the share of renewables it was<br />
already in 2009 46,3 per cent of the Swedish energy use.<br />
The red curve is the obligated level of renewables for<br />
Sweden according to the 2020-target. The blue curve is<br />
the forecasted development with the current legislation<br />
and incentives calculated by the Swedish Energy Agency.
The black curve is what actually has been registered, also<br />
figures from the Swedish Energy Agency. It is obvious<br />
that the ambitions are low compared to what is possible<br />
and that it is similar for other countries.<br />
3. REASONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SWEDEN<br />
I would like to briefly give a background of the reasons<br />
why this fairly good development has taken place in<br />
Sweden. I would also like to point out why I believe a<br />
similar development is possible and profitable in almost<br />
every country.<br />
Reasons for a good development I Sweden:<br />
3.1 No domestic fossil energy sources<br />
In the 1970-ties Sweden like most countries had more<br />
than 75 % of oil in the energy mix and also some<br />
additional percentage of coal. When the first oil crises hit<br />
the market in 1973, it became a wake up call for Swedish<br />
politicians. It became obvious that it was not clever to be<br />
so dependent on an imported energy source. Especially<br />
since price could change quickly, create unpredictable<br />
costs and ruin Swedish economy. Governmental research<br />
and investment money was at this time directed towards<br />
domestic energy production like nuclear power and<br />
renewables. At the same time it was obvious that oil and<br />
coal created environmental problems like spreading of<br />
heavy metals and acidification. Energy tax and sulphur<br />
fees were introduced on oil due to environmental reasons<br />
and to encourage use of domestic energy sources.<br />
3.2 No industry propagating for oil or coal<br />
One very important factor has been that there is no<br />
industry defending the fossil fuel position on the market.<br />
The Swedish industry has always focused on keeping a<br />
low electricity price, to be able to compete better on a<br />
global market. The Swedish government has had a<br />
similar view and increased energy taxes on households<br />
but kept taxes on an international level towards the<br />
industry.<br />
3.3 Efficient forest industry sector<br />
The Swedish forest industry sector consists of a leading<br />
pulp and paper industry as well as a large saw mill<br />
industry. The sector is very productive and consists also<br />
of a lot of different supply and manufacturing companies<br />
able to develop and manufacture forest harvesting<br />
equipment and equipment to collect and chip forest<br />
residues for energy. You are able to meet many of these<br />
companies at the exhibition here at <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong>.<br />
The industry continuously has invested in increased<br />
bioenergy use and production. Investments were also<br />
enhanced by the introduction of the renewable electricity<br />
certificates in 2003 which doubles the price for<br />
renewable electricity producers. As an example of the<br />
development the pulp industry Wärö owned by Södra<br />
becomes the worlds first fossil free pulp industry in the<br />
beginning of this year. Other parts of the industry invest<br />
in production of biofuels for transport, which you are<br />
able to hear from in session D2.<br />
3.4 A common view of a free market and market<br />
conditions.<br />
Finally, the most important factor has been the<br />
politicians’ ability to create a market situation that gives<br />
companies a predictable future to invest in market<br />
opportunities they believe in. The Swedish policy has<br />
mainly been decided with the polluter pays principle in<br />
mind. We have sulphur fees, NOX-fees and from 1991<br />
also carbon dioxide tax. Taxing emissions is a<br />
predictable, logical, environmentally friendly system that<br />
companies understand. Sweden as a small country has<br />
always been dependent on international trade, and<br />
therefore it has come quite natural to develop bioenergy<br />
during free market conditions. The polluter pays principle<br />
does not give any particular advantage to any type of<br />
solution. The solutions can be energy efficiency, solar,<br />
hydro, bioenergy or something else. The most profitable<br />
solutions are chosen.<br />
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4. SWEDEN FIRST COUNTRY TO DECOUPLE<br />
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND GHG-EMISSIONS<br />
This slide shows blue curve: the economic growth in<br />
Sweden, red curve: emission of Green House Gases,<br />
GHG. Green curve: development of <strong>Bioenergy</strong> in<br />
Sweden.<br />
5. POSSIBILITIES FOR GOOD DEVELOPMENT IN<br />
MOST OTHER COUNTRIES<br />
.<br />
5.1 Domestic fossil fuels<br />
Domestic fossil fuels in a country make it harder for the<br />
parliament to agree on important decisions like carbon<br />
dioxide tax, deposit fees on coal ash etc. However the<br />
actual situation for development and economic growth in<br />
a country with domestic fossil fuels are not less than in a<br />
country like Sweden that lack the resource of fossil fuel.<br />
5.2 Industry propagating for oil or coal<br />
The national debate and company interest are more<br />
difficult to handle than in the Swedish situation but it is<br />
not a reason for not making the right decisions.<br />
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5.3 Lots of forests and other raw material.<br />
There are always various opportunities to use energy<br />
more efficient. Combined heat and power is extremely<br />
profitable compared to wasting heat when producing<br />
power and buy the heat separately.<br />
There is a lot more forest globally than most of us<br />
believes. Professor Pekka Kauppi University of Helsinki<br />
has calculated figures from FAO reports and will share<br />
his knowledge about expanding forests in session A1<br />
“Raw material availability and market development”. In<br />
this session we will also be able to hear about wastes like<br />
old rubber trees from Liberia used in European coal<br />
power stations. There are by-products or wastes<br />
everywhere many of which profitably could be used for<br />
energy production. Olive residues, kernels and pruning,<br />
citrus pulp, palm kernels, sunflower husks, almond shells,<br />
straw, saw dust, manure, land fill gas, forest residues and<br />
million hectares of additional arable land for food, feed<br />
or energy production. <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> <strong>2010</strong> will give<br />
hundreds of opportunities to discuss possible and<br />
impossible ideas for further development and<br />
investments. Different solutions are available<br />
everywhere.<br />
5.4 A clear and simple policy<br />
Finally I would like to emphases that a clear and simple,<br />
understandable policy is a good way to have the whole<br />
society moving in the right direction. It is not sufficient to<br />
reach the 2020 target. We need good policy to solve the<br />
sustainability problems. Carbon tax is one simple and<br />
understandable measure with the benefit to strike towards<br />
use of fossil fuels getting us closer the overall goal -<br />
stopping the climate change. The Swedish <strong>Bioenergy</strong><br />
Association ask you to help us to argue for a global<br />
carbon dioxide tax and a floor price on emission trading<br />
rights making emitters pay for damages caused by carbon<br />
dioxide. Sweden has showed that polluter pays principle<br />
is an efficient and simple way to increase the use of<br />
profitable renewable energy.<br />
In some decades we are heading for 100 per cent<br />
renewables – It can be done!<br />
Svebio and Elmia wish you most welcome to Jönköping<br />
and the <strong>World</strong> of <strong>Bioenergy</strong>.
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SLAGGING AND FOULING RISK OF MEDITERANEAN BIOMASSES FOR COMBUSTION<br />
Daniel J. Vega-Nieva 1 , Raquel Dopazo 2 and Luis Ortiz 3 .<br />
Contact: CÁTEDRA ENCE. University of Vigo (Spain).<br />
Forestry School. A Xunqueira Campus. 36005. Pontevedra (Spain).<br />
Tel: 1-2: +34/986801948; 3: +34/986801902.<br />
Email: 1. DanielJVN@gmail.com 2. dopazo.raquel@gmail.com; 3. lortiz@uvigo.es.<br />
ABSTRACT: The interest in biomass combustion has grown exponentially in the last years, as a means for renewable<br />
heat and energy promoting local development and mitigating climate change. Various Mediterranean agricultural and<br />
forest resources such as olive stone, almond shell or pinecone chips remain large unutilized, despite their potential for<br />
being utilized in biomass combustion. New energy crops such as Cardoon, Brassica or Sorghum, are being introduced in<br />
Mediterranean countries for <strong>Bioenergy</strong> production; however, the slagging and fouling risk of many of these potential<br />
feedstocks are currently limiting their application in combustion processes given their high alkali, silica or chlorine<br />
contents. In this publication, various methods for biomass slagging and fouling hazard monitoring and prediction are<br />
presented based on recent studies with Mediterranean biomasses combustion in Spain.<br />
Keywords: slagging, fouling, biomass combustion.<br />
1. INTRODUCTION.<br />
The interest in biomass combustion has grown<br />
exponentially in the last years, as a means for renewable<br />
heat and energy promoting local development and<br />
mitigating climate change.<br />
However, various Mediterranean agricultural and<br />
forest resources such as almond shell or pinecone seed<br />
shells remain large unutilized. The slagging and fouling<br />
risk remain as important barriers that are currently<br />
limiting the use of various agricultural residues and<br />
potential agricultural energy crops feedstocks such as<br />
Cardoon, Brassica, or Sorghum [1], [2], [3].<br />
Slagging occurs in the boiler sections that are<br />
directly ex posed to flame irradiation. The mechanism<br />
of slagging formation involves stickiness, ash melting<br />
and sintering. Slagging de posits consist of an inner<br />
powdery layer followed by silicate and alkali<br />
compounds [4], [5].<br />
Fouling deposits form in the convective parts of<br />
the boiler. The mechanism of fouling is mainly due to<br />
condensation of volatile species that have been<br />
vaporised in previous boiler sections and are loosely<br />
bonded [5]<br />
In this publication, various methods for biomass slagging<br />
and fouling hazard monitoring and prediction are<br />
presented based on recent studies with Mediterranean<br />
biomasses combustion in Spain.<br />
2. ASH MELTING BEHAVIOUR: SLAGGING AND<br />
FOULING INDICES AND FUSION<br />
TEMPERATURES.<br />
2.1. Slagging and Fouling Indexes.<br />
Various authors have proposed a series of slagging and<br />
fouling indexes to explain the accumulation of ashes into<br />
the radiation and convection areas of biomass boilers,<br />
respectively. Although originally developed for coal,<br />
these indices seem to have potential for application on<br />
biomass combustion behaviour prediction (i.e. [6],<br />
[7]). Most widely used slagging and fouling indexes and<br />
currently proposed thresholds are synthesized below:<br />
Base to acid index [1], [6], [7], [8]:<br />
Critical value for coal: < 0.75 slagging trend<br />
Alkaki Index [9]:<br />
where HHV: Higher Heating value (MJ/Kg) at H=0%<br />
if index > 0.17 kg alkali /MJ probable fouling<br />
if index > 0.34 kg alkali /MJ fouling is certain to occur<br />
Slagging index [1], [7], [10]:<br />
where S d is % S from elementary analysis<br />
if RS < 0.6 low slagging trend<br />
if 0.6 < RS < 2 medium trend<br />
if 2.0 < RS < 2.6 high trend<br />
if RS > 2.6 very high trend
Chlorine Index: Cl content (%) of the sample dry weight.<br />
According to [1], [7]:<br />
if Cl < 0.2 low slagging trend<br />
if 0.2 < Cl < 0.3 medium trend<br />
if 0.3 < Cl < 0.5 high trend<br />
if Cl > 0.5 very high trend<br />
; whereas [11 ] gives a more conservative threshold:<br />
if Cl > 0.1 corrosion and HCl emissions<br />
2.2.Ash Fusion Temperatures.<br />
Ashes fusion is a continuous process which can be<br />
characterized by the following temperatures, according to<br />
norms ISO 540:2008 and DIN 51730:1998-04:<br />
Deformation temperature (DT). Temperature at<br />
which the first signs of rounding, due to melting, of the<br />
tip or edges of the test piece occur.<br />
Sphere temperature (ST). The temperature at which<br />
the edges of the test piece become completely round,<br />
with its height being equal to the width of the base line.<br />
Hemisphere temperature (HT). The temperature at<br />
which the test piece is approximately hemispherical, with<br />
the height being equal to half the base diameter.<br />
Flow temperature (FT). The temperature at which the<br />
test piece material has spread out so that its height is onethird<br />
of that at the hemisphere temperature.<br />
A large number of authors have proposed predictive<br />
functions of ash fusion temperatures from ash<br />
composition for coals (i.e. see [4] for a comprehensive<br />
review). Information on such predictive functions for<br />
biomass, however, remains scarce (i.e. [12], [13]).<br />
.Mineral composition in biomass differs significantly<br />
from coal, especially in the amount of potassium, calcium<br />
and chlorine, therefore, most appropriate slagging indices<br />
definition and threshold calibration, as well as ash fusion<br />
predictive functions must be different [9].<br />
Additionally, biomass disintegration laboratory tests have<br />
recently been proposed as a complementary means to<br />
characterize slagging tendency of biomass fuels, with<br />
significant potential to reproduce sintering and fouling<br />
behaviour observed in biomass boiler combustion tests<br />
[14].<br />
Results using the above mentioned methodologies for<br />
characterizing slagging and fouling tendency of various<br />
Mediterranean biomass fuels are presented.<br />
The effect of ash composition on ash behaviour as<br />
characterized by laboratory ash fusion and ash<br />
disintegration tests and boiler combustion tests, as well as<br />
the potential of biomass ash slagging indices to predict<br />
ash behaviour in terms of slagging and fouling hazard is<br />
discussed below.<br />
2. SLAGGING AND FOULING RISK OF<br />
MEDITERRANEAN BIOMASSES IN COMBUSTION<br />
Various recent studies (i.e. [01], [02], [03] and [04]) have<br />
recently analyzed the slagging and fouling tendency of<br />
several forest and agricultural residues and energy crops<br />
by means of laboratory ash characterization tests and<br />
combustion tests in Spain.<br />
The results of the ash composition of some of the main<br />
Mediterranean biomasses analyzed by these studies are<br />
synthezised in Table I below.<br />
Table I: Ash composition (wt% dry basis) at 550 ºC of<br />
various Mediterranean Biomasses from studies [01], [02],<br />
[03] and [04] in Spain.<br />
Sample SiO2 Al2O3 Fe2O3 CaO MgO Na2O K2O P2O5 Ref.<br />
Poplar I 2.80 -- -- 33 3.70 0.14 18 -- [14]<br />
Poplar II 4.20 0.34 0.36 29 3.00 0.14 16 3.00 [15]<br />
Eucalyptus 41 -- -- 18 4.20 1.90 8.70 -- [14]<br />
Thistle I 13 -- -- 14 2.50 9.20 15 -- [14]<br />
Thistle II 20 -- -- 33 3.30 4.70 6.60 -- [14]<br />
Almond<br />
shell I<br />
Almond<br />
shell II<br />
Olive<br />
stontes<br />
4.60 -- -- 15 1.50 0.30 22 -- [14]<br />
3.50 0.49 0.27 16 2.60 0.49 31 2.40 [17]<br />
24 -- -- 4.40 1.70 0.52 27 -- [14]<br />
Brassica I 7.60 0.61 0.28 23 3.20 0.69 21 9.10 [15]<br />
Brassica II 1.30 0.16 0.60 25 2.70 1.10 27 8.40 [16]<br />
Wheat<br />
straw<br />
44 -- -- 8.10 2.40 0.22 18 -- [14]<br />
Rice straw 51 -- -- 8.9 3.5 2.8 16 -- [14]<br />
Sorghum 40 2.60 1.00 5.50 2.50 0.29 23 2.10 [16]<br />
Forest biomasses (i.e. Poplar, Eucalyptus chips) have<br />
very beneficial properties for combustion, namely a high<br />
Ca content, low silica content, and generally lower K<br />
content when compared to most agricultural feedstocks<br />
and residues, this resulting in high initial deformation<br />
and ash fusion temperatures, generally well above 1200-<br />
1400 ºC, as shown in Table II.<br />
It has to be noted, however, that woody fuels can often be<br />
contaminated during harvest operations with soil<br />
particles, resulting in a higher silica content (i.e.<br />
Eucalyptus sample in Table I), which can lower the ash<br />
fusion temperatures. This situation has been noted by<br />
various authors (i.e. [18]. More careful harvest methods<br />
need to be implemented in order to minimize soil<br />
contamination.<br />
Herbaceous fuels such as brassica, wheat and sorghum<br />
have large contents of both silica and potassium, resulting<br />
in the potential formation of K silicates (i.e. [4], [8],<br />
[19]). These compounds create deposits in the boiler,<br />
potentially causing slagging and fouling problems at<br />
temperatures above 700-800ºC, as illustrated by the<br />
sintering temperatures DT in Table II.<br />
Table II. Ash fusibility temperature of various<br />
Mediterranean feedstocks from Spain.<br />
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Fusibility temperatures (ºC)<br />
Sample D S H F Source<br />
Poplar I<br />
>1400 >1400 >1400 >1400 [14]<br />
Eucalyptus 1160 1170 1190 1230 [14]<br />
Thistle I 640 660 1150 1150 [14]<br />
Thistle II 1450 1450 1450 1450 [14]<br />
Almond shell I 750 770 n.d 1450 [14]<br />
Olive stones 1030 n.d 1090 1160 [14]<br />
Brassica I 730 n.d n.d 1450 [15]<br />
Brassica II 770 n.d n.d 1450 [16]<br />
Wheat straw 850 1040 1120 1320 [14]<br />
Rice straw 860 980 1100 1220 [14]<br />
Sorghum 830 1000 1080 1350 [16]<br />
D, deformation; S, sphere; H, hemisphere; F, fluid;<br />
n.d, not detected.<br />
Table III. Laboratory Sintering disintegration test results<br />
for Mediterranean biomasses from Spain.<br />
Disintegration test<br />
Sample 800 °C 900 ºC 1000 °C Source<br />
Poplar I E E E [14]<br />
Eucalyptus VE VE VE [14]<br />
Thistle I VD VD VD [14]<br />
Thistle II D D D [14]<br />
Almond shell<br />
I E D VD<br />
[14]<br />
Olive stones VE E VD [14]<br />
Brassica I VD VD VD [15]<br />
Brassica II - - VD [16]<br />
Wheat straw E VD VD [14]<br />
Rice straw D VD VD [14]<br />
Sorghum - - VD [16]<br />
VE, very easy disintegration; E, easy; D, difficult;<br />
VD, very difficult disintegration.<br />
Disintegration tests seem to offer a complementary<br />
criteria for rapid biomass characterization (Tables II and<br />
III). The development of comprehensive predictive<br />
functions for biomass ash fusion temperature based on<br />
ash composition is still required for a deeper<br />
understanding of ash sintering and melting processes.<br />
Table IV. Slagging indexes and agglomeration level<br />
observed in biomass combustion tests in [14], [15].<br />
Sample<br />
Ash<br />
(%, d.b)<br />
B/A<br />
index<br />
Alkali<br />
index<br />
(kg/GJ)<br />
BedAgg Source<br />
Poplar I 3.40 19.58 0.32 NO [14]<br />
Eucalyptus 4.30 0.8 0.23 NO [14]<br />
Thistle II 13.70 2.38 0.89 Part [14]<br />
Thistle I 14.10 3.13 1.96 Total [14]<br />
Brassica I 5.80 5.87 0.68 Total [15]<br />
Almond shell I 1.00 8.43 0.11 Part [14]<br />
BedAgg, bed agglomeration; NO, not agglomerated;<br />
Part, partially agglomerated; Total, totally agglomerated.<br />
The ash content can be a good indicator of the<br />
problematic nature of a biomass fuel. Herbaceous fuels<br />
typically show a higher value of ash content, this being<br />
correlated with their intrinsic K content [Jenkins et al].<br />
The Base to acid index, which has proven some<br />
predictive potential for prediction of slagging-related<br />
problems in studies such as [6] does not seem capable of<br />
reflecting the bed agglomeration tendency shown in<br />
Table IV. More refined alternative expressions may be<br />
required to account for the role of silica-based<br />
compounds on ash slagging hazard.<br />
Alkali index seems to have potential for discriminating<br />
potentially hazardous fuels in the light of results in Table<br />
IV, with lower values of the index -below the 0.34 kg<br />
alkali/MJ threshold proposed by [9]- corresponding to the<br />
samples where no agglomeration was detected in the<br />
boiler bed during the combustion test. One exception to<br />
this is the almond shell sample, where the low ash<br />
content, considered in the numerator of the alkali index,<br />
amy have masked the intrinsically hazardous nature of<br />
this fuel, with proven agglomeration effects, as proved<br />
both by a DT of 750ºC and a partial agglomeration<br />
observed in the boiler. An alternative alkali index may<br />
allow to account for fuels such as almond with a low<br />
amount of potentially problematic ashes.<br />
The higher alkali (Na+K) content present in the first<br />
sample of cardoon in Table IV (24% vs 11% in Thistle I<br />
and II, respectively), as detected by alkali indices of 1.96<br />
and 0.89, respectively, results in a higher temperature of<br />
sinterizing for the first sample, and a total vs partial<br />
agglomeration observed in the combustion test of these<br />
two biomasses in [01] study.<br />
Alkali metals react with silica contained in the residue's<br />
ash forming silicates with very low melting point<br />
(
The DOMOHEAT European project is focused on<br />
the demonstration of two innovative and sustainable<br />
medium size Centre European heating systems, for<br />
domestic and tertiary buildings, using as fuel mediumlow<br />
quality wastes from South European Regions<br />
agro/forest/wood production. Biomasses selected for this<br />
project are olive stone, pine wood chips, pine cone chips,<br />
pine cone seed shells, almond shells, hazelnut shells,<br />
eucalyptus wood chips, straw pellets, oak and pine<br />
sawdust pellets, vine shoot chips, olive pruning chips,<br />
oak chips, poplar chips, and paulownia chips.<br />
Fuel and ash characterization is being carried out for each<br />
one of the different biomasses at laboratory to determine<br />
the proximate analysis (ash, volatiles, fixed carbon),<br />
moisture content, ultimate analysis (C, H, N, S, O), Cl<br />
content, gross and net calorific value, contents of major<br />
and minor ash forming elements, particle size distribution<br />
and mass density. Laboratory evaluations of ash slagging<br />
tendency are being performed.<br />
Combustion tests in 25, 100, 150 kW experimental<br />
boilers are currently being carried out both in Vigo<br />
(Spain) and KWB Austria, in order to achieve knowledge<br />
about biomass behaviour during combustion, ash melting<br />
behaviour and relevant emissions (CO, CO , H O, CxHy,<br />
2 2<br />
NOx, O2, SO2 and HCl) are being determined. Slag<br />
deposits composition will be analyzed and ash-limiting<br />
thresholds will be explored as a means to limit the<br />
amount of silica, alkali and chlorine present in the fuels<br />
as validated by boiler combustion tests and to predict the<br />
slagging tendency of the biomasses.<br />
The tendency of slagging and ash deposition will be<br />
evaluated based on these combustion tests to select the<br />
most promising fuels for further combustion test in two<br />
demonstrative boilers at Spain (Vigo and Leon). Based<br />
on biomass characterization results and combustion test<br />
results, criteria for rejecting/accepting biomasses will be<br />
developed.<br />
On a second stage, based on established ash slagging<br />
risk thresholds calibrated with combustion test results,<br />
biomass mixtures will be performed as a strategy to<br />
diminish the sintering and slagging tendency of initially<br />
rejected biomasses in 10 new combustion tests of<br />
biomass mixtures.<br />
More information of the project can be found at<br />
http://www.escansa.com/domoheat/<br />
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IMPROVED FLEXIBILITY AND ECONOMY BY USING SMALL FLUIDISED BED BOILERS IN DISTRICT<br />
HEATING<br />
Alpo Sund 1 , Matti Lilja 2<br />
1 Nurmijärven Sähkö Oy, Kauppanummentie 1, 01900 Nurmijärvi, Finland<br />
2 Renewa Oy, Teknobulevardi 3, 01530 Vantaa, Finland<br />
matti.lilja@renewa.fi<br />
ABSTRACT: The Finnish heating company Nurmijärven Sähkö generates annually over 80 GWh heat with wood based<br />
fuels. To ensure optimal flexibility and minimal emissions, company has chosen fluidised bed combustion for two of its<br />
below 12 MW heating plants. These plants have shown a capability to operate at very low partial loads during low<br />
demand seasons, thus reducing the need to use oil fired reserve boilers. Exploiting of lower cost fuels, like slash from<br />
local forests, has been possible due to the flexible combustion process. Emissions have been successfully kept clearly<br />
below set limits, also at partial load operation or when using variable quality of fuels.<br />
Keywords: fluidised bed, heat generation, district heating, operating experience<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Nurmijärven Sähkö Oy is a municipality owned<br />
energy service company in Southernmost Finland. It<br />
provides 9500 inhabitants with 90 GWh heat<br />
annually. About 95 % of the heat is generated with<br />
wood based fuels in company’s three plants. This<br />
equals to 120 000 cubic meters of wood.<br />
To ensure economical heat for its customers,<br />
Nurmijärven Sähkö needs heat generation with is<br />
flexible to meet fluctuating heat demands, as well as<br />
digest versatile fuel and take the advantage of lower<br />
priced slash or waste wood batches from near-‐by<br />
sources.<br />
In order to be able to maximise the operational<br />
flexibility, the company has chosen bubbling fluidised<br />
bed (BFB) combustion for two of its heating plant. The<br />
8 MWth and 11 MWth units have been operated since<br />
2002 and 2007. The units are normally unmanned<br />
and controlled remotely.<br />
2 COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY<br />
Heating plants in the localities Nurmijärvi and<br />
Rajamäki have a capacity of 8 MW th and 11 MW th,<br />
respectively. Their combustion system is based on<br />
bubbling fluidised bed technology, where the fuel is<br />
introduced in the furnace where a 4 ton sand bed and the<br />
primary combustion air form a homogenous mixture with<br />
about 800 o C of temperature.<br />
The furnace and fluidized bed with the boiler form an<br />
integrated structure which is completely enclosed in a<br />
water cooled structure. There are refractories on the side<br />
walls in order to achieve correct combustion temperature<br />
and to prevent erosion. The boiler has a fully welded<br />
hermetic structure of membrane walls. The furnace is in<br />
the shape of rectangle. The structure is self-supporting<br />
and propped up from below which allows thermal<br />
expansion upwards.<br />
Because only few kilos of fuels are in the furnace at<br />
each moment, the gasification and combustion is fast.<br />
The heat capacity of the sand is so big that any amount of<br />
fuel humidity is easily evaporated and doesn’t harm the<br />
combustion itself.<br />
Fluidized bed temperature is controlled by<br />
combustion air distribution to primary, secondary and<br />
tertiary air. The well controlled furnace temperature is<br />
important for minimising of the temperature-derived<br />
NOx creation. With dry fuels, when the fluidized bed<br />
temperature might otherwise become too high, circulating<br />
gas is used in the fluidising air system.<br />
Figure 1. Hot water boiler with a Renewa bubbling<br />
fluidised bed<br />
Fluidised bed combustion is better known for utility<br />
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oilers of 100 MWth or larger. The Renewa BFB<br />
technology, used in the Nurmijärven Sähkö’s plants, is<br />
based on same principle as any bubbling bed. However,<br />
since the first application in 1985, the design has been<br />
optimised for small and medium sized boilers and thus<br />
can be implemented cost-efficiently. There are more than<br />
30 applications of steam and hot water BFB boilers in the<br />
capacity range of 3 – 30 MWth.<br />
3 OPERATION EXPERIENCE<br />
The two Nurmijärven Sähkö’s boilers have been in<br />
commercial operation for 8 and 3 years. The utility<br />
operates also another biomass fired boiler with<br />
reciprocating grate so observations between different<br />
combustion technologies have been made. The most<br />
visible advantage of the BFB boilers is their fast response<br />
to load change needs. The output can be decreased or<br />
increased by 12 % units within 10 minutes. This is a<br />
clear advantage in district heating plants where the daily<br />
demand curve has major variations. One just has to<br />
secure evenly chipped fuel.<br />
Flexibility to utilise different fuels has practical<br />
benefits e.g. in cold winter days when high calorific fuels<br />
can be used to achieve outputs even above nominal point,<br />
and thus postpone the start of expensive peaking plants.<br />
The same benefit there is during the summer when very<br />
low output level can be achieved with high calorific<br />
biomass. This saves costs of operating fossil fuelled<br />
plants and thus buying emission credits can be avoided.<br />
Figure 2. Rajamäki heating plant with 11 MWth<br />
fluidised bed boiler<br />
Nurmijärven Sähkö has successfully used fuels like<br />
forest slash, fresh and dry, from final forest felling, nontrimmed<br />
and trimmed small forest slash, saw dust, bark,<br />
grain sorting residues and even oat kernels with 10 %<br />
mixture. The non-trimmed forest slash, including green<br />
particles with chlorophyll, has not caused any problems<br />
in occasional use, even at operation on 100 % load, if the<br />
humidity has been inside the guaranteed window (± 12 %<br />
range around nominal point). No findings of chlorine<br />
caused corrosion have been detected. Very long time<br />
operation on full load with only such fuel has not for the<br />
time being been performed, however.<br />
During typical operation period, the main advantage<br />
of BFB flexibility comes from optimising fuel economy.<br />
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Cheaper low quality fuel lots can be exploited which<br />
reflects also as a better bargaining power when buying<br />
fuel. Nurmijärven Sähkö’s policy is to use only<br />
renewable biomass based fuels, but many Finnish BFB<br />
operators actively optimise their fuels costs by allowing<br />
biomass and peat suppliers to offer their best prices.<br />
Fluidised beds, however, have more stringent<br />
requirement than grates on the impurities coming with<br />
the fuel. Therefore magnetic separators and disc screens<br />
are highly recommended to screen out coarse particles<br />
and metal pieces before they enter the furnace. If such<br />
material, however, get inside the combustion chamber,<br />
they can be removed through the bottom funnels which<br />
are normally used for bed sand replacement. The inclined<br />
shape of the furnace bottom helps the coarse particles to<br />
roll towards the hoppers.<br />
4 FLUIDISED BED BOILER MAINTENANCE<br />
Concerning maintenance costs, a certain advantage<br />
has been recorded in a smaller need to replace<br />
components. Normally only bearings of motors and<br />
pumps need to be replaced, while fuidised bed boiler<br />
internals don’t have any moving mechanical components<br />
which could be subject to any wear and tear. Only the<br />
bed temperature sensors need regular replacement.<br />
Another advantage has been the possibility to use<br />
short shut-downs for maintenance works. This is possible<br />
because after shutting down there remains no fuel in the<br />
furnace and the structures can be cooled down in 3-4<br />
hours. The service persons can then enter the boiler or<br />
make the convection section soot blowing during one<br />
operation shift. In this way the scheduled annual<br />
maintenance outages can be shortened. Typically annual<br />
service outages have taken some 120 hours.<br />
5 OPERATION COSTS<br />
The main costs of operation, except the fuel, come<br />
from power autoconsumption, bed sand make-up and ash<br />
disposal. The recorded power demand of the two plants is<br />
33 kW per produced MWth of heat. The figure includes<br />
also the energy consumed by the district heat pumps.<br />
The ash amount from the electrostatic precipitator is<br />
below 4,4 kg per MW th produced, representing thus<br />
below 1 % of the consumed fuel mass. Bottom ash<br />
volume is negligible in the BFB boilers. The small ash<br />
volumes have been most economical to bring to a landfill<br />
but the company is now actively looking for alternative<br />
uses for the ash. The nutrient contents of the ash might<br />
help to recycle it.<br />
Part of the bed material, which is normal<br />
equigranular construction quality sand, is replaced daily.<br />
The recorded sand consumption has been 3,8 kg/MWth<br />
(at the 11 MW boiler) and below 2 kg/MWth (at the 8<br />
MW boiler). This means that the sand silo, capable to<br />
receive a full truckload, needs to be filled only a couple<br />
of times a year. Presently, the rejected sand is transported<br />
to a landfill. Nurmijärven Sähkö is looking for<br />
possibilities to sell this practically very clean sand to<br />
potential users or recycle it in the process by screening.<br />
The manpower costs are quite reasonable. Both plants<br />
have an advanced control system and they can be<br />
remotely controlled from each other’s control room.<br />
Therefore only one of them, normally the Nurmijärvi
plant, is permanently manned. Rajamäki plant is visited<br />
shortly once per day, due to requirements of legislation,<br />
but all operations are performed from the control centre.<br />
During the night time and weekend the operator can<br />
control the plants with a portable PC even from his home.<br />
6 EMISSIONS OF FLUIDISED BED COMBUSTION<br />
Emissions of Rajamäki plant have been measured by<br />
an independent authority. Table 1 shows emissions on 3<br />
MW partial load, i.e. below 30% of nominal capacity.<br />
Table I: Rajamäki heating plant emissions at 3 MW<br />
partial load<br />
Rajamäki Actual load: 3 MWth<br />
heating plant<br />
Performed by: Suomen<br />
Analyysipalvelut Oy<br />
Date:<br />
14.3.2008<br />
Parameter Value unit<br />
Flue gas temperature 51,8<br />
o<br />
C<br />
CO2 in flue gas 12, 3 ±0,7 %<br />
O2 in flue gas 8, 3 ±0,4 %<br />
Dust content 20 ± 4 mg/m 3 n<br />
Dust emission 0,14 ± 0,05 kg/h<br />
Dust contents red. at 6% O2 23 ± 5 mg/m 3 n<br />
Specific emissions 9 ± 3 mg/MJ<br />
NOx 97 ppm<br />
NO2 contents red. at 6% O2 236 ± 18 mg/m 3 n<br />
SO2
B<br />
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fOREsT REsIDuEs –<br />
sLash, sTuMps, sMaLL TREE haRVEsT
PROCUREMENT COSTS OF SLASH AND STUMPS IN SWEDEN<br />
– A COMPARISON BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH SWEDEN.<br />
Athanassiadis, Dimitris., Lundström, Anders & Nordfjell Tomas<br />
Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences<br />
S-90183 Umeå, Sweden<br />
Dimitris.Athanassiadis@srh.slu.se, Tomas.Nordfjell@srh.slu.se, Anders.Lundstrom@srh.slu.se<br />
ABSTRACT: Marginal cost curves were used to appreciate the amount of slash and stumps that could be harvested at<br />
certain costs in Sweden as a whole as well as in two regions (Upper Norrland and South Sweden). The expected region<br />
specific variations were quantified and region specific estimates on harvestable potentials of stumps and slash were made.<br />
The results in this work were based on data collected in the Swedish Forest Inventory (SFI) from 2002 to 2006<br />
Keywords: forestry residues, harvesting, resource potential<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
The demand for use of wood as raw material for heat<br />
and power generation has increased considerably at a<br />
global level. Sweden is a leading country in the use of<br />
bioenergy. According to the Swedish Energy Authority,<br />
20% of the total energy use, comes from biofuels (incl.<br />
peat) [1]. By-products from sawmills and the pulp and<br />
paper industry account for the greatest part and are used<br />
for the production of heat and power for the companies’<br />
own needs or for the provision to consumers. The<br />
introduction in 2003 of a green electricity certificate<br />
system aimed in supporting electricity production using<br />
renewable energy sources (solar energy, wind power,<br />
hydropower and bioenergy) and peat. The main objective<br />
was to increase the amount of electricity coming from<br />
renewable resources by 17 TWh by year 2016 (base level<br />
is year 2002 when 6.5 TWh of electricity from renewable<br />
resources were produced).<br />
The Swedish national forest inventory (NFI) indicates<br />
a productive economic forest cover (designated for the<br />
production of timber and non-timber forest products) of<br />
23 million ha, 56% percent of the total land area of<br />
Sweden. The total growing stock is about 3.2 billions of<br />
forest m 3 [2]. Within the near future the demand on forest<br />
woody materials is believed to get higher than the annual<br />
growth.<br />
In 2006, logging residues were extracted from 36%<br />
of the 229 000 ha of regeneration fellings in Sweden.<br />
Logging residues are today the largest assortment of<br />
forest biomass available for energy production.<br />
Depending on the level of ecological, technical and<br />
economical restrictions the potential amount of branches,<br />
tops and foliage resulting from regeneration fellings is<br />
from 3.2 to 7.4 (no restrictions) million oven dry tons<br />
(ODT) annually (for the time period <strong>2010</strong>-2019) while<br />
the potential from stumps with attached root system is 4.2<br />
to 11.7 (no restrictions) million ODT annually and for the<br />
same time period [3]. The corresponding annual figures<br />
in thinning for branches, tops and foliage and stumps<br />
with attached root system is 1,7 to 3,9 (no restrictions)<br />
and 1,7 to 5,7 (no restrictions) million ODT annually<br />
respectively. Furthermore, 0.5 million ODT, orginating<br />
from pre commercial thinning, can be added to the above<br />
mentioned potentials.<br />
Harvest and transport costs of logging residues are<br />
site specific and differ due to site characteristics (i.e. size<br />
of operational units, ecological restrictions, tree size and<br />
species, varying terrain conditions, varying forwarding<br />
distances, harvest type, transport distance to the receiving<br />
plant), regional and local differences (i.e. operation<br />
overhead costs, acquisition of harvesting rights, customer<br />
demand) and harvesting system used (i.e. type of<br />
machinery, cost and produz
Figure 1: The studied regions<br />
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
For the estimation of the potential harvestable<br />
amount of slash and stumps from regeneration fellings<br />
given a scenario according to which Swedish silvicultural<br />
practices are not going to change ten years in the future<br />
(<strong>2010</strong>-2019), NFI sample plots (more than 3000 sample<br />
plots evenly spread over the complete forest area of<br />
Sweden) were utilized. Each individual plot was used as<br />
the unit for decision for different future silviculture and<br />
felling measures and a growth prognosis for the trees of<br />
each plot was produced.<br />
In order to decide from which stands slash and<br />
stumps will be extracted and the quantity that should<br />
remain in the forest the following restrictions were taken<br />
under consideration.<br />
• no extraction was counted with for productive<br />
forest areas that are situated in areas of nature<br />
protection.<br />
• wet areas as well as peat soils with low bearing<br />
capacity as well as all areas that are located 25<br />
meters from a lake, sea, waterline or any other<br />
ownership category than forest were not<br />
considered for extraction<br />
• 40% of the logging residues were left at the<br />
felling site<br />
• no hardwood stumps were extracted<br />
• areas that have an uneven ground structure<br />
and/or a slope of more than 19.6 0 according to<br />
the Swedish terrain classification scheme were<br />
not considered for extraction.<br />
• regeneration felling areas of a size of less than<br />
1 ha were not included<br />
The costs for harvesting the residues, transforming it<br />
to chips and bringing it to the end user were also<br />
calculated. For slash the machine systems that were used<br />
were the following<br />
Slash system 1: Slash forwarder, roadside<br />
chipper, container truck.<br />
Slash system 2: Slash forwarder, slash<br />
truck, industry chipper<br />
Concerning stump harvesting, stumps were<br />
forwarded to the roadside, transported by truck to the<br />
industry and crushed there. Productivity and machine<br />
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cost data employed in this study were obtained from<br />
practical experience and scientific studies (Table I). All<br />
calculations were made with the FLIS tool [5].<br />
Table I: Compilation of machine costs (SEK/ODT) for<br />
the slash and stump machine systems<br />
Slash Stumps<br />
System 1 System 2<br />
Stump lifter - - 187<br />
Forwarder<br />
180 m (420 m)* 163(208) 163(208) 163(208)<br />
Chipper 166 119 119<br />
Truck<br />
50 km (100 km) 108(191) 124(197) 218(364)<br />
* Average forwarding distance(one-way), ** Average<br />
transport distance<br />
The moisture, dry matter and heat content for both<br />
slash and stumps was assumed to be 50%, 0.82 MWh/m 3<br />
loose raw chips and 0.17 ODT/m 3 loose raw chips,<br />
respectively. Compensation to the land owner was set to<br />
172 SEK/ODT (2.5 SEK/m 3 loose raw chips) while<br />
administration costs were set to 73.5 SEK/ODT (13<br />
SEK/m 3 loose raw chips). Cost for machine allocations<br />
between production sites (2500 SEK/machine and<br />
allocation) was related to the amount of the harvestable<br />
amount (ODT) available in the production sites [6].<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
3.1 Potentials<br />
In Table II an estimation of the harvestable potential<br />
of slash and stumps in the different regions of Sweden is<br />
given. A majority of the potential (55%) is located in the<br />
south half of the country (Central and South Sweden).<br />
Table I: Annual regional harvestable potential of stumps<br />
and slash in Sweden<br />
Slash Stumps Total<br />
Million ODT/year<br />
Upper Norrland 0.63 0.90 1.53<br />
Central Norrland 0.78 1.08 1.86<br />
Central Sweden 0.78 1.06 1.84<br />
South Sweden 0.98 1.20 2.18<br />
Whole Sweden 3.17 4.24 7.41<br />
3.2 Marginal costs of slash and stump procurement for<br />
the whole of Sweden<br />
The potential annually harvestable amount of slash<br />
and stumps is ca. 3.2 and 4.2 million ODT, respectively.<br />
Slash can be harvested at a lower cost than stumps which<br />
leads to that the marginal curve for slash starts at a lower<br />
level than the curve for stumps. When the curves<br />
approach the maximum harvestable potential they bend<br />
strongly upwards. That is due to the fact that a part of the<br />
logging residues is located in small production sites, far<br />
away from the industry making transport costs very high.
Figure 2: Marginal cost curves for the harvesting of slash<br />
and stumps from regeneration fellings in Sweden,<br />
cumulative values (SEK/ODT as a function of million<br />
ODT/year).<br />
3.3 Regional marginal costs for slash with system 1<br />
The amount of slash that could be harvested up to a<br />
certain cost (SEK/ODT) varies for the different regions<br />
that have been studied. Marginal costs were lowest in<br />
South Sweden. The costs rose rapidly with increasing<br />
distance to the industry. In South Sweden 90% of the<br />
harvestable potential could be harvested for a cost up to<br />
800 SEK/ODT (Figure 2). For the north of Sweden two<br />
different pictures were given. To harvest 90% of the<br />
harvestable potential it would cost up to 950 SEK/ODT in<br />
the coastal area of Upper Norrland and ca. 1100 SEK/ODT<br />
in Upper Norrland Lappland (Figure 3).<br />
Figure 3: Marginal cost curves for the harvesting of slash<br />
from regeneration fellings in Upper Norrland and South<br />
Sweden, cumulative values (SEK/ODT as a function of<br />
million ODT/year).<br />
3.4 Regional marginal costs for stumps<br />
As expected marginal cost curves for stump<br />
harvesting start a higher cost level. In South Sweden to<br />
harvest 50% of the harvestable potential would cost up to<br />
ca. 900 SEK/ODT while at the coastal area of Upper<br />
Norrland and at Upper Norrland Lappland the cost would<br />
be 1100 and 1300 SEK/ODT respectively (Figure 4).<br />
Figure 4: Marginal cost curves for the harvesting of<br />
stumps from regeneration fellings in Upper Norrland and<br />
South of Sweden, cumulative values (SEK/ODT as a<br />
function of million ODT/year).<br />
Chipping slash in the industry proved to be more<br />
economical than chipping it at the roadside and<br />
transporting it to the industry. In the Lappland area of<br />
Upper Norrland the decrease in SEK/ODT was 5.5%<br />
while in the coastal area of Upper Norrland and in South<br />
Sweden the decrease was 4.5% and 3.5% respectively<br />
(Figure 5)<br />
Figure 5. Marginal cost curves for the harvesting of slash<br />
from regeneration fellings in Upper Norrland and South<br />
Sweden with a) a slash supply system based on chipping<br />
at roadside (uppermost line in each region) and b) a<br />
system based on chipping in the industry (lower line on<br />
each region). Cumulative values (SEK/ODT as a function<br />
of million ODT/year).<br />
4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> systems are characterized by negative<br />
economies of scale; as demand increases, the average<br />
transport distance increases. This it is especially<br />
pronounced where CHP plants are located close to the<br />
coast (raw material supply area half circle). Localization<br />
of CHP plants is mainly near bigger cities with an<br />
existing district heating distribution network and a great<br />
demand for heat. In this way a lot of electricity can be<br />
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produced within the electricity certificate system.<br />
However, forest biomass production is spread out over<br />
large geographical areas.<br />
The production of economically competitive energy<br />
(electric power or heat) from primary forest fuels, is<br />
strongly dependent on the availability of low-cost raw<br />
material. Forest biomass production takes place over<br />
extended geographical areas and collection and transport<br />
to the receiving facility is costly.<br />
Some measures that could be taken in order to make<br />
the whole supply chain more effective are:<br />
� Increased use of terminals located near the raw<br />
material source<br />
� Increased use of train transport from terminals<br />
to the plant<br />
� Use of supply systems suitable for the different<br />
sites<br />
� Increment of the mass on the trucks (e.g. precrushing<br />
of stumps)<br />
� Establishment of bioenergy combines (e.g.<br />
heat, electricity, pellets)<br />
The annual potential of forest energy is not fully utilized.<br />
For the future, it is important to consider the regional<br />
potential when new CHP plants are established.<br />
5 REFERENCES<br />
[1] Swedish Energy Agency 2009. Energy in Sweden.<br />
Swedish Energy Agency. ET 2009:30. ISSN 1403-1892.<br />
[2] Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 2009.<br />
Forestry Statistics 2009. Department of forest resource<br />
management. ISSN 0280-0543. (In Swedish)<br />
[3] Swedish Forest Agency 2008. Skogliga<br />
konsekvensanalyser 2008. SKA-VB 08. Rapport 25.<br />
http://www.skogsstyrelsen.se/episerver4/dokument/sks/a<br />
ktuellt/press/2008/rapport%20SKA.pdf (In Swedish)<br />
[4] Berg, S. 1992. Terrain Classification System for<br />
forestry work. Forestry Research Institute of Sweden,<br />
Uppsala, Sweden. ISBN 91-7614-078-4.<br />
[5] v Hofsten, H., Lundström, H., Nordén, B., & Thor, M.<br />
2006. Systemanalys för uttag av skogsbränsle – ett<br />
verktyg för fortsatt utveckling. Skogforsk. Resultat nr 6.<br />
(In Swedish)<br />
[6] Athanassiadis, D., Melin, Y., Nordfjell, T &<br />
Lundström, A. (2009). Harvesting Potential and<br />
Procurement Costs of Logging Residues in Sweden. In<br />
M. Savolainen (Ed.), <strong>Bioenergy</strong> 2009: Sustainable<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> Business. 4th International <strong>Bioenergy</strong><br />
conference.<br />
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HARVESTING FOR ENERGY OR PULPWOOD IN EARLY THINNINGS?<br />
Dan Bergström & Fulvio Di Fulvio<br />
Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences<br />
SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden<br />
Dan.Bergstrom@srh.slu.se, Fulvio.Di.Fulvio@srh.slu.se<br />
ABSTRACT: The objectives of the study were to compare the profitability between pulpwood and energy wood harvesting<br />
systems in early thinnings. The availability of merchantable volumes of pulpwood and energy wood was calculated for three<br />
different types of first thinning stands of pine, spruce and birch, i.e. nine different stands. The energy wood and pulpwood<br />
prices were based on year 2009 market prices for Sweden and a system analysis was carried out including costs for<br />
harvesting and forwarding to roadside. The tree volume of removal ranged from 15 to 84 dm 3 and was in average 38 dm 3 . In<br />
average the biomass to pulpwood ratio of the gross income in the pine, spruce and birch stands was 2.1, 2.9 and 2.3,<br />
respectively. The net income for the pulpwood system was negative (generating costs) in all stands. The net income for the<br />
energy wood system was profitable in 67% of the stands; 133 €×ha -1 in pine stands, ranging from 37 to 145 €×ha -1 in spruce<br />
stands, and 19 to 76 €×ha -1 in birch stands. If the market price for energy wood increases with 30% (compared to the current<br />
level) harvesting for energy wood in early thinnings could generate a considerable income for the forest owner.<br />
Keywords: bioenergy, forestry, thinnings, young forests, harvesting, wood chips.<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
In Sweden there are large areas of young forests that<br />
have not being subjected to a pre-commercial thinning<br />
(PCT) and thus are dense and rich of biomass. However,<br />
performing a late PCT in such stands is expensive and the<br />
only alternative is to perform an early thinning. In early<br />
thinnings about 20-30% of the cut trees are too small<br />
sized for pulpwood and are left unutilized at the felling<br />
site. However, in the energy wood system full trees are<br />
merchantable and there are no restrictions of tree size and<br />
therefore all tree biomass are commercial available.<br />
Energy wood thinning can be a profitable alternative<br />
compared to pulpwood thinning [1]; the biomass removal<br />
can be 15-50% higher and the harvesting costs from<br />
stump to road side can be reduced by 20-40% [2].<br />
In early thinning operations for pulpwood multi-stem<br />
processing heads are used which render higher efficiency<br />
compared to using single-tree processing heads. In the<br />
multiple-tree handling of whole trees in thinning for<br />
energy wood accumulating felling heads (AFH) are used<br />
which can be mounted on single-grip harvesters or<br />
specially designed feller-bunchers [3] [4]. These multitree<br />
handling system shown to increase productivity by as<br />
much as 35-40 % when compared to single-tree handling<br />
[5]. In energy wood harvesting the felling and bunching<br />
operation still remains the largest cost component in the<br />
system (forwarding and comminution included) [4] [6].<br />
In 2009 the wood fuel (chips) costs for the thermal<br />
industry in Sweden was in average 167 SEK×MWh -1 (~<br />
317 SEK×(m 3 solid) -1 and the pulpwood price at road<br />
side was in average 310 SEK×(m 3 solid under-bark) -1 [7].<br />
The most profitable alternative depends on the relation<br />
between merchantable volumes, biomass prizes and the<br />
costs of respectively harvesting systems and supply<br />
chains.<br />
The objectives of the study were to compare the<br />
profitability between pulpwood and energy wood<br />
harvesting systems in early thinnings, from stump to road<br />
side.<br />
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
The availability of merchantable volumes of<br />
pulpwood and energy wood thinning in different types of<br />
first thinning stands was estimated using pine, spruce and<br />
birch type stands from Bredberg (1972). In the analysis<br />
three stands per species aged from 22 to 42 years (age<br />
classes: “young”, “middle” and “old”) were used. In each<br />
of the stands the volume availability per treatment were<br />
calculated at a 30% level of intensity of removal of the<br />
basal area. Only trees with a dbh ≥ 5cm were used in<br />
calculations and trees where thinned from below<br />
according to a pre-suggested thinning “priority” [8]. The<br />
minimum pulpwood stem diameter under-bark was set to<br />
5 cm and the merchantable logs length range between 3.0<br />
and 5.5 m. The oven-dry weight of stem, branches and<br />
needles biomass was calculated using Marklund’s (1987)<br />
[9] functions and was then converted into solid volume<br />
by using stem basic densities and values for crown<br />
biomass by Hakkila (1978) [10].<br />
Stumpage prices were based on year 2009 market<br />
prices for Sweden: the roadside price of pulpwood overbark<br />
was 278 SEK×m -3 (340 SEK×m -3 u. b.) and the<br />
energy wood price at roadside (tree parts) of 200<br />
SEK×m - ³biomass -1 . Prices and costs were translated into<br />
Euro (€), assuming an exchange rate of 1€=10SEK.<br />
A system analysis was carried out including costs for<br />
biomass harvesting and forwarding to roadside. The<br />
harvesting productivity (productive work time; PW [11])<br />
was set to 5.4 m 3 pulpwood×PW-hour -1 in pulpwood<br />
treatment and 11.0 m 3 biomass×PW-hour -1 in energy<br />
wood treatment, according to Kärhä et al. (2004) [12] and<br />
Kärhä et al. (2006) [13] functions. The productivity of<br />
pulpwood forwarding was based on Nurminen et al.<br />
(2006) [14] study giving an average value of 13.8<br />
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m³×PW-hour -1 . The productivity of energy wood<br />
forwarding was assumed 15% lower than pulpwood<br />
forwarding, as suggested by Heikkilä et al. (2005) [15],<br />
who noticed productivity in forwarding whole trees 10-<br />
20% lower than forwarding delimbed wood. The<br />
productivity calculations were made for a forwarding<br />
distance of 200 m and a haulage load size of 8 m 3 solid.<br />
The PW were converted to main work time (MW) [11]<br />
using the coefficient 1.3 for the harvester and 1.2 for<br />
forwarding. The operating costs of the harvester were set<br />
to 80 €×MW-hour -1 and for the forwarder to 70 €×MW -1 -<br />
hour -1 . The transferring costs per machine were set to 200<br />
€ and the thinning stand areal was set to 3 ha.<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
The stem volume of harvested trees ranged between<br />
15 to 84 dm 3 with an average of 38 dm 3 . In average, the<br />
ratio of the harvested biomass to the pulpwood volume<br />
ranged from 1.5 to 2.0 in the “old” stands. The<br />
corresponding ratio in the “middle” age stands ranged<br />
from 2.4 to 2.9 and in the “young” stands it ranged from<br />
4.8 to 7.2. The highest volume ratio was found in the<br />
spruce stands since spruce have a relative higher share of<br />
branches compared to pine and birch. In average the<br />
biomass to pulpwood ratio of the gross income in the<br />
pine, spruce and birch stands was 2.1, 2.9 and 2.3,<br />
respectively (Table I-III).<br />
In pine stands (Table I) the gross income for<br />
pulpwood compared to energy wood was 7% lower in the<br />
“old”, 71% lower in the “young” and 45% lower in the<br />
“middle”.<br />
Table I: Characteristics of pine dominated stands and<br />
harvesting results at a 30% intensity of removal of the<br />
basal area<br />
Initial stand Old Middle Young<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 121 53 35<br />
Basal area (m 2 ×ha -1 ) 31.3 20.2 18.4<br />
Total stem volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 229 121 97<br />
Removal<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 79 27 18<br />
Pulpwood volume (m 3 o. b.×ha -1 ) 52 15 7<br />
Biomass volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 78 38 33<br />
Volume ratio, biomass/pulpwood 1.5 2.5 4.8<br />
Pulpwood gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1443 420 192<br />
Biomass gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1554 764 658<br />
In spruce stands (Table II) the gross income for<br />
pulpwood was 32% lower in the “old”, 81% lower in the<br />
“young” and 52% lower in the “middle” compared to<br />
energy wood.<br />
Table II: Characteristics of spruce dominated stands and<br />
harvesting results at a 30% intensity of removal of the<br />
basal area<br />
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Initial stand Old Middle Young<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 160 58 31<br />
Basal area (m 2 ×ha -1 ) 27.6 20.7 21.5<br />
Total stem volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 240 130 100<br />
Removal<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 84 31 15<br />
Pulpwood volume (m 3 o. b.×ha -1 ) 40 19 7<br />
Biomass volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 81 54 50<br />
Volume ratio, biomass/pulpwood 2.0 2.9 7.2<br />
Pulpwood gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1101 523 192<br />
Biomass gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1620 1082 994<br />
In birch stands (Table III) the gross income for<br />
pulpwood compared to energy wood was 12% lower in<br />
the “old”, 74% lower in the “young” and 43% lower in<br />
the “middle”.<br />
Table III: Characteristics of birch dominated stands and<br />
harvesting results at a 30% intensity of removal of the<br />
basal area<br />
Initial stand Old Middle Young<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 99 45 33<br />
Basal area (m 2 ×ha -1 ) 29.9 25.1 21.8<br />
Total stem volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 172 120 117<br />
Removal<br />
Stem volume (dm 3 ) 52 23 15<br />
Pulpwood volume (m3 o. b.×ha -1 ) 37 18 6<br />
Biomass volume (m 3 ×ha -1 ) 58 43 30<br />
Volume ratio, biomass/pulpwood 1.6 2.4 5.0<br />
Pulpwood gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1025 496 155<br />
Biomass gross income (€×ha -1 ) 1170 865 601<br />
In average the harvesting cost per m 3 (forwarding<br />
included) of the energy wood system was 37 - 40% lower<br />
compared to the pulpwood system. The net income for<br />
the pulpwood system was negative (generating costs) in<br />
all stands. The net income for the energy wood system<br />
was profitable in 67% of the stands; 133 €×ha -1 in pine<br />
stands, ranging from 37 to 145 €×ha -1 in spruce stands,<br />
and 19 to 76 €×ha -1 in birch stands.<br />
4 DISCUSSION<br />
Under current market price conditions the energy<br />
wood system gives in average about 2.4 times higher<br />
gross income than pulpwood in the studied stands. The<br />
systems would give the same gross income if the biomass<br />
to pulpwood ratio equals about 1.4. In the studied stands<br />
this situation would be possible only in the “old” stands<br />
at a harvesting intensity of at least 40% of the basal area.<br />
In present study the current price ratio of energy<br />
wood to pulpwood was 0.7, but market prices fluctuate<br />
and this ratio changes over time. If the energy wood price<br />
would increase with 30%, from 20 to 26 €×m -3 , the price<br />
ratio would increase to 0.9. At this situation, the<br />
differences in net income (€×ha -1 ) between pulpwood and<br />
energy wood, would increase considerable (Fig. I-II-III):<br />
the energy wood harvesting would becomes profitable in<br />
all considered conditions giving a net income ranging<br />
from 120 to 533 €×ha -1 in pine stands, 306 to 556 €×ha -1<br />
in spruce stands, and 139 to 390 €×ha -1 in birch stands.
Figure 1: The net income as function of biomass to<br />
pulpwood volume ratio at different energy wood prices in<br />
the pine stands.<br />
Figure 2: The net income as function of biomass to<br />
pulpwood volume ratio at different energy wood prices in<br />
the spruce stands.<br />
Figure 3: The net income as function of biomass to<br />
pulpwood volume ratio at different energy wood prices in<br />
the birch stands.<br />
The analyses of which the results are based on are<br />
somewhat simplified, e.g. the same operative coefficients<br />
were used for both systems which in practice probably<br />
differ between usage of different technology. For<br />
example, accumulating felling heads have less<br />
sophisticated components and functions and would<br />
probably have less time reduction due to work delays<br />
compared to accumulating processing heads. Further, the<br />
forwarding work in the energy wood system (full trees)<br />
was based on data for pulpwood forwarding. In practice<br />
the differences in productivity could probably differ<br />
somewhat more, especially at longer forwarding<br />
distances, since the payloads at energy wood forwarding<br />
are lower than pulpwood loads. However, we believe the<br />
data and assumptions used in the analyses are adequate<br />
and gives a reasonable comparison of the two systems.<br />
5 CONCLUSIONS<br />
The available volumes of biomass for energy in early<br />
thinning are considerately higher compared to pulpwood<br />
volumes. With current market prices the gross income of<br />
the energy wood is higher even in stands containing trees<br />
with a relative high proportion of pulpwood. The net<br />
income becomes higher in the energy wood system<br />
compared to pulpwood when using conventional<br />
machinery. If the market prices for energy wood<br />
increases with 30% (compared to the current level)<br />
harvesting for energy wood in early thinnings could<br />
generate a considerable income for the forest owner.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
This study was financed by the Forest Power project<br />
which is a part of the Botnia-Atlantica program.<br />
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CO 2-EQ EMISSIONS OF FOREST CHIP PRODUCTION IN FINLAND IN 2020<br />
Arto Kariniemi & Kalle Kärhä<br />
Metsäteho Oy<br />
P.O. Box 101, FI-00171 Helsinki, Finland<br />
arto.kariniemi@metsateho.fi, kalle.karha@metsateho.fi<br />
ABSTRACT: The research carried out by Metsäteho Oy calculated what would be the total fuel consumption and CO 2-eq<br />
emissions of forest chip production if the use of forest chips is 24 TWh in 2020 in Finland in accordance with the target<br />
set of Long-term Climate and Energy Strategy. CO 2-eq emissions were determined with Metsäteho Oy’s updated<br />
Emissions Calculation Model. If the production and consumption of forest chips in Finland are 24 TWh in 2020, then the<br />
total CO 2-eq emissions would be around 230 000 tonnes. The volume of diesel consumption was 73 million litres and<br />
petrol 1.7 million litres. Electric rail transportation and chipping at the mill site consumed 17 GWh of electricity. The<br />
supply chain with the lowest CO 2-eq emissions was logging residues comminuted at plant. Conversely, the highest CO 2eq<br />
emissions came from stump wood when operating with terminal comminuting. Less than 3% of the energy content<br />
was consumed during the forest chip production. Energy input/output ratio in the total volume was 0.026 MWh/MWh<br />
which varied from 0.019 to 0.038 between the supply systems researched. Hence, forest chip production gave a net of<br />
some 97% of the energy content delivered at the plant.<br />
Keywords: CO 2-eq emissions, Forest biomass, Finland.<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
The use of forest chips in Finland has increased<br />
rapidly in the 21 st century: In the year 2000, the total use<br />
of forest chips for energy generation was 1.8 TWh (0.9<br />
mill. m 3 ), while in 2009 it was 12.2 TWh (6.1 mill. m 3 )<br />
[1]. Of this amount, 10.8 TWh was used in heating and<br />
power plants, and 1.4 TWh in small-sized dwellings, i.e.<br />
private houses, farms, and recreational dwellings, in 2009<br />
[1].<br />
Of the forest chips used in heating and power plants<br />
(10.8 TWh), the majority (36%) was produced from<br />
logging residues in final cuttings in 2009 [1]. Forest chips<br />
derived from stump and root wood totalled 15% and 20%<br />
came from large-sized (rotten) roundwood. 29% of the<br />
total amount of commercial forest chips used for energy<br />
generation came from small-diameter (d 1.3
asis for machine and truck units in the calculations of<br />
CO 2-eq emissions.<br />
In the emissions calculations, the production and<br />
consumption of forest chips was 24 TWh in 2020. It was<br />
assumed that 45% of the forest chips used in 2020 would<br />
be produced from logging residues, 20% from stump and<br />
root wood, and 35% from small-sized thinning wood<br />
harvested in young stands [cf. 1, 3, 4, 24]. The main<br />
supply chain of chips from logging residues and smalldiameter<br />
thinning wood was roadside chipping, and for<br />
stumps crushing at the plant [cf. 4, 24, 25].<br />
Road transportation was the most widely used longdistance<br />
transportation method in the calculations.<br />
Almost 60% of forest biomass (m 3 km) was transported<br />
by truck from roadside landings to the energy plant, or to<br />
some other production mill. 10% transportation volume<br />
was by train, with either electric or diesel locomotives,<br />
and 14% by barge.<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
3.1 Fuel and electricity consumption<br />
If the production and consumption of forest chips in<br />
Finland are 24 TWh in 2020, then the total CO 2-eq<br />
emissions would be around 230 000 tonnes (Fig. 1). Of<br />
this amount, the proportion of forest chip harvesting<br />
operations was 68%, long-distance transportation 19%,<br />
silviculture and forest improvement works 3%, and<br />
production of diesel and fertilizer 10%. The volume of<br />
diesel consumption was 73 million litres and petrol 1.7<br />
million litres (Fig. 2). Electric rail transportation and<br />
comminuting at the mill site consumed 17 GWh of<br />
electricity.<br />
3.2 Energy input/output ratio<br />
In the study, the supply chain with the lowest CO 2-eq<br />
emissions was logging residues comminuted at plant<br />
(Fig. 3). Conversely, the highest CO 2-eq emissions came<br />
from stump wood when operating with terminal<br />
comminuting (Fig. 3). In other words, the supply chains<br />
with the best energy input/output ratio were logging<br />
residues with comminution at roadside landing and plant,<br />
as well as logging residues bundles with comminution at<br />
terminal. Correspondingly, stump and root wood supply<br />
chain with comminution at terminal had the highest ratio.<br />
Less than 3% of the energy content was consumed<br />
during the forest chip production. Energy input/output<br />
ratio in the total volume was 0.026 MWh/MWh which<br />
varied from 0.019 to 0.038 between the supply chain<br />
alternatives studied (Figs. 4–6). Hence, forest chip<br />
production gave a net of some 97% of the energy content<br />
delivered at the plant.<br />
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Figure 1: Volume of CO 2-eq emissions of a study,<br />
227 000 tonnes in total, with the supply sources used.<br />
Figure 2: Volume of diesel consumption of a study, 73<br />
million litres in total, with the supply sources used.<br />
Figure 3: Relative CO 2-eq emissions of forest chip<br />
supply chains in the study. CO 2-eq emissions of 100 =<br />
Logging residues, comminution at roadside landing.
Figure 4: CO 2-eq emissions (kg/m 3 ) of logging residue<br />
chips with roadside comminution supply chain in the<br />
study.<br />
Figure 5: CO 2-eq emissions (kg/m 3 ) of small-diameter<br />
thinning wood chips with roadside comminution supply<br />
chain in the study.<br />
Figure 6: CO 2-eq emissions (kg/m 3 ) of stump and root<br />
wood chips with supply chain based on comminution at<br />
plant in the study.<br />
4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS<br />
A lot of discussion about the energy efficiency of<br />
forestry production chains and the CO 2-eq emissions of<br />
different fuels have been presented. The importance of<br />
decreasing energy use, as well as monitoring and<br />
reducing greenhouse gases are a general subject for<br />
further development. Therefore, Metsäteho Oy undertook<br />
this study on the CO 2-eq emissions in forest chip<br />
production by alternative supply chains in Finland in<br />
2020. The study results indicated that the energy<br />
input/put ratio of forest biomass is good. With our supply<br />
mix, forest chip production gave a net of some 97% of<br />
the energy content delivered at the plant. The findings are<br />
in line with the earlier CO 2-eq emissions made in Finland<br />
[26, 27].<br />
Emissions calculations have to continue to provide<br />
information that is vital for the future development. In<br />
Finland, the comprehensive forest work studies of<br />
mechanized felling and forest haulage was carried out in<br />
the 1980’s and 90’s, and now is time for deep<br />
understanding of production of forest chip technology<br />
and energy efficiency, as well as realistic alternatives of<br />
forest chip supply chains in future.<br />
This study gives a reasoned estimation of forest<br />
biomass supply sources, supply chains and machinery, as<br />
well as CO 2-eq emissions related to the target for the year<br />
2020 (24 TWh). Calculation the CO 2-eq emissions were<br />
determined for different chip raw material flows (chips<br />
from small-sized thinning wood, logging residues, and<br />
stump and root wood), and for various supply chains<br />
(comminution at roadside landings, at terminals, and at<br />
power plants, or at some other production mills).<br />
In the calculations, it was assumed that the share of<br />
stump wood chips will be increasing, as well as the share<br />
of terminal comminuting in the production of forest chips<br />
[cf. 3, 4, 24, 25]. The productivity levels of machines and<br />
vehicles are assumed to be almost at the same level than<br />
nowadays. In the future, development of machine and<br />
equipment technology, new technical and mechanical<br />
innovations and rationalization of working methods will<br />
help to boost the operating performance of machine and<br />
vehicle units and further to decrease the CO 2-eq<br />
emissions of forest chip production. In contrast, less<br />
favorable harvesting conditions (i.e. less removals, more<br />
difficult terrain, and longer forwarding distances) and<br />
lengthening transportation distances are obstacles to<br />
lowering energy consumption and CO 2-eq emissions of<br />
machinery [cf. 4, 24, 28].<br />
Just for understanding of causation for differences<br />
between supply chains based on different machinery and<br />
logistics, there need to be mention some examples: Forest<br />
haulage and long-distance transportation of logging<br />
residues are more productive compared with the other<br />
forest chip supply sources. Lifting operation and<br />
comminution of stump wood consume a lot of energy.<br />
Cutting of small-diameter thinning wood is not effective<br />
from a fuel consumption point of view.<br />
Silviculture and forest improvement activities’<br />
emissions were included into the Model, as well as<br />
machine transfers and transport-to-work and production<br />
of diesel and fertilizer. As an example, fuel consumption<br />
of truck has calculated by Metsäteho’s sensitive fuel<br />
consumption model. Emissions were calculated by type<br />
of forest chip supply chain, combined with appropriate<br />
long-distance transportation methods.<br />
As a significant part of the study, a sensitivity<br />
analysis was performed to point out the influence of<br />
different parameters and to underline the importance of<br />
data management behind the emissions calculations.<br />
In practice, the supply chain mix depends on the<br />
availability of supply chain combinations, machinery,<br />
and machine operators. The differences of emissions are<br />
due to the productivity and fuel consumption of different<br />
kind of technology, but also because of realistic<br />
combination of supply chains and available machinery.<br />
We have to look at the whole production system, hence<br />
there is no sense to compare supply chains without<br />
realistic, comprehensive boundaries.<br />
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34 world bioenergy <strong>2010</strong><br />
LARGE-SCALE FOREST BIOMASS SUPPLY WITH LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT METHODS<br />
Ranta, T. Korpinen, O.-J. Jäppinen, E. & Karttunen, K.<br />
Lappeenranta University of Technology<br />
Prikaatinkatu 3 E, 50100 Mikkeli, Finland<br />
tel.: +358 40 864 4994, e-mail: tapio.ranta@lut.fi<br />
ABSTRACT: Finnish forest companies aim to produce biodiesel based on the Fischer-Tropsch process from forest<br />
residues. This study presents method to evaluate biomass availability and supply costs to the selected biorefinery site.<br />
Forest-owners’ willingness to sell, buyers’ market share, and regional competition were taken into account when biomass<br />
availability was evaluated. Supply logistics was based either on direct truck transportation deliveries from forest or on<br />
railway/waterway transportation via regional terminals. The large biomass need of a biorefinery demanded both of these<br />
supply structures, since the procurement area was larger than the traditional supply area used for CHP plants in Finland.<br />
The average supply cost was 17 €/MWh for an annual supply of 2 TWh of forest biomass. Truck transportation of chips<br />
made from logging residues covered 70% of the total volume, since direct forest chip deliveries from forest were the<br />
most competitive supply solution in terms of direct supply costs. The better supply security and lower vehicle capacity<br />
needs are issues that would favour also terminal logistics with other raw-material sources in practical operations. One<br />
finding was that the larger the biomass need, the less the variation in biomass availability and supply costs, since almost<br />
the whole country will serve as a potential supply area. Biomass import possibilities were not considered in this study.<br />
Keywords: logistics, forest residues, supply chain, biorefinery<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
In Finland, the target for renewable energy as a<br />
share of final energy consumption will be 38% by<br />
2020 [1]. In 2008, the share was 28%, but it fell to<br />
26% in 2009 because of the declining production<br />
volumes in the forest industry [2]. In particular, wood<br />
fuels will be tasked with a considerable share of the<br />
work to meet Finnish targets. Wood fuels accounted<br />
for 75% (263 PJ) of renewable energy primary use<br />
(350 PJ) in 2009 [2]. The Climate and Energy Strategy<br />
of Finland presupposes wood fuel primary use to<br />
achieve the level of 335 PJ (forest chips: 76 PJ) under<br />
the base scenario or 349 PJ (forest chips: 86 PJ) in the<br />
target scenario by 2020 [1]. The target scenario<br />
strives toward the aim of RES for Finland. The<br />
difference between the scenarios follows from the<br />
increased forest chip use, while use of forest industry<br />
volume-‐dependent wood by-‐products and black<br />
liquor is forecast to decline according to both<br />
scenarios. which underpins the development of forest<br />
chip use. The study by Pöyry estimated that supply by<br />
products would decline some 16% (16 PJ) between<br />
2005 and <strong>2010</strong> [3].<br />
Under the Climate and Energy Strategy, the total use<br />
of forest chips (86 PJ) involves some 12 million solid<br />
cubic metres. The latest aim stated by the Government of<br />
Finland is to increase this volume to the level of 13.5<br />
million solid cubic metres (90 PJ). Techno-economical<br />
potential will lie somewhere around 151–168 PJ [3] by<br />
2020; therefore, the target is challenging to utlilise more<br />
than half of the potential within this time frame.<br />
Uncertainties arise from the development of roundwood<br />
felling levels, energy wood subsidy schemes, pricing of<br />
emission allowances and prices of alternative fuels. In<br />
addition, Finland aims to build three biorefineries, each<br />
needing 1 million solid m 3 of forest chips a year. These<br />
targets and related incentives will be announced in a<br />
national action plan for the European Commission by the<br />
end of June. The incentives include a chipping subsidy<br />
for energy wood from first thinnings, a feed-in tariff for<br />
small-scale CHP (< 20 MW) using wood, and a dynamicsubsidy<br />
model for electricity produced from wood in cocombustion<br />
boilers. The idea is to replace peat and coal<br />
with wood and link the level of the subsidy to the price<br />
development of CO 2 allowances.<br />
The development of forest chips’ use has been rapid<br />
so far in the 21 century. From 2000 to 2009, the use of<br />
forest chips increased from 7 PJ (0.9 million solid m 3 ) to<br />
44 PJ (6.1 million solid m 3 ). The energy industry (district<br />
heat and power production) used 39 PJ and small houses<br />
5 PJ in 2009 [4]. Forest chips consisted of logging<br />
residues (36%), small-diameter energy wood (29%),<br />
stumps (15%), and roundwood (20%). The share of<br />
roundwood increased till sixfold from the last year<br />
because of import from Russia.<br />
So far, all forest chips (both uncomminuted and<br />
comminuted material) have been transported by truck,<br />
except in trials with railway and waterway vehicles in the<br />
inland lake area ]4]. It was found that waterway<br />
transportation may become an option with longer<br />
transport distances (over 150 km) if the barge logistics is<br />
managed well and barge structures modified for forest<br />
chip transportation [5]. A winter season with iced-over<br />
lake areas (3–4 months) will decrease the logistical<br />
effectiveness of the waterway system. In contrast, railway<br />
logistics offers more route options and year-round<br />
operation possibilities. Experiences of railway logistics<br />
for forest chips from Sweden have been promising [6].<br />
The terminal operations are an especially essential part of<br />
railway logistics for keeping the train capacity in use [7].<br />
It could be expected that other transport modes will<br />
claim a certain part of domestic transport markets for<br />
forest chips. Larger forest chip supply volumes calls for<br />
logistics systems including buffer terminals and transport
modes suitable for longer distances. Supply costs will<br />
increase because of more handling and storage, but at the<br />
same time it is possible to increase the availability and<br />
supply security.<br />
The larger forest chip volumes and longer transport<br />
distances will be clearly manifested with biorefineries<br />
despite their integration into paper and pulp mills.<br />
Finnish forest companies aim to produce biodiesel from<br />
domestic forest chip raw-material sources, where the<br />
biofuel production technology will use the Fischer-<br />
Tropsch process. At the moment, the production<br />
technology is being further developed and evaluated for<br />
forest chips through demonstration and pilot plants. Also<br />
tentative production sites for commercial-scale plants<br />
have been selected and biomass availability estimated. In<br />
practical terms, only existing forest integrates would be<br />
suitable sites in Finland. The advantages of process<br />
integration will increase the conversion efficiency from<br />
60% to 90% [8]. There are three groups of operators<br />
interested in investing in a biorefinery and thus three<br />
parallel projects in progress in Finland. The additional<br />
biomass need per commercial site is at least 1 million m 3<br />
– i.e., 2 TWh of biomass and hundreds of truckloads per<br />
day, depending on the use of other modes of transport.<br />
The maximum need would be double this: 4 TWh of<br />
biomass.<br />
The analysis tool reported upon in this study will be<br />
targeted at assisting availability and alternative supply<br />
chain studies for potential biorefinery sites in Finland.<br />
The biorefinery scale is commercial, with production of<br />
100,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year. The analysis will be<br />
bound to a regional operational environment of supply<br />
infrastructure, including alternative transport networks<br />
such as roads, inland waterways and railways, potential<br />
forest biomass resources and alternative supply logistics<br />
structures. Regional competition is an important part of<br />
the study, for evaluating realistic biomass availability.<br />
Logistical structures dictate how the supply chain is<br />
constructed between supply and demand site including<br />
storage phases and the form in which material is handled<br />
in the various stages. Geographical information system<br />
(GIS) use is applied for analysing biomass resources in a<br />
competitive situation among end users and alternative<br />
supply logistics structures and for examining supply<br />
costs.<br />
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
2.1 Forest biomass reserves<br />
Calculations of biomass potential were based on<br />
commercial fellings reported upon at municipality level<br />
in Metinfo forest information services [9]. Volumes were<br />
obtained for 2004–08 and averaged. The biomass<br />
calculation method was reported upon in an earlier study,<br />
where techno-economical logging residue and stump<br />
volumes were converted from roundwood felling<br />
volumes [10]. The calculation method for small-diameter<br />
energy wood was based on National Forest Inventory<br />
data and also reported in the earlier study [11]. Biomass<br />
volumes at municipal level (448 units) were distributed<br />
over smaller collection points (55,292 units). These<br />
points were based on actual regeneration felling points<br />
from 2002–04. In this way, the municipal volume was<br />
spread to forestry land where fellings will occur also in<br />
the future. The volume was divided equally across points<br />
within each municipality, for more fine-grained<br />
geographical coverage. The coverage of collection points<br />
was greater in areas where regeneration felling activity<br />
has been higher, such as eastern and central Finland (see<br />
Fig. 1). With the volume assigned to these points, the<br />
regional availability and logistics calculations could be<br />
made more detailed.<br />
2.2 Competition among end users<br />
Alternative end users of forest chips were<br />
geographically pinpointed to take into account the<br />
regional competition. Only large-scale users with more<br />
than 50 GWh of annual actual or planned use (approx. 30<br />
sites) were selected (Fig. 1). In practice, these were<br />
municipal or industrial CHP plants. Also future potential<br />
user sites were taken into account, where the investment<br />
has been decided on or is under construction. No<br />
potential biorefinery sites were selected, as no<br />
construction site decision has yet been made. Small-scale<br />
heating plant sites (approx. 400) were omitted, since their<br />
effect on regional use is rather low. Large-scale users<br />
account for 75% of forest chips’ end use, and the smallscale<br />
use could have been incorporated into large-scale<br />
use [4]. The regional coverage of users was extensive<br />
except in northern Finland.<br />
Figure 1: The coverage of forest biomass collection<br />
points and large-scale (> 50 GWh/a) users of forest chips<br />
The forest chips are supplied mainly in the proximity<br />
of existing CHP plants, since the typical procurement<br />
area lies within 100 km. Because of the extensive<br />
geographical coverage and plants’ proximity to each<br />
other, the procurement areas are overlapped, especially in<br />
the southern part of Finland. End users have access to<br />
only certain of the biomass sources surrounding the<br />
plants, since the biomass supply market is oligopolistic<br />
by nature. Many organisations supply biomass to<br />
alternative end users in the same region; in this study, the<br />
maximum market share was assumed to be 50%.<br />
At first, for each CHP plant the supply areas were<br />
calculated via road network to build an isodistance area<br />
(same road distance at outer ring) that could meet the full<br />
demand. This area was called the inside supply area.<br />
From this area, 50% was allocated to the plant accounting<br />
for the maximum market share. The rest was available for<br />
other users. Secondly, the outside supply area was<br />
calculated with a distance double that used in the first<br />
stage. The supply area will be quadrupled with double the<br />
distance, and 17% of this area was allocated to the plant,<br />
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with the rest being volume free for other users (Fig. 2).<br />
From the overlapping area, the free volume (i.e.,<br />
collection sites) was allocated by a method minimising<br />
the transport distance between alternative users.<br />
Especially in areas with high forest fuel demand and<br />
several overlapping supply areas, the transport distances<br />
increased. However, the areas with the highest demand<br />
also had the highest potential in central and eastern<br />
Finland. The western part of the country was outside the<br />
scope of the study. The intensity of the competition was<br />
illustrated through the use of colors in the map<br />
presentation (see Fig. 3). Areas depicted in red had the<br />
highest competition, and 50% of the volume was<br />
allocated to CHP plants in the region. By contrast, in<br />
areas shown in brown, 17% was allocated; for those in<br />
green, all biomass volume was free and no competition<br />
existed. The greatest competition was in central and<br />
eastern Finland, where are many large-scale CHP-plants<br />
with high demand. The individual points with the highest<br />
demand were in Jyväskylä, in central Finland (1,000<br />
GWh), and in the city of Lappeenranta (800 GWh), in<br />
eastern Finland. The north-eastern part of the country had<br />
the least competition from biomass.<br />
Figure 2: Isodistance areas and biomass volume<br />
allocation rules from the areas<br />
Forest biomass availability was illustrated in a map<br />
presentation via color shading, with darker color<br />
indicating better biomass availability (Fig. 3). The map<br />
showed the biomass free after competition. Therefore,<br />
availability was best in the northern part of the country,<br />
where there was the least competition. Both the potential<br />
and the availability of small diameter energy wood are<br />
increasing in the northern part of Finland. Normally, the<br />
potential maps without competition showed the opposite<br />
situation, since the potential of spruce logging residues<br />
and stumps is concentrated in central and eastern Finland<br />
[12].<br />
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Figure 3: Competition from biomass. The map at the left<br />
illustrates the degree of competition (red for high<br />
competition, orange for minor competition, green for no<br />
competition) and the one on the right shows the<br />
availability after competition has been taken into account<br />
(the darker the better availability). All biomass fractions<br />
are included<br />
2.3 Factors in availability of biomass to a biorefinery<br />
Forest resources, types, and felling activity dictate the<br />
biomass potential. So far, the spruce-dominated<br />
regeneration fellings have been the main source for forest<br />
chips’ recovery. Nowadays, also pine-dominated small<br />
diameter energy wood fellings and pine stump recovery<br />
has become more common. Regional competition is a<br />
very important factor in examination of availability to a<br />
specific end-user site. The market share of roundwood<br />
fellings and forest-owners’ willingness to sell biomass for<br />
energy determine the actual free biomass availability.<br />
Logging residues and stumps’ recovery are typically<br />
integrated into roundwood fellings; therefore, access to<br />
roundwood fellings provides the possibility of harvesting<br />
also energy wood from the same felling site if forest<br />
owners are willing to sell it. Forest industry companies<br />
are potential biorefinery investors in Finland, and the<br />
domestic market share of one company is, on average,<br />
one third, although it varies a great deal by region.<br />
Forest-owners’ willingness to sell was examined in a<br />
survey done in the county of Etelä-Savo in 2009.<br />
Alternative stumpage prices were taken into<br />
consideration. The results concerning willingness<br />
indicated 80% for logging residues, 75% for smalldiameter<br />
energy wood, and 50% for stumps (Fig. 4). The<br />
main reason for declining energy wood harvesting was<br />
lack of information and fear of jeopardising the nutrient<br />
balance at the forest site.<br />
End-user site location and its proximity to biomass<br />
resources, regional geography, and transport networks<br />
and related infrastructure are site-dependent factors that<br />
dictate availability to the selected end user. The railway<br />
and waterway network will widen the procurement area<br />
beyond the normal area of less than 100 km via road<br />
network. Overall, the counties of Pohjois-Karjala,<br />
Kainuu, and Pohjois-Savo (in the north-east) and the<br />
southern part of Lapland are especially suitable for<br />
railway or waterway transport logistics.
Figure 4: End users’ market share (in this case one third)<br />
and forest-owners’ willingness to sell different energy<br />
biomass fractions<br />
2.4 Supply logistics alternatives<br />
Supply logistics decisions were based on either<br />
roadside chipping and direct truck transportation or<br />
terminal chipping and railway/waterway transportation to<br />
the end-user site. The terminal chipping option included<br />
loose material’s transportation by trucks to terminals.<br />
Only inland and lake-area domestic supply was<br />
examined. Import options were excluded from this study.<br />
The terminal sites were existing terminals, and<br />
selection for the study was based on suitability to act as a<br />
biomass supply terminal for the selected end-user site.<br />
Primarily, each location’s proximity to biomass sources<br />
and transport networks (railway/waterway) dictated the<br />
terminal sites. The secondary selection criteria were<br />
technical properties and the terminal site’s suitability in<br />
terms of storage capacity, loading capacity and length of<br />
the loading rail or quay, and chipping conditions<br />
(remoteness from residential areas). The maximum pre<br />
hauling distance for loose material was set to 80 km.<br />
Waterway terminals were on Lake Saimaa, along the<br />
deep channel (4.2 m). In total, 28 railway terminals and<br />
three waterway terminals were chosen (Fig. 5).<br />
Railway transportation was based on container<br />
logistics. Railway shipment involved 20 wagons (20 ft,<br />
48 m 3 ), for a total frame volume of 2,880 m 3 of forest<br />
chips (Fig. 6). The properties of loading places imposed a<br />
limit on the train length, less than 450 m, or a 20-wagon<br />
train. The maximum net load would in this case be 976<br />
tonnes, which yields 2,380 MWh. Each wagon took three<br />
containers, with the total, approx. 140 m 3 , being<br />
equivalent to a full 140 m 3 trailer truck. The bearing<br />
capacity of one wagon is 61 tonnes, so a fifth of the<br />
bearing capacity will remain unused. Loading was done<br />
by front loader and unloading with a forklift truck (Fig.<br />
7). Forklifts could be equipped with a weighing appliance<br />
and RFID-marking system. Biomass was chipped at the<br />
railway terminal to keep the degree of capacity utilisation<br />
of chipping facilities and trains as high as possible.<br />
Biomass was stored for the long term in uncomminuted<br />
form, to avoid material loss and any risk of self-ignition.<br />
Waterway transportation was based on barge<br />
logistics, wherein a tugboat operates with a barge .Only<br />
the Lake Saimaa area is suitable for this option, apart<br />
from in the winter season, 3–4 months for which the lake<br />
is frozen. A typical suitable barge size for the Lake<br />
Saimaa area is the Europa IIa type: hold: 2,650 m 3 , load<br />
with heaped shape: 4,000 m 3 , approx. 1,200 tonnes.<br />
Storage and chipping were done as with railway logistics.<br />
Loading and unloading were done by heavy material<br />
machines or excavators (Fig. 8). Larger loads are possible<br />
with extended sides, since there is still a lot of carrying<br />
capacity (maximum: 2,500 tonnes) left. Biomass from<br />
islands will come as deck load, but for this study those<br />
options were excluded.<br />
Figure 5: Railway and waterway terminals<br />
Figure 6: Container railway shipment (Innofreight)<br />
Figure 7: Loading and unloading of railway containers<br />
(Innofreight)<br />
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Figure 8: Waterway transportation by barge<br />
2.5 Supply costs of alternative supply chain options<br />
First supply cost without transport was calculated for<br />
each biomass fraction. Each collection point had<br />
alternative transportation options, either direct truck<br />
transportation to the end user or transportation via<br />
terminals to the end user (Fig. 9). Direct transport<br />
involved roadside chipping and truck transport of forest<br />
chips. Stump biomass was chipped not at the roadside but<br />
at terminals only, or it was transported as uncomminuted<br />
loads to the end user. Terminal options included also<br />
loose biomass truck transportation to terminals and<br />
further forest chip transportation to the end user by either<br />
railway or waterway, according to the terminal type.<br />
Figure 9: Alternative supply chain option for forest<br />
chips: waterway route (A), railway route (B), and road<br />
transport route (C) by truck<br />
Logging residues were the cheapest source of raw<br />
material, ahead of stumps and small-diameter energy<br />
wood. Small-diameter energy wood harvesting and<br />
chipping received a production subsidy. Without that,<br />
they would not be a competitive source (Fig. 10).<br />
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Figure: 10: Supply costs without transportation<br />
Secondly, the transportation cost was calculated for<br />
each collection site, for the end user and alternative<br />
terminals. The cheapest option was selected, either direct<br />
transport or transport via terminal. The increase in truck<br />
transportation costs was much greater than the increase<br />
for railway or waterway transport (Fig. 11). The larger<br />
individual loads – by railway 20 trucks and by water 30–<br />
40 trucks – flatten out the growth in transport costs with<br />
these options. The cost functions were based on earlier<br />
studies, with updated cost parameters applied [5, 13, 14].<br />
Figure 11: Transportation cost with alternative long<br />
distance transport options (label rank the same as the line<br />
rank in the figure)<br />
2.6 Estimation of vehicle and chipper capacity needs<br />
An important part of the supply logistics planning is<br />
estimation of how many vehicles and other machines are<br />
needed to feed enough biomass to the biorefinery in view<br />
of the supply logistics structure selected. Capacity<br />
calculation was based on the annual output of alternative<br />
vehicles and machines (Table I). Values were gathered<br />
from earlier studies [5, 6, 13, 14] and modified.
Table I: Annual capacity of vehicles and chippers<br />
Vehicle/Chipper m 3 /a<br />
Trucks<br />
-‐ logging residues 21, 200<br />
-‐ stumps 23, 600<br />
-‐ energy wood 21, 200<br />
-‐ forest chips 26, 800<br />
Train 160, 000<br />
Barge 245, 000<br />
Mobile chipper<br />
-‐ logging residues at roadside 46, 700<br />
-‐ stumps at terminal 80, 800<br />
-‐ energy wood at terminal 92, 300<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
The main results of the study concerned the annual<br />
availability of forest biomass in relation to the supply<br />
cost and the logistical choices behind this solution for the<br />
selected site. This paper presents the results without<br />
specification of the exact site. Also, precise values of<br />
supply costs and biomass volumes in figure presentations<br />
were omitted because of their confidential nature for the<br />
selected site. The shape of the availability function was a<br />
logistics growth curve where the cost increase was faster<br />
at the beginning but slowed in the middle to increase<br />
again at the end (Fig. 12). The procurement area was<br />
limited to below 300 km when defined as a direct truck<br />
transport distance and less than 80 km when defined as a<br />
pre-hauling distance to supply terminals. Therefore, the<br />
maximum availability was 4.5 TWh to the selected site.<br />
In particular, the market share and forest-owners’<br />
willingness to sell limited the total biomass potential to<br />
one fourth of the original free techno-economical<br />
potential. Local competition, taken into account to<br />
determine the free techno-economical potential,<br />
decreased availability particularly in eastern Finland.<br />
The average supply costs were used in the figures,<br />
while with marginal costs the shape would have been an<br />
exponential growth curve. The average supply cost<br />
increased steadily at around 2 TWh, which was the<br />
targeted supply volume for the plant, corresponding to<br />
approx. 1 million solid m 3 . The average supply cost was<br />
17 €/MWh for a 2 TWh supply. One source of supply<br />
cost variation was the biomass source. The cheapest was<br />
logging residues (16 €/MWh), ahead of stumps (17.5<br />
€/MWh), and the most expensive was small diameter<br />
energy wood (21 €/MWh), regardless of the production<br />
subsidies (Fig. 13). Production subsidies decreased the<br />
costs of small-diameter energy wood supply by 5.2 €/<br />
MWh and made these sites one potential energy source. It<br />
was assumed that 25% of energy wood sites were<br />
subsidised. The reason for lower availability of stump<br />
biomass was stricter collection site selection rules and<br />
less willingness of forest-owners to sell them. Without<br />
subsidies, the energy wood fraction would be too<br />
expensive.<br />
Figure 12: Forest biomass supply cost as a function of<br />
total biomass availability<br />
Figure 13: Forest biomass supply cost as a function of<br />
biomass availability, divided among alternative energy<br />
biomass sources (label rank the same as the line rank in<br />
the figure)<br />
Logging residues accounted for the majority of<br />
supply volumes, approx. 70% of 2 TWh supply, and<br />
decreased slowly after this. Stumps accounted for approx.<br />
20% and subsidised energy wood roughly 10% (Fig. 14).<br />
Unsubsidised energy wood became an option until the<br />
volume surpassed 2.5 TWh and the supply cost more than<br />
20 €/MWh.<br />
Figure 14: The shares of alternative biomass sources as a<br />
function of total biomass availability (label rank the same<br />
as the line rank in the figure)<br />
Truck transport vehicles dominated the<br />
transportation, at approx. 70% for 2 TWh supply, and<br />
decreased with larger volumes, to 60% (Fig. 15). The<br />
selected site did not have any waterway option.<br />
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Figure 15: The share of transport modes as a function of<br />
the total biomass availability (label rank the same as the<br />
line rank in the figure)<br />
The map illustrations showed the aerial supply<br />
solution, where direct deliveries and delivery via railways<br />
terminals take place, and on which raw-material sources<br />
these deliveries were based. Direct truck loads were<br />
delivered at a transport distance of less than 300 km, and<br />
the railway option was possible outside that area, except<br />
for small areas surrounding terminals (Fig. 16). All<br />
biomass sources were transported by truck, but for longer<br />
distances only energy wood and finally logging residues<br />
were viable option. Stumps were too costly an option for<br />
railway transportation.<br />
The vehicle needs for supply of 2 TWh biomass were<br />
estimated. In this case, the forest chip trucks and mobile<br />
chippers were needed because of the large number of<br />
direct deliveries from the roadside. The need for units of<br />
other transport modes was marginal (Table II). To<br />
increase the supply from this level will require, in<br />
particular, trucks for uncomminuted biomass and mobile<br />
chippers for logging residues and energy wood.<br />
Figure 16: Map illustrating transport mode selection (left<br />
side red for trucks and yellow for railway) and biomass<br />
raw-material options (right side, dark green for all<br />
fractions, middle green without stumps and light green<br />
only logging residues ) for 2 TWh supply<br />
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Table II: Vehicle needs assuming a supply of 2 TWh<br />
Vehicle Units<br />
Truck (uncomminuted biomass) 9<br />
Truck (forest chips) 22<br />
Train (20 wagons) 2<br />
Barge 0<br />
Mobile chippers (logging residues,<br />
energy wood)<br />
16<br />
Mobile crushers (stumps) 2<br />
4 DISCUSSION<br />
The results of biomass availability and supply cost<br />
studies are typically very site-dependent, because of the<br />
variation in biomass resources, geography, and transport<br />
infrastructure. In particular, end-user sites near coastal or<br />
border areas have been ranked as poorer sites in<br />
comparison to inland sites in this respect [12]. However,<br />
long-distance transport with terminal logistics will level<br />
off their difference when biomass is also transported<br />
outside the typical procurement area, in which solely<br />
truck transportation is used. Coastal sites with their own<br />
harbours also have better possibilities for import of a<br />
large variety of biomass streams from abroad via large<br />
seagoing vessels.<br />
This study shows that the biomass need of a<br />
biorefinery is so great that procurement areas must be<br />
extended beyond the normal supply area handled with<br />
trucks. Typically, truck transport is a suitable option for<br />
less than 100 km, because of a rapid increase in transport<br />
costs [13]. However, they are still the cheapest transport<br />
option for longer distances, with the cost parameters used<br />
in this study. The transport costs increase to a lesser<br />
extent with other transport modes (cf. Fig. 11), but the<br />
extra stage of pre-hauling to the terminal increases the<br />
supply costs with terminals above those of direct<br />
transport. However, terminal handling costs form a rather<br />
minor cost component, because of efficient material<br />
handling machines (cf. Fig. 10). If the biorefinery will be<br />
somewhere in eastern or central Finland, the variation in<br />
biomass availability and supply cost will be minor,<br />
because of the need for a large procurement area. The<br />
greater the biomass need, the less the variation in<br />
biomass availability and supply costs, since almost the<br />
whole country will be a potential supply area. Only sites<br />
in the north-western and northern part of the country will<br />
have a poorer supply situation, especially because of<br />
scarcity of logging residues and stumps in that area.<br />
Particularly important is a site’s location in relation to<br />
transport networks, where there should be easy access in<br />
all directions, as for a transport node or inland logistics<br />
hub.<br />
Mainly terminals outside the 300 km supply area<br />
became part of the supply solution, and supply via closer<br />
terminals was less in this study. This phenomenon was<br />
taken into account in the selection of terminal sites. The<br />
terminal network was rather dense outside the truck<br />
supply area (cf. Fig. 5). The railway network reaches all<br />
over the country well, and the best terminal sites are at<br />
branching points of the network or points along the main<br />
railway. The loading track length, at minimum 450 m for<br />
20 wagons, is one important planning parameter – and<br />
another is the capacity and characteristics of the storage<br />
area. Terminals act also as buffer storage; therefore,<br />
enough space is needed for both uncomminuted and
comminuted biomass, as is stable ground (asphalted<br />
concrete), for chipping machines and trucks. Ease of<br />
access and short distance between storage and loading<br />
track are a self-evident need. For biorefineries, buffer<br />
storage capability is particularly essential for maintaining<br />
even supply year-round. From forest sites only via direct<br />
deliveries, this would not be possible. Therefore, the<br />
result of this case study is to some extent theoretical, and<br />
more biomass should be directed via terminal supply. The<br />
results rely solely on minimising supply costs on the<br />
basis of summing costs of supply stages and transport<br />
costs. In this case, supply security issues and availability<br />
of free vehicle capacity and labour were omitted. In the<br />
terminal system, there are better possibilities to increase<br />
biomass quality, by controlling the moisture content and<br />
impurity levels. There is the possibility of sieving out<br />
impurities and selecting and mixing separate biomass lots<br />
to homogenise deliveries. Vehicle needs (trucks and<br />
mobile chippers) will be lower for a terminal system<br />
feeding in the same amount of biomass, in comparison to<br />
decentralised supply from forest sites to the biorefinery.<br />
In the study, only railway transport was used via<br />
terminals, and in this way 20 truckloads were transported<br />
in one shipment. Depending on the terminal’s location<br />
(remote or in the immediate vicinity), also truck transport<br />
from terminals would be an option, but it was not<br />
considered in this study. Waterway transport based on<br />
barges could take 30–40 truckloads at a time. The<br />
waterway option is viable only in the Lake Saimaa area,<br />
where the best terminal sites are existing harbours for<br />
roundwood or other commodities. These sites have the<br />
best facilities for handling biomass. The waterway deep<br />
water channel (4.35 m) reaches a rather large area in<br />
eastern Finland, but the maximum transport distances<br />
will be to the line between south and north. For example,<br />
the route between harbours of Lappeenranta<br />
(southernmost) and Joensuu (northernmost on the east<br />
channel route) is 312 km and Lappeenranta and<br />
Siilinjärvi (northernmost on the western channel route) is<br />
339 km. These distances are rather short for making<br />
waterways a competitive solution, since in most cases the<br />
practical distance will be much shorter in this area.<br />
Waterway transport will become part of a supply solution<br />
only if the biorefinery has its own harbour and is in the<br />
lake area. The Saimaa canal connects the lake to the sea,<br />
the Gulf of Finland, and also makes imports from abroad<br />
possible. The sea transport would be based on dry cargo<br />
vessels instead of the barges used in the lake area.<br />
A common challenge with other transport modes is<br />
the under-utilisation of capacity, both bearing capacity<br />
and utilisation rate. The latter could be addressed with<br />
better management of logistics and the first with vehicle<br />
structure development. Both railway wagon and barge<br />
capacity could be increased by enlarging the load frame.<br />
It is possible to use higher containers in railway wagons<br />
or extended sides in barges. Wagon frames could be<br />
increased approx. 20%, but to make multi-mode<br />
transportation possible, containers should be dimensioned<br />
in view of truck logistics. Also, various compacting<br />
systems could be used, such as vacuum feed for<br />
containers and pressing the load down by running over it<br />
with heavy machines for barge loads.<br />
Logistics management is more important when<br />
transport is scheduled and routed to keep the<br />
pulling/pushing unit (locomotive or tugboat) constantly<br />
running while the load units (wagons or barges) move<br />
between the terminals and the end user. Also essential is<br />
guaranteed adequate biomass volume for loading points.<br />
Otherwise, the costs of railway or waterway supply<br />
chains will increase very intensively as the utilisation rate<br />
of trains and waterborne vessels decreases. To keep other<br />
transport modes part of a realistic year-round supply<br />
solution, the utilisation of vehicle capacity should be<br />
maximised. It is not possible to build an efficient supply<br />
solution based on occasional ad-hoc transport. The major<br />
drawback of waterway transport is the downtime during<br />
the winter season, from January to April.<br />
So far, no biorefinery investment has been decided on<br />
in Finland. The first site’s location will have a major<br />
effect on the site decision for other potential sites,<br />
because of the tighter competition for biomass in the<br />
proximity of the biorefinery. Also, other biomass sources<br />
may come into play, such as pulpwood, short-rotation<br />
forestry, and agro biomass. At the moment, these are<br />
more expensive sources, but if there arises a shortage of<br />
biomass, other sources will be mobilised. Peat would be<br />
an abundant source of biomass, especially in the northern<br />
part of the country, but biofuel produced from it would<br />
not have an RES label and Finland will not be able to<br />
count it toward the commitment set for RES fuel in the<br />
traffic sector.<br />
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42 world bioenergy <strong>2010</strong>
BIOMASS FUNCTIONS FOR YOUNG SCOTS PINE-DOMINATED FOREST<br />
K. Ahnlund Ulvcrona 1 , U. Nilsson 2 , T. Lundmark 3<br />
1<br />
Vindeln Experimental Forests, Svartberget Research Station, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, SE-922 91<br />
Vindeln, Sweden<br />
2<br />
Southern Swedish Forest Research centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden<br />
3<br />
Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Science, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden<br />
Kristina.ulvcrona@esf.slu.se<br />
ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop predictive biomass functions for young stands of Scots pine-dominated<br />
forests in northern Sweden. Above ground biomass was destructively sampled, and biomass functions for all tree fractions<br />
(e.g. stem including bark, branch and foliage) were developed, based on independent variables. Functions to estimate dry<br />
weight of the whole tree were also developed. No significant regressions could be found for the dead branch fraction. DBH<br />
for sampled trees in this study was in the range of 11 - 136 mm (Pinus sylvestris), 10 - 121 mm (Picea abies L. Karst) and 9 –<br />
113 mm (Betula spp.).<br />
Keywords: bioenergy strategy, biomass characteristics, forestry residues<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Global emissions of greenhouse gases from the use of<br />
coal and oil need to be reduced. Consequently, there is a<br />
need for further development of more environmentally<br />
friendly energy sources [1]. In the future, it may be<br />
possible to use biofuel to satisfy some of the global<br />
energy demand, and therefore knowledge that supports<br />
the development of new silvicultural regimes is also<br />
required. Studies have shown that wood quality and<br />
branch characteristics tend to improve when Scots pine<br />
(Pinus sylvestris) is thinned at a greater stand height [2].<br />
To meet the increasing demand for raw material from the<br />
forest, biomass growth has to increase. A high stem<br />
density results in high biomass production [3]. Dense,<br />
young forest can thus contribute to this increasing<br />
demand for raw material. Terrestrial vegetation can also<br />
be a CO 2 sink that may mitigate greenhouse gas<br />
emissions.<br />
An increased interest in small stems as well as branches<br />
for biomass harvest has led to the need for biomass<br />
functions suitable for these stands. The aim of this study<br />
was to find biomass functions based on easily measured<br />
variables (DBH and height) for the estimation of DW<br />
(dry weight) biomass.<br />
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
2.1 The sites<br />
Biomass was sampled at six different sites (Renfors,<br />
Degerön, Kulbäcksliden, Gagnet, Lillarmsjö and Unbyn;<br />
table 1). The sites are all young self-regenerated pinedominated<br />
mixed forest. Four of the sites (Renfors,<br />
Degerön, Kulbäcksliden and Gagnet) used for biomass<br />
sampling are part of a factorial experiment comparing<br />
thinning/no thinning combined with three different levels<br />
of fertilization. The field experiment was established in<br />
1997 and 1998 (Gagnet) after the first biomass sampling.<br />
The sizes of the experimental plots are 30 x 30 m or 45 x<br />
20 m, and each plot is surrounded by a 5 m buffer zone.<br />
Table 1. The sites for biomass sampling<br />
Site Latitude Altitude H100 (m)<br />
Renfors 64.22 190 18<br />
Degerön 64.15 175 20<br />
Kulbäcksliden 64.17 170 20<br />
Gagnet 63.25 125 24<br />
Lillarmsjö 63.97 220 21<br />
Unbyn 65.70 20 19<br />
2.2 Sample trees<br />
The trees for biomass sampling were randomly<br />
sampled from each DBH-class in the stand, but damaged<br />
trees were not chosen.<br />
In total, 387 trees were included in this destructive<br />
above-ground biomass study, of which 54 were from the<br />
pre commercial thinning (PCT)-treatment. The first<br />
samples were taken in June 1997 (Renfors, Degerön,<br />
Kulbäcksliden), June 1998 (Lillarmsjö) and August 1998<br />
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(Gagnet and Unbyn) [4]. The second samples were taken<br />
in May and the first days of June 2003, before the trees<br />
started to grow, and the end of August and September<br />
after the growing season had finished. In 2003, birches<br />
were only sampled in August and September when the<br />
leaves were developed but had not started to fall. In 2004,<br />
biomass sampling from the thinned plots was done in<br />
April.<br />
2.3 Operations in the field<br />
The sample tree was cut down at a stump height of<br />
about 2 cm. DBH was marked and measured by cross<br />
callipering, starting towards the north side of the tree. All<br />
trees were measured in the same direction. The north side<br />
of the tree was also marked to aid selection of sample<br />
branches after felling. The thickness of the bark on Pinus<br />
sylvestris and Picea abies was measured using a bark<br />
gauge at the height of 1.35 m. The total length of the tree<br />
and the length of living crown were measured with a<br />
tape-measure. The living crown was defined as the first<br />
living branch, if no more than two whorls of dead<br />
branches separated the first living branch and the next<br />
living branches.<br />
The living crown was divided into four sections or strata<br />
(25% of the crown each) (Figure 1). One branch was<br />
chosen from each stratum for dry weight determination.<br />
The sampled branch was subjectively selected to<br />
represent all the branches from that section of the crown.<br />
The first branch, from the first section of the crown, was<br />
chosen from the first quarter (0 - 90 o ) of the stem circle<br />
starting at north. The second branch was sampled from<br />
the second quarter (90 – 180 o ) in the second section of<br />
the crown, the third from the third quarter in the third<br />
section and the fourth branch was from the fourth section<br />
of the crown and the fourth quarter of the stem. All<br />
branches from each section of the living crown were<br />
weighed, and a sample of dead branches was also<br />
collected from below the living crown for determination<br />
of the DW of dead branches.<br />
Figure 1. Sample tree for biomass studies<br />
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All branches were cut using pruning shears, and live and<br />
dead branches were weighed separately. Six stem discs<br />
were taken, the first from the butt end of the stem, from<br />
the height of 130 cm (= DBH) and four further discs were<br />
taken from 30%, 55%, 70% and 85% of the stem height<br />
(Figure 1). The diameter of the disc was cross-callipered<br />
over bark and all discs were cut to a 50 mm thickness.<br />
The discs and the single sample branch were weighed in<br />
the field on a laboratory balance (6 kg maximum ±<br />
0.0005 kg). The log sections and all other branches were<br />
weighed on a scale (30 kg maximum ± 0.002 kg).<br />
2.3 In the laboratory<br />
The four branches, a sample of dead branches from<br />
below the living crown, and the 6 discs were put in<br />
separate airtight bags and stored in a freezer (-20°C)<br />
within 8 hours of sampling, until the dry weight was to be<br />
determined. The bark was separated from the disc before<br />
drying and all samples were dried in a ventilated oven<br />
(85°C for 48 hours). The discs were dried to constant<br />
weight, that is to say to the point where further drying<br />
resulted in a decrease in weight of < 1%.<br />
2.4 Statistics<br />
Anderson-Darling´s test for normality was performed<br />
on the data using MINITAB 13 [5]. A logarithmic<br />
transformation was applied to the data to obtain a<br />
constant variance [6. ]The regressions in this paper are<br />
based on the following model:<br />
Yi = β 0 + β 1x i + ε I (I = 1,2,…..n)<br />
[7]. In this simple linear form, Y i is referred to as log DW<br />
(kg), β 0 the intercept and x i to ln DBH * ln H.<br />
The models were fitted using MINITAB 13 [5] software.<br />
Statistical analysis of mean residuals for the sites showed<br />
no significant difference between sites (results not<br />
presented) [5]. Biomass for all treatments, each species<br />
and component, was related to the natural logarithm of<br />
DBH (cm) multiplied by the natural logarithm of height<br />
(H) (dm). Biomass functions were created for all species<br />
(i.e. Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies and Betula spp.), and<br />
for all tree fractions (whole tree, stem, branches and<br />
foliage).<br />
For each biomass function, the correction for logarithmic<br />
error was calculated as<br />
[6].<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
3.1 Pinus sylvestris<br />
The regression explained 77% - 97% of the biomass<br />
variation (table 2 – 4). In the case of the PCT stand,<br />
biomass functions were only established for Pinus<br />
sylvestris (tables 2 – 4). For the whole tree and stem<br />
fractions, no significant differences between trees<br />
originating from the dense stand or the PCT stand could<br />
be detected. Therefore, only one biomass function was<br />
constructed for Pinus sylvestris for these fractions (table
2). In the data for branches and foliage, significant<br />
differences were found between the different stand<br />
densities, but not for the fertilizer treatment. Therefore,<br />
different biomass functions were constructed for the unthinned<br />
stand and the PCT stand (table 3 - 4). No<br />
significant regressions for the dead branch fraction were<br />
found. Therefore, the dead branch fraction is excluded<br />
from the tables. However, the biomass functions worked<br />
well for estimating dry weight (DW) for Pinus sylvestris<br />
trees with DBH 11 - 136 mm.<br />
Table 2. Biomass function for Pinus sylvestris tree and<br />
stem wood<br />
Pinus<br />
Tree P Stem P<br />
sylvestris<br />
wood<br />
Intercept -0.61492 0.000 -0.82388 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.190018 0.000 0.19395 0.000<br />
N 199 199<br />
R 2<br />
0.97 0.99<br />
s 0.0841 0.0607<br />
Table 3. Biomass function for Pinus sylvestris branches<br />
Pinus<br />
sylvestris<br />
Branches<br />
from unthinned<br />
stand<br />
P Branches<br />
from<br />
thinned<br />
stand<br />
Intercept -1.6709 0.000 -1.4625 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.21155 0.000 0.1900 0.000<br />
N 145 54<br />
R 2<br />
0.84 0.75<br />
s 0.2579 0.2627<br />
Table 4. Biomass function for Pinus sylvestris foliage<br />
Pinus<br />
sylvestris<br />
Foliage<br />
from unthinned<br />
stand<br />
P Foliage<br />
from<br />
thinned<br />
stand<br />
Intercept -1.33295 0.000 -1.3069 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.16936 0.000 0.17107 0.000<br />
N 145 54<br />
R 2<br />
0.77 0.92<br />
s 0.2582 0.1203<br />
3.2 Picea abies<br />
The regression explained 83% - 92% of the biomass<br />
variation (tables 5 – 6). Only Picea abies trees from the<br />
un-thinned treatment were sampled (tables 5-6). The<br />
biomass functions worked well for estimating the dry<br />
weight (DW) of Picea abies trees of DBH 10 – 121 mm.<br />
Table 5. Biomass function for Picea abies tree and stem<br />
wood<br />
Picea abies Tree P Stem P<br />
Intercept 0.3564 0.000 -0.7912 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.1664 0.000 0.18297 0.000<br />
N 83 83<br />
P<br />
P<br />
R 2<br />
0.92 0.97<br />
s 0.1248 0.0796<br />
Table 6. Biomass function for Picea abies branches and<br />
foliage (un-thinned stand)<br />
Picea abies Branches P Foliage P<br />
Intercept -1.0065 0.000 0.7866 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.1569 0.000 0.1519 0.000<br />
N 83 83<br />
R 2<br />
0.83 0.83<br />
s 0.1794 0.1727<br />
3.3 Betula spp.<br />
The regression explained 91% - 99% of the biomass<br />
variation (tables 7 – 8). Only Betula spp. trees from the<br />
un-thinned treatment were sampled (tables 7 - 8).<br />
Because the first sampling was performed in early spring,<br />
it was not possible to use all of the sample trees when<br />
analyzing the foliage. Therefore, the number of sample<br />
trees for foliage is lower, compared with other fractions.<br />
The biomass functions worked well for estimating dry<br />
weight (DW) for trees of DBH 9 – 113 mm.<br />
Table 7. Biomass function for Betula spp. tree and stem<br />
wood<br />
Betula spp. Tree P Stem P<br />
Intercept -0.6512 0.000 -0.7606 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.1948 0.000 0.1925 0.000<br />
N 106 106<br />
R 2<br />
0.99 0.99<br />
s 0.0647 0.0561<br />
Table 8. Biomass functions for Betula spp. branches and<br />
foliage (un-thinned stand).<br />
Betula spp Branches P Foliage P<br />
Intercept -1.4079 0.000 -1.83747 0.000<br />
ln DBH * ln H 0.19367 0.000 0.19964 0.000<br />
N 106 40<br />
R 2<br />
0.91 0.87<br />
s 0.1721 0.1832<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
Participation in this conference was sponsored by Forest<br />
power – a project sponsored by the Botnia-Atlantica<br />
programme; a cross-border cooperation programme<br />
intended to co-fund projects within the Botnia-Atlantica<br />
area. Thanks also to Sees-editing Ltd. For correcting the<br />
English language.<br />
4.3 REFERENCES<br />
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46 world bioenergy <strong>2010</strong>
ESTIMATING POTENTIALS OF SOLID WOOD-BASED FUELS IN FINLAND IN 2020<br />
Kalle Kärhä 1 , Juha Elo 2 , Perttu Lahtinen 2 , Tapio Räsänen 1 & Heikki Pajuoja 1<br />
1 Metsäteho Oy, P.O. Box 101, FI-00171 Helsinki, Finland<br />
kalle.karha@metsateho.fi, tapio.rasanen@metsateho.fi, heikki.pajuoja@metsateho.fi<br />
2 Pöyry Energy Oy, P.O. Box 93, FI-02151 Espoo, Finland<br />
juha.elo@poyry.com, perttu.lahtinen@poyry.com<br />
ABSTRACT: In the context of the Long-term Climate and Energy Strategy, it is estimated that the primary use of woodbased<br />
fuels in Finland will be 93 to 97 TWh by the year 2020. The overall target set for forest chips is 12 million m 3 , i.e.<br />
around 24 TWh. The objective of the research carried out by Metsäteho Oy and Pöyry Energy Oy was to produce as<br />
realistic as possible a total analysis of the possibilities of increasing the usage of wood-based fuels in Finland by 2020.<br />
The research showed that the growth objective set in the Long-term Climate and Energy Strategy can be attained through<br />
the supply and demand of wood-based fuels. However, realizing this potential would require major investments in the<br />
entire forest chip production system, because the competitiveness of wood-based fuels in energy generation is currently<br />
not at a sufficient level. Considering the huge resources required by the forest chip production system and the current low<br />
competitiveness of forest chips, it is estimated that the use of forest chips in Finland will reach the level of 20 TWh at the<br />
earliest by the year 2020.<br />
Keywords: Energy wood, Fuelwood, Forest chips, Pontentials, Finland.<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
The total energy consumption in 2008 was 389 TWh<br />
(1,400 PJ) in Finland [1]. The most important energy<br />
source in 2008 were oil products which made up around<br />
one fourth (98 TWh) of the total energy consumption in<br />
Finland [1].<br />
In 2008, wood-based fuels covered more than one<br />
fifth (82 TWh) of the total energy consumption in<br />
Finland, and hence they were the second most important<br />
source of energy after oil [1]. This makes Finland one of<br />
the leading countries in the <strong>World</strong> when it comes to<br />
utilizing wood for energy generation. In Finland, woodbased<br />
fuels are divided into industrial waste liquors –<br />
mainly black liquor produced by pulping industries – and<br />
solid wood fuels. Further, solid wood fuels are divided<br />
into 1) wood fuels consumed by heating and power plants<br />
and 2) fuelwood consumed by small-sized dwellings, i.e.<br />
private houses, farms, and recreational dwellings [2].<br />
In 2008, a half of wood-based fuel consumption (41<br />
TWh) was covered by waste liquors [2]. Solid wood fuels<br />
were consumed to the total of 41 TWh, or 20.5 million<br />
m 3 , of which the heating and power plants accounted for<br />
27 TWh, 14 million m 3 [2]. The small-sized dwellings<br />
use currently a total of 14 TWh, or 7 million m 3 of wood<br />
for heating [2].<br />
The total consumption of forest chips for energy<br />
generation in 2008 was equivalent to 9.2 TWh (4.6 mill.<br />
m 3 ) in Finland [2]. Of the forest chips used in heating and<br />
power plants (8.0 TWh) in 2008, the majority (58%) was<br />
produced from logging residues in final cuttings [2]. 14%<br />
came from stump and root wood, and 4% from largesized,<br />
rotten roundwood. 24% of the total amount of<br />
commercial forest chips used for energy generation came<br />
from the small-diameter (d 1.3
Table 1: The assumptions related roundwood supply and<br />
the production of forest industry in 2020 in Finland in the<br />
research.<br />
Industrial<br />
roundwood supply,<br />
mill. m 3<br />
- Domestic<br />
roundwood cuttings<br />
- Import of<br />
roundwood<br />
By-products of<br />
forest industry (i.e.<br />
bark, sawdust, and<br />
waste wood chips)<br />
in energy<br />
generation, TWh<br />
Waste liquors of<br />
forest industry in<br />
energy generation,<br />
TWh<br />
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2007<br />
75.4<br />
57.7<br />
17.7<br />
Basic<br />
scenario<br />
59.4<br />
56.6<br />
2.8<br />
2020<br />
Maximum<br />
scenario<br />
73.7<br />
67.9<br />
5.7<br />
19.2 17.1 18.5<br />
42.5 38.1 44.2<br />
The consumption of by-products (bark, sawdust and<br />
waste wood chips) and black liquor in energy generation<br />
were estimated to decrease in the Basic scenario<br />
compared to the year 2007. In the Maximum scenario, the<br />
energy usage of by-products also lowered but the use of<br />
black liquor increased slightly (Table 1).<br />
The cuttings by Forestry Centre and further by<br />
municipality in 2020 were allocated applying the latest<br />
National Forest Inventory data by the Finnish Forest<br />
Research Institute and the Stand Data Base by Metsäteho<br />
Oy. Metsäteho Oy Stand Data Base included more than<br />
150,000 thinning and final cutting stands harvested by<br />
Metsäliitto Group, Stora Enso Wood Supply Finland,<br />
UPM Forest, and Metsähallitus in 2006 and 2007. The<br />
calculated small-diameter wood supply potentials were<br />
based on the 10 th National Forest Inventory data of the<br />
Finnish Forest Research Institute.<br />
Three different levels of potentials were determined<br />
in the study (Fig. 1). In the research, the theoretical<br />
potential was the amount of:<br />
• Logging residues and stumps, which are produced<br />
in regeneration cutting areas in the Basic and<br />
Maximum scenarios, and<br />
• Small-diameter wood (whole trees) produced<br />
when tending and cutting operations in young<br />
stands are carried out on time.<br />
The techno-ecological supply potential was the forest<br />
chip material raw base, which is harvestable when the<br />
following limitations are taken into consideration:<br />
• Recovering percentage is less than 100,<br />
• Substantial amounts of pulpwood are not burnt,<br />
• Recommendations in the Guide for Energy Wood<br />
Harvesting [5] are followed when choosing<br />
harvesting sites, and<br />
• All energy wood does not come onto the market<br />
(forest owners' willingness to supply energy<br />
wood).<br />
And techno-economical usage potential included the<br />
total supply costs and the willingness to pay of energy<br />
plants (Fig. 1).<br />
Figure 1: The principle picture of the supply potentials<br />
determined in the research.<br />
The harvesting conditions for recovering sites were<br />
created applying Metsäteho Stand Data. The total supply<br />
system costs for forest chip quantities were calculated by<br />
Metsäteho Energy Wood Procurement Calculation<br />
Models. It was assumed that in 2020 the total supply<br />
system costs are 20% higher than currently.<br />
Pöyry Energy Oy’s Boiler and Energy Plant, Pellet,<br />
and Forest Industry Data Bases gave a possible to<br />
research the usage of wood-based fuels in the study.<br />
Pöyry Energy Data Bases included almost all current<br />
plants and factories, as well as those under planning and<br />
contracting.<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
3.1 Theoretical and techno-ecological potential<br />
According to the calculations, the technical usage<br />
potential of solid wood fuels in energy plants was 53<br />
TWh in 2020 in Finland. The proportion covered by<br />
logging residues and small-sized thinning wood was<br />
estimated to be 28 TWh. Theoretical supply potential of<br />
forest chips was 105 TWh in the Basic scenario and 115<br />
TWh in the Maximum scenario of the research (Fig. 2).<br />
Correspondingly, the techno-ecological supply potential<br />
was 43 TWh in the Basic scenario and 48 TWh in the<br />
Maximum scenario in the year 2020.<br />
Figure 2: Estimate of theoretical and techno-ecological<br />
supply potential of forest chips in 2020 based on the<br />
Basic and Maximum scenarios of the research. The<br />
calculated small-diameter wood supply potentials were<br />
based on the 10 th National Forest Inventory data of the<br />
Finnish Forest Research Institute.
3.2 Techno-economical potential<br />
When modelling the usage of solid wood fuels in<br />
energy generation in the Basic scenario in 2020, the<br />
consumption of solid wood fuels was 44 TWh of which<br />
the usage of forest industry by-products lowered from the<br />
current level to 17 TWh and the consumption of forest<br />
chips increased up to 27 TWh (Fig. 3).<br />
Particularly stumps raised significantly their<br />
proportion of total forest chip volumes (Fig. 4). The most<br />
expensive forest chip quantities delivered to energy plant<br />
were more than 20 €/MWh in the study. In this case,<br />
pulpwood starts to be cheaper than that kind of very<br />
expensive forest chip volumes.<br />
In the Maximum scenario, the usage of solid wood<br />
fuels increased to 48 TWh in 2020 (Fig. 3). Especially in<br />
the Maximum scenario the delivered quantities of logging<br />
residue chips and stump wood chips increased and the<br />
quantities of small-diameter thinning wood chips<br />
delivered decreased (Fig. 4).<br />
Figure 3: Use of solid wood-based fuels in energy plants<br />
in 2007 and the estimated usage in 2020 in the Basic<br />
scenario (domestic industrial roundwood cuttings 57<br />
million m 3 ) and in the Maximum scenario (68 mill. m 3 ).<br />
In these calculations, the price for emission rights is 30<br />
€/t CO 2 and the support for chips from small-diameter<br />
thinning wood from young forests 4 €/MWh (average<br />
stem size of removal as whole trees
and high (30 €/t CO 2), and the Kemera support for chips<br />
from small-diameter thinning wood is 0 to 8 €/MWh in<br />
2020. The presuppositions for the Kemera support<br />
claimed for small-diameter wood cut in young forests<br />
are:<br />
• When the average stem size of removal as whole<br />
trees is less than 60 dm 3 in stands, the Kemera<br />
support is at three different levels in the<br />
calculations (8, 4 and 0 €/MWh).<br />
• When the average stem size of removal as whole<br />
trees is more than 60 dm 3 in stands, the Kemera<br />
support is always 0 €/MWh in the calculations.<br />
4 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS<br />
The research showed that the growth objective set in<br />
the Long-term Climate and Energy Strategy [3] can be<br />
attained through the supply and demand of wood-based<br />
fuels because for instance in the Basic scenario the<br />
techno-economical supply potential was 27 TWh of<br />
forest chips in 2020 (cf. Fig. 4). However, realizing this<br />
potential would require major investments in the entire<br />
forest chip production system, because the<br />
competitiveness of wood-based fuels in energy<br />
generation is currently not at a sufficient level.<br />
Also we have to pay attention to the fact that the<br />
forest chip production resources are very huge. Kärhä et<br />
al. [6] mapped out how much machinery and labour<br />
would be needed for large-scale forest chip production if<br />
the use of forest chips increases extensively in Finland.<br />
According to Kärhä et al. [6] calculations, if the<br />
production and consumption of forest chips are 25 to 30<br />
TWh in Finland in 2020, 1,900 to 2,200 units of<br />
machinery, i.e. machines and trucks, would be needed.<br />
This would mean total investments in production<br />
machinery of 530 to 630 million (VAT 0%). The labour<br />
demand would be 3,400 to 4,000 machine operators and<br />
drivers, and 4,200 to 5,100 labour years including<br />
indirect labour.<br />
We clarified forest chip procurement potentials in the<br />
study using only as a raw material for forest chips so<br />
called traditional raw material sources, i.e. logging<br />
residues, stumps, and small-diameter wood. On the other<br />
words, we assumed that pulpwood is primary utilized in<br />
pulping industry. Nevertheless, it can be estimated that<br />
when the total supply costs of most expensive forest chip<br />
volumes are around 18–22 €/MWh, the pulpwood will<br />
remove this kind of the most expensive forest chip<br />
quantities.<br />
Considering the huge resources required by the forest<br />
chip production system and the current low<br />
competitiveness of forest chips, it is estimated that the<br />
use of forest chips in Finland with the low price for<br />
emission rights and current incentives by the State will<br />
reach the level of 20 TWh at the earliest by the year<br />
2020. Therefore, in the practise there are no possibilities<br />
to achieve the set targets of renewable energy with woodbased<br />
fuels in Finland if the competitiveness of woodbased<br />
energy does not improve strongly.<br />
We will need certain measures for improving<br />
operation environment in the field of forest chip<br />
production. And we need measures very fast because we<br />
have time only ten years for our targets of 2020.<br />
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2009. Forest chip production machinery and labour<br />
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41. Available at:<br />
http://www.metsateho.fi/uploads/Katsaus_41.pdf.
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CLIMATE CHANGE IN BRAZIL: PUBLIC POLICIES, POLITICAL AGENDA AND MEDIA<br />
Magda Adelaide Lombardo; Ruimar Costa Freitas<br />
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / Universidade de São Paulo (USP)<br />
Av. 24A, nº 1515, Bela Vista, 14506-900 Rio Claro – SP /<br />
Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 338. Cidade Universitária, 05508-000 São Paulo- SP<br />
ABSTRACT: The climate change and sustainable development issue, especially in the context of energy production, have<br />
been on the current national policy rhetoric, reflecting the focus of the issue on the world scenario. The Brazilian Agroenergy<br />
Plan (2006-2011), considered as an strategic action of the federal government, is an attempt to organize a propose for<br />
Research, Development, Innovation and Technology Transfer, aiming to grant sustainability, competitiveness and greater<br />
equity between the agroenergy chain agents, starting with the reality analysis and future perspectives for the world energetic<br />
matrix. In this context, this research seeks to analyze the proposals of the State of São Paulo to the laws implementations that<br />
allows the goal accomplishment of 20% reduction on the greenhouse effect emissions until 2020 (base 2005), through action<br />
to the deforestation control, creation of an adaptation fund, establishment of a sustainable transportation system, mapping the<br />
vulnerabilities of the territory and financial mechanisms to the development of a low carbon economy. From the perspective<br />
of the national media coverage agenda, that has extensively approached the climate changes theme, this research collaborates<br />
to the analysis of sustainable projects inside the Brazilian perspective and context. This research will emphasize the relation<br />
between media, political speech and public policies.<br />
Keywords: Climate Change, Brazil, São Paulo, Public Policies, Political Agenda, Media, sustainability<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
The world lives a crisis that may be unprecedented,<br />
regarding changes in the global climate. Although the<br />
causes and accountabilities had not been fully understood<br />
by the scientific community, the consequences of these<br />
changes no longer can be ignored.<br />
Until now, the main concern of the global community<br />
was development. However, in this new context,<br />
development cannot be considered without sustainability<br />
due to the impacts of inadequate anthropic intervention in<br />
the environment associated with reckless use of natural<br />
resources and concentration of the populations in urban<br />
centers. The concentration of the populations itself in<br />
relatively small amounts of land makes them more<br />
susceptible to natural catastrophes and the improper<br />
occupation and use of the soil in the urban areas and its<br />
adjacencies escalates the threats.<br />
The world energetic matrix, based on nonrenewable<br />
sources, drives the world to a new paradigm: the need to<br />
seek sustainability. It has also been driven by the concern<br />
that carbon dioxide emissions from the burn of fossil<br />
fuels affects the world climate, accelerating and<br />
intensifying natural warming and cooling cycles.<br />
The efforts worldwide to mitigation and adaptation to<br />
the new reality and foreseen future, have its main player<br />
in governments, which are looked after for an agenda that<br />
balances the need to sustainability with the quest for<br />
development. The role of governments in the market and<br />
social arena are present through many prisms<br />
(interventionist, minimum state… and so on) but we can<br />
considerer that, in the end, the main role of any State<br />
should be to orientate society and markets in all areas<br />
through incentives and/or restrictions to meet the needs<br />
and goals of communities.<br />
Nation-states, remain reluctant to assume early<br />
mitigation measures to climate change, making the<br />
international arena a complex and intricate path to the<br />
convergence of climate-friendly initiatives, but although<br />
local and regional initiatives have been proven to be more<br />
often easier to be taken, the international efforts still<br />
seeks agreements with sovereign states, denying space in<br />
the international agenda for local and regional initiatives.<br />
Seems the working logic goes with efforts that grow from<br />
the local/regional to national and global.<br />
Boykoff (2007) [1] states that research has pointed to<br />
the fact that the media content powerfully manipulate the<br />
translation between climate science, policy and public.<br />
Bennet (apud Boykoff, 2007) adds by saying that few<br />
things are as integral part of our lives as the news, so, that<br />
turned into a kind of a snapshot file of the pace, progress,<br />
problems and hopes of society. He also says that<br />
scientists tend to qualify their findings in light of the<br />
uncertainties that pervade their research. For journalists<br />
and political actors, these issues involving precaution,<br />
probability and uncertainty are all difficult to translate in<br />
a fluid, firm and unequivocal commentary, often valued<br />
in the context of communication and decision making.<br />
McBean and Hengeveld (2000) [2] argue that often<br />
the government’s response to the perceived risk of threat<br />
are often based on individual assessment and/or<br />
collective probability of exposure to danger, and the<br />
economic and social consequences of such exposure. It<br />
should be noted that, generally, these assessments are<br />
built from data supplied by the scientific community and<br />
translated by the media.<br />
Closer one is to the problem, more motivated it will<br />
be to participate in solutions and easier will be to<br />
implement actions that wouldn’t be considered in a larger<br />
scale scenario. That is why the working logic of solutions<br />
to mitigate and adapt to climate change should be<br />
considered from the local to the global and there is no<br />
way any real change is possible in the community<br />
without the enrollment of the community itself, and one
of the best (if not the best) way to inform and enlist the<br />
communities into a project, are the mass media.<br />
2 CLIMATE CHANGE IN BRAZIL: PUBLIC<br />
POLICIES, POLITICAL AGENDA AND MEDIA<br />
In the face of global climate change and its<br />
repercussions in the energy, construction, industry,<br />
agriculture, commerce and industries specialized in the<br />
carbon market, the environmental issue makes entrance<br />
to the stage, especially in the election campaign for the<br />
Presidency in <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
In discussion agenda of the parties, three key points<br />
are: sanitation, violence and ethics in politics.<br />
During the current government, according to surveys<br />
by the National Institute for Space Research - INPE,<br />
deforestation in the Amazon region was approximately<br />
80,000 km² between the years 2004 and 2008. Also, the<br />
government granted an environmental license for the<br />
transposition of the São Francisco River and large dams<br />
in the Amazon.<br />
About the media coverage about climate change, we<br />
can highlight researches conducted by ANDI (News<br />
Agency for Childhood Rights) [3] in partnership with the<br />
British Embassy and British Council in Brazil, on the last<br />
12 years as pointing to relevant aspects:<br />
• Migration of a highly internationalized<br />
coverage to a more regional context and<br />
local aspects, establishing links between a<br />
so broad phenomena and the daily life of<br />
the public that access the information<br />
offered by the news vehicles;<br />
• In a first moment, the coverage of the<br />
theme was based by the perception that the<br />
responsibility for presenting solutions for<br />
the climate change issue was at the hands<br />
of foreign governments and these solutions<br />
could be reached through partnerships and<br />
agreements between nations (as in the case<br />
of the agreements for emissions reduction)<br />
(24%); more recently (2007/2008) the<br />
research pointed that this responsibility was<br />
transferred to the national government,<br />
especially the Brazilian executive power<br />
(32,2%).<br />
• There is an increase in the mention of the<br />
adaptation need allied with mitigation, due<br />
to the acceleration and escalation of the<br />
impacts caused by the climate change;<br />
• Is clearly seen a valorization of the debate<br />
around the necessity of public policies that<br />
reduce directly the volume of greenhouse<br />
gases in the atmosphere;<br />
• However, the weather unbalances keeps<br />
been approached as an issue exclusively<br />
environmental by a significant part of the<br />
Brazilian media.<br />
Below, is a table of mitigation strategies by area of<br />
incidence presented by the media in two periods:<br />
Table I: Mitigation strategies by incidence areas<br />
(% of total news relating to climate change that mention<br />
forms of mitigation - 45.9% in 2005/2007 and 51.1% in<br />
2007/2008)<br />
Incidence Areas 2005/2007 2007/2008<br />
Forests and soil use 26,4% 25,4%<br />
Energy offers 45,0% 20,8%<br />
Industry 6,8% 10,0%<br />
Carbon Credits Sales 0,0% 9,8%<br />
Transportation 7,5% 9,2%<br />
Waste 6,4% 4,9%<br />
Agriculture 4,1% 3,0%<br />
Others 3,8% 16,9%<br />
Total 100,0% 100,0%<br />
Climate Change in Brazilian Press (page 56 - Table 32)<br />
It is worth noting that the increase in the reference to<br />
"other" options, is due to the increased attention devoted<br />
mainly to focus on different processes of public<br />
awareness towards a more conscious consumption of<br />
nonrenewable resources, besides the neutralization of<br />
carbon through the planting of trees.<br />
It is not possible to think about solutions dissociated<br />
of the contexts of public policies, economic development<br />
models and consumption and behavior patterns of the<br />
contemporary societies.<br />
3 ENVIRONMENT AND LANDSCAPE: CONFLICTS<br />
AND ADVANCES<br />
The conflicts that sometimes impose itself on the<br />
relationship between public policies, natural resources<br />
depletion and landscape changes in different Brazilian<br />
ecosystems, points out the discussion of development and<br />
sustainability, since often, the eco-capitalism is<br />
incompatible with the solution of ecological problems<br />
due to their own internal rationality of the economic<br />
system based on capital accumulation.<br />
The predictability of negative impacts of capitalist<br />
production in nature dynamics is fragile, since it does not<br />
consider the local and regional geodynamic processes<br />
character.<br />
For that, one should consider and identify a set of<br />
geo-environmental units that configure large territorial<br />
compartments in which the external geodynamic<br />
processes behave similarly and can be triggered,<br />
accelerated or even intensified by different socioeconomic<br />
activities such as internal urbanization process,<br />
agriculture, mining, energy matrix exploration, infrastructure<br />
works varying magnitude according to the way<br />
which each intervention in the environment is produced.<br />
In this sense, the concept of risk is evidenced by the<br />
vision of sustainability, where restrictions on the<br />
indiscriminate use of natural resources should be defined<br />
by their ability to support and renewal.<br />
Risk analysis, according to Egler (1996) [4] has the<br />
challenge of working within the limits of behavior<br />
predictability of complex systems and, in most cases,<br />
potentially hazardous to life.<br />
The levels of environmental risks seem to be arising<br />
from three categories: natural, technological and social<br />
risks.<br />
4 SÃO PAULO STATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE<br />
INITIATIVES<br />
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The State of São Paulo began to have concerns about<br />
climate change in 1995, when the PROCLIMA program<br />
(Climate Change Prevention Program) was created and<br />
the main contribution of this effort was the collaboration<br />
with the federal government in the preparation of the<br />
National Emissions Inventory (SMA, 2005) [5]; in 2002,<br />
was published the AGENDA 21, in which climate change<br />
figures as a great concern; in the same year the State<br />
government with other regional authorities started the<br />
Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable<br />
Development (NRG4SD), aiming to become a channel to<br />
share climate mitigation and other sustainable<br />
development experiences, and being the main<br />
representative in international negotiations; in 2002 also,<br />
was established a 5-year renewable licensing process for<br />
stationary sources of air pollutants, correcting the<br />
previous “right to pollute” situation of previous<br />
enterprises, demanding a gradual reduction of emissions<br />
in industries, either by technology update or shutting<br />
down facilities, effort expanded in 2004 with the<br />
approval of the Decree 48.523, that regulates the<br />
emissions of NO x, SO 2, PM 10, CO and nonmethane<br />
volatile organic compounds; just before the last COP, in<br />
2009, the government proposed also a 20% reduction on<br />
the greenhouse effect emissions until 2020 (base 2005),<br />
through the magnification of actions to the deforestation<br />
control, creation of an adaptation fund, establishment of a<br />
sustainable transportation system, mapping the<br />
vulnerabilities of the territory and financial mechanisms<br />
to the development of a low carbon economy.<br />
REI and CUNHA (2008: 7) [6] highlights that<br />
even though nation-states may remain reluctant<br />
to assume early climate change mitigation<br />
measures, thus making the international arena a<br />
complex and difficult path for the convergence<br />
of climate-friendly initiatives, there is enough<br />
space for alternative structures and approaches<br />
in both developing and developed countries.<br />
Due to its economic profile (32% of the national<br />
economic productivity), the energy consumption of São<br />
Paulo State is about 27% of the national mix (SMA, 2002<br />
[7]), been the industrial (39%) and transportation (26%)<br />
sectors the main consumers of energy. Although a great<br />
part of energy consumed by the industrial sector are<br />
produced from biomass (44% - been 36% from sugarcane<br />
bagasse), the major part of energy that moves de<br />
transportation sector comes from fossil fuels, mainly<br />
diesel (44%) (BEESP, 2005 [8]). The State participates<br />
with about 25% of Brazil’s total emissions.<br />
The projected Brazilian growth rate for the next years<br />
suggests a high increase on energy demand, thus, the<br />
need to reconsider the expansion model for the energetic<br />
matrix, a key issue regarding actions against climate<br />
change.<br />
5 FINAL CONSIDERATIONS<br />
Managing environmental issues in Brazil should be<br />
considered in national, regional and local scales. In the<br />
context of Brazilian territory, should be respected the<br />
geodynamics of landscapes and ecosystems in the<br />
proposal of candidates for Republic Presidency in <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
considering the destructive impact of capitalist economic<br />
production that has occurred throughout the country.<br />
The socio-environmental management should be the<br />
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contribution of candidates aiming to propose realistic<br />
alternatives for sustainability.<br />
At regional level, there is need to include in<br />
governance a system for accident prevention and<br />
effective monitoring of environmental conditions in<br />
selected areas.<br />
Locally, within the municipality, it is necessary an<br />
effective participation of the community and the local<br />
authorities in dealing with socio-environmental issues.<br />
A key challenge for proper governance of the<br />
environment to be implemented by the State of São Paulo<br />
is the need to consider global and local environmental<br />
aspects of ethanol production and use as an alternative to<br />
fossil fuels. To ensure the benefits of both global<br />
mitigation and local environmental quality, it is essential<br />
that government incentives a broader discussion and<br />
participation among all sectors and stakeholders,<br />
including the community enrollment.<br />
We can say that, nowadays, the environmental issue<br />
is at the center of global and national policy and thus, it is<br />
becoming a recurrent theme on the media agenda, and so,<br />
on the presidency candidates as well and overlaps others<br />
as it puts into discussion the model of civilization<br />
predatory consumerism grounded by the reproduction of<br />
capital. This discussion should promote extensive debates<br />
throughout the country that may lead to global climate<br />
change effective combat and managing social and<br />
environmental risks in the Brazilian territory.<br />
The use of the mass media as tool to drive the change<br />
in the patterns of social consumption and relationship<br />
with the environment is an expedient yet completely<br />
underused by governments around the globe.<br />
As conclusion of this paper, we highlight the lack of<br />
synchronism between the emergency in political speeches<br />
and the chronogram for public policies enforcement<br />
under national, state and municipal levels. It is necessary<br />
the creation of a social consciousness that emphasizes the<br />
need of personal engagement in combat of environmental<br />
degradation inside the communities, through the<br />
development of action projects as: solid residues<br />
recycling, environmental education, communal garden<br />
development, reforestation, riparian vegetation, among<br />
others. There cannot be any change in the society without<br />
the mobilization of the society itself.<br />
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Renvall, J. ( ¹, Puhakka - Tarvainen, H. ( ¹, Kuittinen, V. ( ¹, Okkonen, L. ( ¹, Rice, L. ( ², Pappinen, A. ( ¹<br />
1) North Karelia University of Applied Sciences (NKUAS), Centre for Natural Resources<br />
Väisälänkatu 4, FI-80160 Joensuu, FINLAND<br />
Tel: +358 13 260 6900 Fax: +358 13 260 6901<br />
Email: jarmo.renvall@pkamk.fi<br />
2) Action Renewables, The Innovation Centre, NI Science Park<br />
Queens Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT, NORTHERN IRELAND<br />
Tel: +44 28 9073 7868<br />
ABSTRACT: There is need to increase efforts in implementation of renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency in the<br />
rural communities across the European Union Northern Periphery (NP). EU and state policies are encouraging people,<br />
communities and companies to invest in renewable energy solutions also in rural regions. However, investments are low in<br />
some of Europe's Northern Periphery countries and local decision-makers may have reserved attitude to them due to the need<br />
for certainty of profits and feasibility. Attitude to renewable energy itself is usually positive, but the activities in decisionmaking<br />
can be inadequate. This statement is supported by the results from interviews distributed to local decision-makers in<br />
North Karelia, Finland, during the autumn 2009. Our recent findings from North Karelia, show that local decision-makers<br />
need more decent and objective information about renewable energy for supporting their decision making. Our long term tool<br />
- supported by our recent findings - will be ”Decision Makers Academy” to help local decision-makers in their everyday<br />
work. First pilots of this new tool are under progress in North Karelia in Finland.<br />
Keywords: barriers, decision-making, renewable energy solutions, policy intervention, policymaking<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
North Karelia University of Applied Sciences is a<br />
partner of the EU Northern Periphery Programme (NPP)<br />
project SMALLEST (Solutions for Microgeneration to<br />
ALLow Energy Saving Technology), which aims at<br />
addressing renewable energy development in small<br />
communities. In general, our objectives in the<br />
SMALLEST project are to monitor and analyze the<br />
barriers and bottlenecks of implementing renewable<br />
energy investments and solutions and energy efficiency<br />
in Northern Periphery. The goal for this part of the<br />
project is to help local actors to overcome these barriers,<br />
identify policy interventions and political best practices<br />
and give suggestions for policy interventions needed in<br />
the future. We are elucidating these challenges e.g. by<br />
questionnaires, interviews and conversations in events<br />
arranged during the SMALLEST project in every project<br />
region of NP area.<br />
2 DECISION-MAKING CONTEXT IN NORTHERN<br />
PERIPHERY REGION<br />
In the project we have outlined procedures<br />
concerning renewable energy decision-making in<br />
Finland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Faroe Islands,<br />
Iceland and Sweden.<br />
In general there are four similar main bodies in<br />
decision-making context in Northern Periphery (Fig.1).<br />
We can clearly identify financing bodies, advisory<br />
organisations, interest groups and customers. Similarities<br />
are obvious whilst differences occur inside each body.<br />
Basically the funding opportunities are similar. Same<br />
kind on funding elements can be identified in each<br />
country but there are some certain specialities. A very<br />
good example can be found from Northern Ireland.<br />
Financing for renewable energy can be granted from<br />
outer Irish funds. Also lottery funding in this context is a<br />
special way of funding in Scotland and Northern Ireland.<br />
For example, in Finland lottery funding is given most for<br />
culture or sport.<br />
Figure 1: Decision-making context in Northern<br />
Periphery<br />
In Scandinavian countries one significant feature is the<br />
role of municipalities. Communities (i.e. particular
consortiums of people) do not have as extensive role as<br />
they do in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Municipalities<br />
are local administrative units and they even have a right<br />
to collect taxes. They have officials and also politically<br />
chosen council and municipal executive board.<br />
Municipalities are mainly administrative organs but they<br />
also do some financing. They can also be customers.<br />
A special feature in Finland is also the existence of<br />
regional development companies. These are independent<br />
bodies financed by various municipalities. Their target<br />
groups are both starting and existing companies in the<br />
region. They do not give any direct funding to the<br />
enterprises but they are advising them and constructing<br />
networks for them. The advisory service is mostly free<br />
for starting enterprises. Existing enterprises will be<br />
provided with valuable advisory services in return for<br />
network fees.<br />
There are various interest groups in the regions. The<br />
role of the interest group like a lobbying group appears to<br />
be very important in every country. They have a strong<br />
influence on decision making at all levels.<br />
Influencing factors outside the four main bodies can<br />
be identified as media, values, legislation, public opinion,<br />
research evidence, global situation and not least the<br />
culture.<br />
3 BARRIERS AND NEED OF SUPPORT<br />
EXPERIENCED BY ENERGY OPERATORS IN<br />
SMALL COMMUNITIES<br />
Diverse energy operators in Northern Periphery area<br />
(Finland, Sweden, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Scotland and<br />
Northern Ireland) were interviewed. The interviews took<br />
place after the operator had made a fairly big investment<br />
in renewable energy systems. Part of the questions<br />
covered experienced barriers (Table I) and some of them<br />
covered various support needs (Table II).<br />
Table I: Barriers experienced by energy operators<br />
Faroe<br />
Islands<br />
Finland<br />
Iceland<br />
Northern<br />
Ireland<br />
Scotland<br />
Sweden<br />
Level of commitment<br />
Globalized financial policy<br />
Knowledge on legal and contractual<br />
questions<br />
Attitudes of some of the authorities and<br />
advisory organisations<br />
Access to best practice examples<br />
Lack of similar cases in grant decisions<br />
Fluctuating level on subsidies<br />
Dependence on national policy (feed-in<br />
tariffs etc.)<br />
Piloting the technology<br />
No advisory organisations existing<br />
Cheaper ways to produce energy exists<br />
(geothermal, hydropower)<br />
Funding application bureaucracy<br />
Grant money payment afterwards<br />
No flexibility in financing<br />
Lack of renewable energy awareness<br />
amongst staff members<br />
Attitudinal approach, amount of ambition<br />
Access to best practice examples for, and<br />
knowledge of funding programmes in small<br />
and very small communities and villages.<br />
The remarkable barriers (Table I) in the researched<br />
cases were lack of know-how, attitudes with advisory<br />
organizations and authorities and amount of bureaucracy<br />
in all stages before and during the investments. In some<br />
cases the investors had to operate as pioneers. Last but<br />
not least, difficulties in financing were experienced as<br />
significant barriers.<br />
Table II: Need of support experienced by energy<br />
operators<br />
Faroe Islands Updated advisory services (legal and<br />
contractual questions)<br />
Finland Training in technology maintenance<br />
Centralized advisory services<br />
Holistic and objective advisory on<br />
investment and technologies<br />
Iceland Lack of development context for<br />
bioenergy<br />
Northern<br />
Ireland<br />
Holistic and objective advisory on<br />
investment and technologies<br />
Training in technologies<br />
Scotland Real life experiences of advisors<br />
(legislation, regulations)<br />
Sweden Increased proactive advisory services<br />
aimed at small and very small<br />
communities and villages.<br />
The operators would have needed the support of<br />
centralized and comprehensive advisory services (an<br />
advisory organization which understand the operational<br />
environment as a whole) (Table II). Thus operators<br />
needed more objectivity and independency from advisory<br />
organizations. There were also lack of skills and knowhow,<br />
so training needs were obvious.<br />
4 FACTORS IN DECISION-MAKING IN FINNISH<br />
MUNICIPALITIES<br />
Savikko [1] has found in her research some<br />
significant barriers and drivers in policymaking around<br />
municipalities in Finland. The research was carried out<br />
through an internet questionnaire in two stages among the<br />
municipalities of Finland.<br />
An interesting finding was the gap between strategic<br />
and operative actions in municipalities’ climate policy.<br />
This gab can form a significant barrier for decision<br />
making. It can be explained by economical situation in<br />
municipalities, old customary ways of action and the lack<br />
of time. The public discussion in media on biofuels was<br />
not a barrier.<br />
The results also indicate several drivers for municipal<br />
decision-making, such as municipal energy efficiency<br />
agreements or energy programmes. Those help<br />
municipalities in renovating their energy systems into<br />
renewables. Also the attitudes of municipal leaders and<br />
public discussion can be significant drivers.<br />
Preliminary results from a survey responded by<br />
decision-makers in North Karelia, Finland, in 2009<br />
supported the findings of Savikko’s research [1]. The<br />
decision-makers (participants of a seminar) were among<br />
other issues asked to point out the three most significant<br />
factors which would affect the decision-making in energy<br />
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issues in the municipalities. The factors selected most<br />
often were employment, use of natural resources and<br />
climate change. The received answers gave a good<br />
picture and guidelines on how to collect more detailed<br />
and specific information in the future. The main<br />
conclusions from the survey can be found in the<br />
following sections.<br />
4.1 Optimism or not at the region<br />
Decision makers were asked to describe the<br />
atmosphere for renewable energy in their<br />
working/residential areas. There has been a positive<br />
change in attitudes in last years. There is also a<br />
willingness to act but, on the other hand, there is a lack of<br />
actions. Renewable energy sources are considered as a<br />
possibility. On the other hand, “I feel that” –way of<br />
thinking can be still seen.<br />
The received information was also experienced<br />
insufficient and some of the respondents had negative<br />
experiences. Also the concepts used by decision makers<br />
have not been consistent.<br />
4.2 Drivers and barriers<br />
Decision-makers find the existing good examples,<br />
such as raw material resources (mostly from forests) and<br />
enterprises (in the region), as very effective drivers. Both<br />
knowledge and expertise can be found from the region.<br />
University of Eastern Finland, North Karelia University<br />
of Applied Sciences, Finnish Forest Research Institute<br />
and European Forest Institute are located in the region.<br />
Despite that, there is still difficulties accessing the<br />
information, for example, on substance or financing.<br />
Inefficient decision-making, such as indecision or<br />
toing and froing (waffling) does occur. On one hand,<br />
there is the lack of information in the background and, on<br />
the other hand, the lack of funding and resources.<br />
4.3 What kind of outside help would be needed?<br />
Respondents needed objective and comparative<br />
information, as well as economic and technical<br />
consultancy.<br />
5 NORTH KARELIA CLIMATE AND ENERGY<br />
PROGRAMME 2020<br />
The Regional Council of North Karelia is<br />
establishing a “Climate and energy programme 2020” for<br />
the region. Programme work proceeds according to the<br />
regional working plan. Smallest-project provides<br />
information from diverse surveys such as comparative<br />
municipal level information and the actual baseline in<br />
terms of energy use and production. Project operates<br />
according to the model described in Figure 2.<br />
Cooperation consists of the work in steering group and<br />
themed teams, diverse surveys, and organizing<br />
municipality events. So called pre-discussions precede<br />
the actual municipality tour. During the pre-discussions<br />
some of the municipalities and regional development<br />
companies are interviewed to receive more information<br />
for designing the municipal events. In addition,<br />
interviewers are trained unify and harmonize the<br />
interviews.<br />
After the municipal events there will be regional and<br />
county level seminars to disseminate the results.<br />
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Figure 2: Operational model between the project and the<br />
Regional Council of North Karelia<br />
6 CONCLUSIONS<br />
Decision-makers have positive attitude toward<br />
renewable energy investments, but at the same time there<br />
is a lack of actions. There is clearly need for<br />
comprehensive advisory services and training in all<br />
levels.<br />
Smallest-project is initiating the Decision Makers<br />
Academy (DMA) -concept. The Academy will gather<br />
local decision- makers for follow-up seminars. Seminars<br />
will be themed to different aspects of climate and energy.<br />
The DMA concept is being developed and tested along<br />
the “Climate and energy programme 2020”.<br />
References<br />
[1] Savikko,R. 2009. Climate Policy in Finnish<br />
Municipalities, Association of Finnish Local and<br />
Regional Authorities (AFLRA).
BIOENERGY IN UKRAINE: STATE OF THE ART AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT<br />
Georgiy Geletukha, Tetiana Zheliezna<br />
Scientific Engineering Center “Biomass”<br />
PO Box 66, 03067, Kyiv, Ukraine; t./f. (+380 44) 456 94 62, geletukha@biomass.kiev.ua; www.biomass.kiev.ua<br />
ABSTRACT: Ukraine has good preconditions for the dynamic development of bioenergy sector. The main drivers for<br />
this are permanent rise in prices of traditional energy carriers, first of all natural gas, and big potential of biomass<br />
available for energy production. The economic potential is estimated at 19-23 mtoe/yr, and it depends mainly on the<br />
annual yield of agricultural crops. Existing law on biofuels and the law on green tariff supports the introduction of<br />
bioenergy technologies for heat and power production. Nevertheless existing legislation needs further improvement. One<br />
of the serious barriers for bioenergy development in Ukraine is distortion of natural gas prices for some kinds of<br />
consumers. The price for population and communal services is artificially low that renders it impossible to introduce<br />
bioenergy technologies in these sectors. Establishment of the market price of natural gas for all kinds of consumers is a<br />
necessary precondition for large-scale substitution of natural gas by biomass. National targets on energy production from<br />
biomass must be stated in an official document like Biomass Action Plan. We consider the following targets to be real:<br />
1% of the total energy consumption at the expense of biomass in <strong>2010</strong> (that is equivalent to consumption of about 1.4<br />
mtoe), 5% in 2020, and 10% in 2030.<br />
Keywords: bioenergy strategy, bioenergy policy, bioenergy regulations, boilers, legal aspects<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Ukraine is facing now such vital tasks as to reduce its<br />
dependence on the imported energy carriers, first of all<br />
natural gas, to replace fossil fuels partly by renewable<br />
energy sources, first of all biomass (BM), and to increase<br />
energy efficiency in all the sectors of the national<br />
economy. At present natural gas makes the major<br />
contribution to Ukraine’s total primary energy<br />
consumption (40%) followed by coal (28%), nuclear<br />
energy (18%) and oil products (12%). Of the whole<br />
required volume of nature gas, only about 35% is covered<br />
by own production while 65% is exported mostly from<br />
Russia. The share of renewables in the total energy<br />
consumption is 2.5% including large hydro 2% and<br />
biomass (mainly firewood and peat) 0.5%.<br />
Price of natural gas in Ukraine has been rising<br />
constantly since 2005, from 61 to 305 $/1000 m 3 in the<br />
first quarter of <strong>2010</strong> (Figure 1). The high price of natural<br />
gas is one of the strong drivers for bioenergy<br />
technologies introduction.<br />
At that biomass as fuel is comparatively cheap.<br />
Comparison of costs recalculated per energy content of<br />
the fuels shows that firewood and baled straw are about 4<br />
times as cheaper and wood pellets are 1.6 times as<br />
cheaper than natural gas intended for industrial and statefinanced<br />
organizations (Table I).<br />
2 POTENTIAL OF BIOMASS<br />
Ukraine has quite big potential of biomass available<br />
for energy production. The economic potential is<br />
estimated at 19-23 mtoe/yr, and it depends mainly on<br />
agricultural crops annual yield (Table II). Two main<br />
constituents of the potential are agricultural residues and<br />
energy crops – 10.2 mtoe and 9.6 mtoe respectively (the<br />
data of 2008 when Ukraine had the biggest crops harvest<br />
for the past 10 years). At that agricultural residues are the<br />
“real” part of the potential, and energy crops are the<br />
“virtual” one. At present there are only a few small pilot<br />
plantations of energy crops in Ukraine but fast<br />
development of this sector is expected in the near future.<br />
It is due to the fact that currently there are 4-5 mill ha of<br />
unused agricultural lands in the country of which,<br />
according to expert estimation, up to 3 mill ha can be<br />
used for energy crops production without causing<br />
competition with food and feed production.<br />
* 1st quarter of <strong>2010</strong><br />
Figure 1: Rise in price of natural gas in Ukraine<br />
Moreover Ukraine has further room to increase the<br />
biomass potential by approaching the European level of<br />
agricultural crops yield as now the yield of some crops<br />
like rapeseed, corn for grain and others in Ukraine is 2-3<br />
times as less than in Europe. Utilisation of the biomass<br />
potential can cover about 14% of Ukraine’s total primary<br />
energy consumption.<br />
Table I: Comparison of prices of natural gas and solid<br />
biofuels<br />
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Fuel type<br />
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Typical<br />
price,<br />
EUR/t<br />
LHV,<br />
MJ/kg<br />
Cost of<br />
fuel<br />
energy,<br />
EUR/GJ<br />
Ratio: cost<br />
of NG<br />
energy*/<br />
cost of BM<br />
energy<br />
Wood<br />
processing<br />
residues 0-0.87 11 0-0.08 >85<br />
Firewood** 17 11 1.6 4.3<br />
Wood<br />
pellets 70 17 4.1 1.6<br />
Wood<br />
briquettes 61 17 3.6 1.9<br />
Baled<br />
straw** 26 14 1.9 3.6<br />
* 6.7 EUR/GJ<br />
** delivered price<br />
Table II: Potential of biomass in Ukraine (2008)<br />
Types of<br />
Energy potential, mtoe<br />
biomass<br />
Straw of grain<br />
Theoretical Technical Economic<br />
crops 14.21 7.12 2.32<br />
Straw of rape<br />
Residues of<br />
production of<br />
2.06 1.44 1.44<br />
corn for grain<br />
Residues of<br />
sunflower<br />
6.15 4.31 3.02<br />
production<br />
Secondary<br />
agricultural<br />
4.68 3.14 3.14<br />
residues 0.79 0.64 0.44<br />
Wood biomass 1.77 1.45 1.14<br />
Biodiesel 0.97 0.97 0.48<br />
Bioethanol<br />
Biogas from<br />
2.43 2.43 0.85<br />
manure 2.17 1.62 0.25<br />
Landfill gas 0.54 0.32 0.18<br />
Sewage gas<br />
Energy crops:<br />
- poplar,<br />
miscanthus,<br />
acacia, alder,<br />
0.15 0.09 0.06<br />
willow 8.47 7.20 7.2<br />
- rape (straw) 1.36 0.95 0.95<br />
- rape (biodiesel) 0.64 0.64 0.64<br />
- corn (biogas)<br />
Peat (only<br />
1.03 0.72 0.72<br />
renewable part) 0.54 0.32 0.28<br />
TOTAL 47.95 33.36 23.11<br />
3 RECENT LEGISLATION<br />
With the view of encouraging energy production<br />
from biomass, Ukrainian Parliament passed two<br />
important laws in 2009. The first one is the Law of<br />
Ukraine “On Amendments to Some Pieces of Legislation<br />
of Ukraine with regard to encouraging production and<br />
use of biofuels” [1]. The law introduced a number of tax<br />
privileges for the participants of biofuels market. In<br />
particular, the producers of biofuels and producers of heat<br />
or combined heat and power from biofuels have been free<br />
of the relevant profit tax since 1.01.<strong>2010</strong> for a 10-year<br />
period.<br />
The second law is the Law of Ukraine “On<br />
Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Energy<br />
Industry” with regard to encouraging use of alternative<br />
energy sources” [2]. The law determined the green tariff<br />
for power produced from renewable energy sources. The<br />
minimum green tariff for biomass power plants is 12.39 €<br />
cents/kWh that is 2.3 times as higher than the regular<br />
retail tariff for the consumers of electricity.<br />
Comparison with other European green tariff shows<br />
that the value of Ukrainian green tariff for biomass plants<br />
is quite high. For example, it is higher than the German<br />
green tariffs in most cases except for some particular<br />
ones, for example for biogas plants and cogeneration<br />
plants ≤150 kW. It is expected that application of the<br />
green tariff will stimulate power production from<br />
biomass in Ukraine.<br />
4 CURRENT STATUS OF BIOENERGY<br />
TECHNOLOGIES<br />
Current status of introducing bioenergy technologies<br />
in Ukraine is the following. Over 20 straw fired boilers,<br />
mostly below 1 MW, are in operation in rural areas.<br />
About 500 modern wood fired boilers, mostly below 2<br />
MW, are already installed, and over 1000 old boilers,<br />
which were converted from coal and oil to biomass,<br />
operate on enterprises of forest and wood processing<br />
industry. Production of heat is feasible in Ukraine:<br />
payback period of wood and straw fired boilers is about 2<br />
years.<br />
Three big biogas plants are in operation in the<br />
country, and over 10 biogas plants are under<br />
construction/designing. Payback period of the biogas<br />
plants is 3-6.5 years taking into account the green tariff.<br />
The lower value of the payback period range is for the<br />
case when there is an income from sale of digested<br />
manure as a fertilizer and from the sale of emission<br />
reduction units.<br />
In 2009, a mini-CHP plant on the oil-extracting plant<br />
Kirovogradoliya obtained green tariff on the power to be<br />
sold to the grid. The installation operates on sunflower<br />
seed husks, and at the moment it is the only CHP plant on<br />
solid biomass in Ukraine. Further appearance of such<br />
installations is expected in the near future due to<br />
availability of the green tariff on power produced from<br />
renewables.<br />
Payback period of a typical mini-CHP plant is about<br />
5 years for zero cost of biomass and 7 years for the cost<br />
of 17 EUR/t. If a mini-CHP plant is reconstructed from a<br />
steam or hot water boiler installation the payback period<br />
is 3.6 and 5 years, respectively.<br />
Still, some types of bioenergy equipment of domestic<br />
manufacture are missing in Ukraine’s market. They are<br />
biomass boilers > 2 MW, steam biomass boilers, and<br />
reasonably priced individual boilers of 10-50 kW<br />
including boilers for pellets. The latter would help to<br />
develop internal market for biomass pellets.<br />
5 CONCEPTION FOR BIOENERGY DEVELOPMENT<br />
Under the current conditions the following<br />
conception for introduction of bioenergy equipment in
Ukraine till 2015 can be suggested (Table III). First, it is<br />
necessary to install biomass boilers since they have the<br />
shortest payback period and can directly replace natural<br />
gas for heat production. The first-priority equipment also<br />
includes wood and straw mini-CHP plants taking into<br />
account introduced green tariff on power production from<br />
renewables. Total capacity of the proposed equipment is<br />
8380 MWth + 100 MWe that gives opportunity to replace<br />
5.3 bill m 3 /yr of natural gas and decrease СО 2 emission<br />
by 9 mill t/yr. Cost of the replaced natural gas is about<br />
1201 mill EUR, and cost of biomass which is used for<br />
operation of the equipment is about 243 mill EUR. Then<br />
money saving from the replacement of natural gas by<br />
biomass is 958 mill EUR. At that total investments<br />
required for this are 736 mill EUR (see Table III) that is<br />
1.3 times as less than the obtained annual money saving.<br />
So, introduction of the bioenergy equipment can be<br />
considered an attractive investment project.<br />
Table III: Conception for the introduction of bioenergy<br />
equipment till 2015<br />
Type of equipment<br />
/ No of units<br />
Wood fired<br />
heating boilers<br />
0.5-10 MW th / 900<br />
Wood fired<br />
industrial boilers,<br />
0.1-5 MW th / 400<br />
Wood fired<br />
domestic boilers,<br />
10-50 kW th /35000<br />
Wood fired<br />
mini-CHPPs,<br />
1-10 MW e / 10<br />
Straw fired farm<br />
boilers,<br />
0.1-1 MW th /<br />
10000<br />
Straw fired heating<br />
boilers,<br />
1-10 MW th / 1000<br />
Straw fired<br />
mini-CHPPs,<br />
1-10 MW e / 10<br />
Installed<br />
capacity,<br />
MW th+<br />
MW e<br />
Replacement<br />
of<br />
NG,<br />
bill m 3 /yr<br />
Required<br />
investments,<br />
mill EUR<br />
450 0.26 21<br />
280 0.22 13<br />
1050 0.60 69<br />
100+50 0.21 137<br />
2000 1.18 151<br />
2000 1.18 113<br />
100+50 0.20 137<br />
Farm boilers for<br />
sunflower<br />
and corn stalks,<br />
0.1-1 MWth / 9000<br />
1800 1.06 136<br />
Peat boilers,<br />
0.5-1 MWth / 800<br />
TOTAL<br />
600<br />
8380+100<br />
0.34<br />
5.26<br />
28<br />
805<br />
We consider that priority lines of bioenergy<br />
development must be determined in the state program<br />
which would have status of law that is would be<br />
compulsory for implementation. Ukraine’s national<br />
targets on biomass contribution to the total primary<br />
energy consumption should be fixed in an official<br />
document like Biomass Action Plan. Such a document<br />
was already drafted within the framework of a Dutch-<br />
Ukrainian intergovernmental project “Biomass and<br />
Biofuels in Ukraine” (2008-2009). Biomass Action Plan<br />
for Ukraine identifies the main challenges of Ukraine’s<br />
biomass sector and suggests actions to solve the<br />
problems. One of the suggested actions is adopting a<br />
political declaration with a clear statement of the national<br />
targets on biomass. The following contribution of<br />
biomass/biofuels to the final energy consumption seems<br />
to be realistic: 1% (1.4 mtoe) in <strong>2010</strong>, 5% (7 mtoe) in<br />
2020, 10% (14 mtoe) in 2030.<br />
6 CONCLUSIONS<br />
Ukraine has good preconditions for the dynamic<br />
development of bioenergy sector. The main drivers for<br />
this are permanent rise in prices of traditional energy<br />
carriers and quite big potential of biomass available for<br />
energy production.<br />
Effectiveness of bioenergy development in Ukraine<br />
depends a lot on coordination of activity in this sector<br />
and right choice of priorities. In our opinion, the<br />
government should appoint a single state body fully<br />
responsible for all the issues concerning bioenergy and<br />
for the coordination of work of all the institutions related<br />
to this sector. Priority lines for the development must be<br />
stated in the state program for bioenergy development in<br />
Ukraine, and financial sources for the program<br />
implementation must be clear determined.<br />
Existing legislation also needs further improvement.<br />
The law on biofuels and the law on green tariff have<br />
some week points to be corrected. In addition we suggest<br />
to exempt biomass as a fuel from VAT and grant a state<br />
subsidy to purchasers of bioenergy equipment in the<br />
amount of 20% of the equipment cost.<br />
One of the serious barriers for bioenergy<br />
development in Ukraine is distortion of natural gas prices<br />
for some kinds of consumers. The price for population<br />
and communal services is artificially low that renders it<br />
impossible to introduce bioenergy technologies in these<br />
sectors. Establishment of the market price of natural gas<br />
for all kinds of consumers is a necessary precondition for<br />
large-scale substitution of natural gas by biomass.<br />
National targets on energy production from biomass<br />
must be stated in a official document like Biomass Action<br />
Plan. We consider the following targets to be real: 1% of<br />
the total energy consumption at the expense of biomass in<br />
<strong>2010</strong> (that is equivalent to consumption of about 1.4<br />
mtoe), 5% in 2020, and 10% in 2030.<br />
6 REFERENCES<br />
[1] Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Some Pieces of<br />
Legislation of Ukraine with regard to encouraging<br />
production and use of biofuels” N 1391-VI from<br />
21.05.2009.<br />
[2] Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of<br />
Ukraine “On Energy Industry” with regard to<br />
encouraging use of alternative energy sources” N<br />
1220-VI from 01.04.2009.<br />
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BIOENERGY AT CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: VISIONS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES<br />
McCormick, K.<br />
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University<br />
PO Box 196, 22100 Lund, Sweden<br />
ABSTRACT: This paper provides observations and commentary on how bioenergy was presented and communicated at<br />
the 15 th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) held in Denmark in December 2009, including the main conference and side<br />
events as well as “unofficial” parallel events and activities. We can learn significantly from the experiences of COP 15 in<br />
regards to how to develop and present visions for bioenergy, the major challenges confronting the expansion of<br />
bioenergy, and the near-term opportunities for the bioenergy industry. With the 16 th Conference of the Parties (COP 16)<br />
to be held in Mexico in November <strong>2010</strong>, this paper contributes to a better understanding of how the bioenergy industry<br />
can influence policy-makers, attract media attention, and engage the general public and key stakeholders in a constructive<br />
dialogue to take full advantage of the potential of bioenergy to contribute to climate mitigation and adaptation. At COP<br />
16 we need “to make it all happen”.<br />
Keywords: bioenergy industry, public awareness, climate change, political legitimacy, stakeholder involvement<br />
1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND<br />
The 15 th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) held in<br />
Denmark in December 2009 was a dramatic global event<br />
on climate change that culminated in the Copenhagen<br />
Accord. While there are strong differences of opinion on<br />
whether or not COP 15 and the Copenhagen Accord can<br />
be considered a “step in the right direction” or an outright<br />
failure, as well as who should do what and when, nothing<br />
has changed regarding climate science. A rapid<br />
transformation of our economies and societies towards<br />
low or zero carbon systems remains a fundamental<br />
requirement for reducing the effects of global warming<br />
over the next century.<br />
COP 15 attracted thousands of delegates and<br />
representatives from industry, government, academia,<br />
and civil society from around the world – many of which<br />
attended COP 15 to actively put forward visions and<br />
strategies for the future. In this context, we can ask what<br />
profile did bioenergy have at COP 15? This paper<br />
provides observations and commentary on how bioenergy<br />
was presented and communicated at COP 15 – both the<br />
official activities and the many “unofficial” events<br />
organised around the climate negotiations. Much can be<br />
learned from these experiences and applied at the 16 th<br />
Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to be held in Mexico<br />
in November <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
This paper talks about the bioenergy industry in<br />
relation to climate negotiations. But what is the bioenergy<br />
industry? The bioenergy industry refers to a myriad of<br />
organisations and networks that are directly (and<br />
indirectly) involved in bioenergy resources, systems and<br />
technologies. Such organisations and networks cover a<br />
number of sectors, including energy, agriculture, forestry<br />
and the environment, as well as different spheres, such as<br />
government, industry and academia. The bioenergy<br />
industry does not “speak” with a unified voice. However,<br />
on the national level, the bioenergy industry is often<br />
represented by associations, such as the Swedish<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association, and on the international level, the<br />
recently established <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
(http://www.worldbioenergy.org/). This organisation has<br />
taken a leading role in promoting bioenergy on the<br />
international “stage”.<br />
2 OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSION<br />
The most significant document prepared and<br />
presented at COP 15 was the position paper by the <strong>World</strong><br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association based on a commissioned report<br />
entitled “Global Potential of Sustainable Biomass for<br />
Energy” [1]. This position paper and report highlight the<br />
very large potentials for bioenergy estimated by some<br />
studies. The “danger” with these estimated potentials is<br />
they are based on a range of assumptions that are under<br />
intense debate, such as land availability. Importantly, the<br />
position paper and report discuss the major challenges for<br />
expanding bioenergy, namely direct and indirect impacts<br />
on land use, as well as the overall sustainability of<br />
bioenergy and the need for robust certification schemes<br />
[2]. It is “smart” of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association to<br />
not only raise these issues in such documents but also<br />
show that the bioenergy industry is actively working with<br />
them.<br />
Kent Nyström of the <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
argues “There is a lack of awareness of the enormous<br />
potential of bioenergy worldwide both among politicians,<br />
the media and the public” [3]. There is indeed a lack of<br />
public awareness of bioenergy technologies and<br />
potentials, as well as the benefits of sustainable bioenergy<br />
systems that can go far beyond energy supply and include<br />
significant opportunities for regional development.<br />
Raising the profile of bioenergy in the public<br />
“consciousness” is very important. However, far greater<br />
resources will have to be invested by the bioenergy<br />
industry to achieve this goal.<br />
COP 15 involved hundreds of side events and<br />
exhibits – a number of which focused directly on<br />
bioenergy, and others which were relevant to the
ioenergy industry. The Climate Consortium Denmark<br />
and the Danish Agriculture and Food Council organised a<br />
side event called “Bio-based Society: A Sustainable<br />
Future based on Agriculture, Biotechnology and<br />
Resource Management” [4]. This event tackled the issues<br />
of increasing population and climate change through<br />
presentations on the role of agriculture and biotechnology<br />
to produce food, energy and materials. The challenge of<br />
reducing fossil fuels while at the same time producing<br />
more food for the growing population was debated. This<br />
type of event appears to be important to work through<br />
these major issues.<br />
Another side event at COP 15 entitled “Renewable<br />
Energy and Climate Change Abatement” organised by<br />
IEA <strong>Bioenergy</strong> and IEA Renewable Energy Technology<br />
Development, involved a presentation by Uwe Fritsche<br />
on better use of biomass for energy [5]. This presentation<br />
discussed a range of issues, including land use change<br />
and increased production of biomass for energy purposes.<br />
But there was also a strong point on how to maximise<br />
GHG emissions reductions from bioenergy, including the<br />
option to connect bioenergy systems with Carbon<br />
Capture and Storage (CCS) to produce “negative” carbon<br />
emissions. Overall, the presentation suggested that more<br />
stringent climate change policy will drive a better use of<br />
biomass for energy. The bioenergy industry should<br />
support such strong policy and continue to work towards<br />
more sustainable bioenergy systems.<br />
A range of parallel events, seminars and activities<br />
were organised in Denmark and its close neighbour<br />
Sweden in the lead-up to COP 15. Of particular interest<br />
was the largest alternative NGO meeting, called the<br />
Peoples Climate Summit (http://klimaforum.org/). At the<br />
summit a number of themes were very relevant to<br />
bioenergy, including “Sustainable Energy Technology<br />
and Energy Systems” and “Sustainable Agriculture and<br />
Forestry” [6]. This type of NGO event is likely to grow at<br />
COP 16 and perhaps receive greater media attention. The<br />
Peoples Climate Summit concluded with the statement<br />
“systems change not climate change”, which suggests the<br />
NGO movement is looking for more “radical” shifts in<br />
our societies and economies. What role bioenergy can<br />
play in such visions and discussions deserves some<br />
attention – at the very least to avoid confrontations and<br />
“listen” to concerns about bioenergy from the NGO<br />
sector.<br />
Lund University in Sweden hosted a number of<br />
events related to COP 15. The workshop on “Governance<br />
for a Low-Carbon Society” organised by Atomium<br />
Culture (http://atomiumculture.org/) focused on how the<br />
emerging low-carbon society can be governed [7]. There<br />
are a number of points from this workshop relevant for<br />
bioenergy. First, Atomium Culture actively works with<br />
universities, businesses, governments and newspapers.<br />
The inclusion of newspapers highlights the important role<br />
of the media and communication in establishing a lowcarbon<br />
society. Second, bioenergy was a major topic of<br />
discussion in relation to meeting sustainability goals.<br />
Again, we see the importance of institutions, policies and<br />
schemes that can ensure sustainable bioenergy systems.<br />
Third, CCS was on the agenda, and the link to bioenergy<br />
systems was also discussed and highlighted. This point<br />
about the synergy between CCS, bioenergy and<br />
producing “negative” carbon emissions should be more<br />
actively communicated by the bioenergy industry to the<br />
media and key stakeholders.<br />
COP 15 started with worldwide attention (and<br />
enthusiasm) about defining a strong global agreement but<br />
this did not eventuate. Joelle Brink for Biofuels Digest<br />
(http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/) perhaps best<br />
summarised the reactions from the bioenergy industry at<br />
COP 15 by saying that the first week of negotiations was<br />
promising with the UN assurance that bioenergy would<br />
be a priority in renewable energy plans. However, in the<br />
second week the UN negotiations stalled and resulted in a<br />
small group of nations (USA, China, India, South Africa<br />
and Brazil) developing the Copenhagen Accord with<br />
many other countries dissenting – “leaving the real work<br />
for Mexico in November <strong>2010</strong>” [8]. It seems fair to argue<br />
that COP 16 will be under even greater “pressure” to<br />
move the climate negotiations forwards.<br />
3 CONCLUSION AND REFLECTIONS<br />
This paper perhaps asks far more questions that it<br />
answers? However, the main point is to raise discussions<br />
on how to improve the profile of bioenergy at major<br />
climate negotiations, especially the up-coming COP 16 to<br />
be held in Mexico in November <strong>2010</strong>. This paper<br />
concludes with some reflections and suggestions for<br />
action. Many of these points could be debated and need<br />
to be further developed so as to make them more concrete<br />
and practical.<br />
Showing potentials is very important, but a major<br />
challenge for the bioenergy industry is to put bioenergy<br />
technologies and systems, and the overall potentials of<br />
bioenergy, into tangible contexts. In other words, it is<br />
vital to document and present functioning “real-life”<br />
bioenergy systems. This includes both case studies of<br />
specific places, and country studies that show the<br />
development of bioenergy over time.<br />
Working with all actors engaged in promoting<br />
renewable energy only strengthens the position of<br />
bioenergy. The decision of the WBA to join and support<br />
the International Renewable Energy Alliance<br />
(http://www.ren-alliance.org/) shows that there is<br />
cooperation between bioenergy and other renewable<br />
energy. There is little doubt that we will need all<br />
renewable energy to make significant reductions in GHG<br />
emissions and replace fossil fuels.<br />
Engaging with cities and regions should be a<br />
priority for the bioenergy industry at COP 16.<br />
Thousands of representatives from cities and regions<br />
attended COP 15. Cities and regions can often implement<br />
far more “radical” plans to reduce GHG emissions<br />
compared to nations, but they need help to find<br />
“solutions”. <strong>Bioenergy</strong>, in all its forms, can really<br />
contribute to cities and regions in their efforts on climate<br />
change.<br />
Learning from how the Copenhagen Accord was<br />
brokered is important to all actors working on climate<br />
change, including the bioenergy industry. The group of<br />
nations that really developed the Copenhagen Accord<br />
included China, India, the USA, South Africa and Brazil.<br />
This is a particularly interesting group of nations in<br />
respect to bioenergy, since they all have growing<br />
bioenergy sectors. Brazil, in particular, is a global leader<br />
on bioenergy.<br />
Enhancing communication activities and key<br />
collaborations in the lead-up to COP 16 is vital to<br />
successfully lifting the profile of bioenergy.<br />
Communication and stakeholder involvement are on the<br />
agenda more than ever for the fast-growing bioenergy<br />
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industry. Avoiding major confrontations on controversial<br />
issues, such as sustainability certification schemes and<br />
land use changes, requires greater efforts on engagement<br />
with diverse actors.<br />
4 REFERENCES<br />
1. Ladanai, S. & Vinterbäck, J. (2009) Global Potential of<br />
Sustainable Biomass for Energy. Uppsala: Swedish<br />
University for Agricultural Sciences.<br />
2. <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association. (2009) Global Potential<br />
of Sustainable Biomass for Energy. Position Paper<br />
3. <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association. (2009) Global Potential<br />
for <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Sufficient to meet Global Energy Demand.<br />
Press Release.<br />
4. Climate Consortium Denmark and the Danish<br />
Agriculture and Food Council. (2009) Bio-based Society:<br />
A Sustainable Future based on Agriculture,<br />
Biotechnology and Resource Management. Workshop.<br />
5. Fritsche, U. (2009) Better Use of Biomass for Energy.<br />
Presentation.<br />
6. Klimaforum (2009) The Themes of Klimaforum at<br />
COP15.<br />
URL: http://www.klimaforum.org/<br />
7. Atomium Culture. (2009) Governance for a Low-<br />
Carbon Society.<br />
URL: http://atomiumculture.org/<br />
8. Brink, J. (2009) <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Industry Reacts at COP15.<br />
URL: http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/<br />
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
This paper is part of a research effort entitled “The<br />
emerging bio-economy: Investigating the role of<br />
communication and stakeholder involvement” which is<br />
funded for <strong>2010</strong>-2013 by the Swedish Research Council<br />
for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial<br />
Planning. Visit the interactive bio-economy blog<br />
(http://bio-literacy.blogspot.com/) to follow the progress<br />
and developments of this work, make comments, and ask<br />
questions.<br />
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SUPPLY CHAINS OF FOREST CHIP PRODUCTION IN FINLAND<br />
Kalle Kärhä<br />
Metsäteho Oy<br />
P.O. Box 101, FI-00171 Helsinki, Finland<br />
kalle.karha@metsateho.fi<br />
ABSTRACT: The Metsäteho study investigated how logging residue chips, stump wood chips, and chips from smallsized<br />
thinning wood and large-sized (rotten) roundwood used by heating and power plants were produced in Finland in<br />
2008. Almost all the major forest chip suppliers in Finland were involved in the study. The total volume of forest chips<br />
supplied in 2008 by these suppliers was 6.5 TWh. The study was implemented by conducting an e-mail questionnaire<br />
survey and telephone interviews. Research data was collected in March-May 2009. The majority of the logging residue<br />
chips and chips from small-sized thinning wood were produced using the roadside chipping supply chain in Finland in<br />
2008. The chipping at plant supply chain was also significant in the production of logging residue chips. 70% of all stump<br />
wood chips consumed were comminuted at the plant and 29% at terminals. The role of the terminal chipping supply chain<br />
was also significant in the production of chips from logging residues and small-sized wood chips. When producing chips<br />
from large-sized (rotten) roundwood, nearly a half of chips were comminuted at plants and more than 40% at terminals.<br />
Keywords: Comminution, Energy wood, Finland.<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
The use of forest chips in Finland has increased<br />
rapidly in the 21 st century: In the year 2000, the total use<br />
of forest chips for energy generation was 1.8 TWh (0.9<br />
mill. m 3 ), while in 2008 it was 9.2 TWh (4.6 mill. m 3 )<br />
[1]. Of this amount, 8.1 TWh was used in heating and<br />
power plants, and 1.1 TWh in small-sized dwellings, i.e.<br />
private houses, farms, and recreational dwellings, in 2008<br />
(Fig. 1) [1].<br />
Of the forest chips used in heating and power plants<br />
(8.1 TWh), the majority (58%) was produced from<br />
logging residues in final cuttings in 2008 (Fig. 1) [1].<br />
Forest chips derived from stump and root wood totalled<br />
14% and 4% came from large-sized (rotten) roundwood.<br />
24% of the total amount of commercial forest chips used<br />
for energy generation came from small-diameter (d 1.3200 GWh in<br />
2008) power plants in Finland [2]. However, they<br />
consume approximately 40% of forest chips used in<br />
Finland (Fig. 2) [2]. The use of forest chips is currently<br />
the greatest in Central Finland, and relatively low in<br />
Northern Finland (Fig. 3) [1].<br />
Figure 2: Use of forest chips by the class of energy<br />
content (GWh) used in heating and power plants in 2008<br />
in Finland [2]. The figures are based on the data of the<br />
Finnish Forest Research Institute: the use of forest chips<br />
7.8 TWh in total of 427 energy plants in 2008. The<br />
figures exclude the data of TTS Research’s small heating<br />
plants (0.2 TWh & 333 plants).<br />
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Figure 3: Use of forest chips by forestry centre in 2008<br />
in Finland [1].<br />
Metsäteho Oy has annually surveyed the supply<br />
chains [3] used in the production of forest chips in the<br />
21 st century in Finland [4–8]. The Metsäteho study also<br />
investigated how logging residue chips, stump wood<br />
chips, and chips from small-sized thinning wood and<br />
large-sized (rotten) roundwood used by heating and<br />
power plants were produced in Finland in 2008. The<br />
main results of the study are presented in this conference<br />
paper.<br />
2 MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
The supply chains of forest chips were investigated in<br />
the questionnaire of Supply Chains of Forest Chips in<br />
2008, which covered the production of logging residue<br />
chips, stump wood chips, chips from small-sized thinning<br />
wood, and chips from large-sized (rotten) roundwood. In<br />
the survey, the supply chains were determined as follows:<br />
• Terrain chipping: comminution at the harvesting<br />
site,<br />
• Roadside chipping (separate chipper and chip<br />
truck): comminution with a chipper or crusher at<br />
a roadside landing and road transportation of<br />
chips using a separate chip truck from the<br />
roadside to the plant,<br />
• Roadside chipping (integrated chipper–chip<br />
truck): comminution and road transportation of<br />
chips with the same unit, a so-called integrated<br />
chipper–chip truck,<br />
• Terminal chipping: forest chip raw materials<br />
(loose or bundled) to the terminal for<br />
comminution, and then transportation of the chips<br />
by truck/train/barge from the terminal to the<br />
plant, and<br />
• Chipping at plant: forest chip raw materials<br />
(loose or bundled) to the plant for comminution.<br />
Almost all the major forest chip suppliers in Finland<br />
were involved in the study. The total volume of forest<br />
chips supplied in 2008 by these (34) suppliers was 6.5<br />
TWh (Table 1). The study was implemented by<br />
conducting an email questionnaire survey and telephone<br />
interviews. Research data was collected in March-May<br />
2009.<br />
Table 1: Use of different types of forest chips at heating<br />
and power plants in 2008 in Finland [1], and the total<br />
volume supplied in 2008 by the forest chip suppliers who<br />
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participated in the survey.<br />
Type of forest chips<br />
Total volume<br />
used<br />
in Finland [1]<br />
Total volume<br />
supplied<br />
by suppliers<br />
TWh<br />
Logging residue chips 4.7 3.5<br />
Stump wood chips 1.2 1.2<br />
Chips from small-sized<br />
thinning wood<br />
1.9 1.4<br />
Chips from large-sized<br />
roundwood<br />
0.4 0.5<br />
Total 8.1 6.5<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
3.1 Logging residue chips<br />
The best sites in Finland, and therefore those mainly<br />
used for recovering logging residues, are Norway spruce<br />
(Picea abies L. Karst.) dominated final cuttings. The<br />
typical logging residue removal is approximately 70–100<br />
MWh/ha. In 2008, the area where logging residues were<br />
recovered was more than 50,000 ha in Finland.<br />
Figure 4 shows that the most common place to<br />
comminute logging residues for chips is a roadside<br />
landing. In 2008, the total proportion of roadside<br />
chipping supply chains was 58%. The share of roadside<br />
chipping with a separate chipper and chip truck was 55%,<br />
and the share of roadside chipping with an integrated<br />
chipper–chip truck was 3% (Fig. 4).<br />
31% of the logging residues were comminuted at<br />
power plants in 2008 (Fig. 4). The share of chipping<br />
loose residues at the plant was 14%, and the share of<br />
chipping logging residue bundles at the plant was 17%.<br />
Currently, logging residues are bundled by around 15<br />
slash bundlers in Finnish forests [cf. 9, 10]. The<br />
proportion of terminal chipping supply chain was 11% in<br />
2008 (Fig. 4).<br />
Figure 4: Proportions of different supply chains in the<br />
production of logging residue chips during 2004–2008 in<br />
Finland.<br />
3.2 Stump wood chips<br />
Intensive development of stump and root wood<br />
harvesting began in Finland in the early 2000’s. Today<br />
stump wood is a competitive wood fuel, especially for<br />
large power plants. This is clearly evident in the stump<br />
chip supply chain figures: 70% of all stump wood chips<br />
used for energy generation in 2008 were produced at<br />
power plants (Fig. 5). In 2008, 29% of all the stump<br />
wood comminution was performed at terminals. Small
stump wood batches were also comminuted at the<br />
roadside landings by mobile crushers.<br />
In Finland, stumps for energy generation are<br />
extracted almost exclusively from spruce-dominated,<br />
final felling stands. The typical stump wood removal is<br />
150–180 MWh/ha. The period for stump lifting is limited<br />
to May–November when the ground is thawed. In 2008,<br />
stumps were removed from a total of around 7,000<br />
hectares. Heavy-duty (working weight around 20 tonnes)<br />
tracked excavators are mainly used for the lifting of<br />
stumps [9, 10]. Approximately 150 excavators are<br />
currently used for stump lifting in Finland [cf. 9, 10].<br />
Figure 5: Proportions of different supply chains in the<br />
production of stump wood chips during 2004–2008 in<br />
Finland.<br />
3.3 Chips from small-sized thinning wood<br />
Chips from small-sized thinning wood are produced<br />
in Finland from small-diameter (mainly d 1.3
increased cost pressures on the total supply chain costs of<br />
forest chips.<br />
In the future, the management of supply costs in all<br />
phases of the logistics chain will hold vital positions [12].<br />
The individual parts of the supply chains should work<br />
more efficiently (e.g. utilize the most efficient working<br />
methods, adoption of the most suitable production<br />
technology, maximization of loads in forest haulage and<br />
road transportation) and especially, increase integration<br />
between supply chains (e.g. minimization of waiting and<br />
terminal times). Moreover, quality management of chips<br />
(i.e. moisture content in the case of logging residues, and<br />
impurities with stumps) has to be increased to a suitable<br />
level than it is presently.<br />
Kärhä [12] estimated that chipping will move from<br />
roadside locations closer to the heating and power plants,<br />
partly to terminals, and partly directly to the plants. This<br />
will undoubtedly prove to be the case as, in approximate<br />
terms, the closer to the plant chipping is performed, the<br />
more cost-efficient it is. Differences will, nevertheless,<br />
remain between forest chip suppliers regarding the<br />
volumes of forest chips produced in terminals and at the<br />
plant. As the volumes of road transportation of<br />
uncomminuted raw materials for forest chips will greatly<br />
increase in the future, more efficient long-distance<br />
transportation solutions are required. The status of the<br />
terminals will also become more important.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
[1] Ylitalo, E. 2009. Puun energiakäyttö 2008. (Use of<br />
wood for energy generation in 2008). Finnish Forest<br />
Research Institute, Forest Statistical Bulletin 15/2009.<br />
[2] Ylitalo, E. 2009. Use of forest chips by heating and<br />
power plants in Finland in 2008. Finnish Forest Research<br />
Institute, Unpublished statistics.<br />
[3] Kärhä, K. 2008. Metsähakkeen<br />
tuotantoprosessikuvaukset. (Flowcharts of supply<br />
systems for forest chip production in Finland). Metsäteho<br />
Tuloskalvosarja 3/2008. Available at:<br />
http://www.metsateho.fi/uploads/Tuloskalvosarja_2008_<br />
03_Metsahakkeen_tuotantoprosessi_kk_3.pdf.<br />
[4] Kärhä, K. 2005. Hakkuutähteiden korjuu<br />
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF PAPERS<br />
THE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES, HINDERING THE ADOPTION OF BIOENERGY IN<br />
PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY<br />
Umair Usman<br />
UCH<br />
Moonoo Chowk, Raiwind/Defence Road E. Lahore, Pakistan<br />
Umair@uch.com.pk, Tel: 92-42-5321636, Fax: 92-42-5321638<br />
ABSTRACT: The paper will inform the audience about the energy crisis that has crippled Pakistan’s economic growth<br />
since the last 4 years, and the role that <strong>Bioenergy</strong> can play in resolving the issue. In order to help ease Pakistan in its<br />
effort to curb this crisis and to get useful insights into the role that <strong>Bioenergy</strong> can play in solving Pakistan’s problems,<br />
business ventures were attempted. The results were not encouraging and shed light onto the financial and technical<br />
hindrances involved in creating and running bioenergy businesses in Pakistan. These issues themselves linked to the more<br />
general Social, Economic and Political barriers for the adoption of <strong>Bioenergy</strong>. The paper concludes by providing<br />
suggestions and recommendations, as to what the government, private sector as well as the international community can<br />
do in order to overcome the crisis.<br />
Keywords: Bio energy Policy, Biogas, Bio-ethanol, Third <strong>World</strong>, Pakistan<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Energy is considered to be the life line of any<br />
economy. It is significant determinant of socioeconomic<br />
development and is therefore one of the most important<br />
strategic commodities [26]. Traditional growth theories<br />
focus on the labour, capital and technology as major<br />
factors of production and ignore the importance of energy<br />
in the economic growth process [16].<br />
In the era of globalization, even though dependence<br />
of economies on energy and its demand is rapidly<br />
increasing, the supply of it remains uncertain. Therefore<br />
energy shortage will be one of the biggest problems<br />
facing mankind in the next century [16].<br />
One such country which is already facing an energy<br />
crisis is Pakistan. Energy plays an important role as<br />
compared to other variables included in the production<br />
and consumption function for Pakistan, as it is in an early<br />
stage of development [10]. Already Pakistan’s economy<br />
has been under constant stress due to is energy crisis [7],<br />
leading to a sharp decrease in its economic growth rate.<br />
In order to study the role that <strong>Bioenergy</strong> can play in<br />
overcoming the energy crisis, two business ventures were<br />
attempted i.e. selling Biogas plants and Bio-ethanol.<br />
Biomass seemed like a logical alternative energy solution<br />
due to the country’s large agricultural base. However<br />
both businesses failed at different stages of development<br />
due to several micro and macro factors. Reflecting on<br />
these failures, new business models are discussed that can<br />
help create a formal Biomass industry.<br />
However before details of the ventures are looked<br />
into, it is imperative that Pakistan’s energy profile is<br />
studied first, in order to better understand its needs.<br />
.<br />
2 PAKISTAN’S ENERGY PROFILE<br />
2.1 Country profile<br />
Pakistan is a middle income economy, with an<br />
estimated population of around 170 million, among the<br />
highest in the world. It is the founding member of<br />
SAARC, G-8 and the OIC. Not only is it a major military<br />
and nuclear power, but South Asia’s second largest<br />
economy and a front line state on the war in terror.<br />
It has sustained excellent growth record in the past<br />
decade thanks to liberalization, and an opening up of the<br />
economy. Due to economic growth that took place in in<br />
the first half of the 2000s, the GDP of Pakistan doubled<br />
between 1999 and 2007. The growth in GDP was even<br />
higher than the population growth and therefore GDP per<br />
capita increased by almost sixty percent between 2000<br />
and 2008. Recognizing Pakistan’s economic growth,<br />
Goldman Sachs now considers Pakistan to be among the<br />
‘Next Eleven Countries’ i.e. nations that are likely to<br />
become sizable economic powers and have greater<br />
impact on global business in the new century [34]. As<br />
Pakistan’s agriculture, industry, trade and services sectors<br />
have been growing rapidly, the government has remained<br />
negligent to the surge in energy demand, leading to a<br />
massive shortfall in energy, which is only expected to<br />
widen [26].<br />
One of the key strategic objectives of the Musharraf<br />
era was to turn Pakistan into an energy corridor,<br />
connecting Central Asia (China and the oil producing<br />
countries) to the rest of the world (14; 13; 26). However<br />
Pakistan itself is now facing a major energy crisis. To<br />
look into this crisis in detail, it is imperative to look at<br />
Pakistan’s energy profile in order to better understand the<br />
supply and demand of different sources.<br />
2.2 Energy Profile:<br />
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The primary energy supply in Pakistan is<br />
concentrated to only a few sources. The average share of<br />
Oil and Gas between 1997-2007 was 44.36% and 32.58%<br />
respectively i.e. 77% of the total supply (relatively,<br />
Hydroelectricity and coal accounted for 18% and other<br />
sources accounted for 5%). The share now stands at 31%<br />
for oil (82% is imported) and 48% for gas i.e. the total<br />
share has grown to 79%, where the share of oil decreased<br />
to 31 percent (relatively hydroelectricity and coal account<br />
for 20% and 1 percent from nuclear and imported energy)<br />
[16; 24].<br />
Looking at total consumption of each source, the<br />
average percentage share of oil in energy consumption<br />
was 40.9% during 1998 to 2007, followed by gas 34.6%,<br />
electricity 15.7%, coal 7.5% and LPG 1.3% [16]. Noting<br />
consumption of energy by sector, the industrial sector<br />
consumed 37.3% of the energy, followed by transport<br />
sector with a share of 32.2% and domestic sector with a<br />
share of 22.2%. The agriculture sector, government and<br />
the commercial sector respectively consumed only 2.6%,<br />
2.5% and 3.3%.<br />
During the 1980s, about 86% of the energy demand<br />
was met by domestic sources and remaining 14% gap<br />
was filled by the imports [7]. At present Pakistan meets<br />
75% of its energy needs by domestic resources including<br />
gas, oil and hydroelectricity production [24]. Only 25%<br />
energy needs were managed through imports. Oil and<br />
Gas have taken major share in the energy mix and are<br />
likely to maintain their dominance [16].<br />
It can be seen that from the above that Pakistan’s<br />
energy supply is dependent largely on Oil and Gas and<br />
electricity, and the share of imported energy is increasing<br />
over time. It can be noted therefore that shortages or<br />
difficulties in imports can have disastrous effects on<br />
industry and transport, and therefore cripple the industry.<br />
2.2 Energy crisis:<br />
During the mid 200s, the average economic growth<br />
rate of 7.6% in the 2000s. It was believed that assuming<br />
the growth of 6-7 percent which Pakistan had during the<br />
mid 2000s, energy demand will growth at 8% or rougly<br />
double within a decade [24]. However insufficient<br />
generation and exploration, limited planning and<br />
negligence of successive regimes, and inefficient use and<br />
wastage of energy resources [31], has created an acute<br />
energy crisis in Pakistan since 2006. [24; 26; 7].<br />
[16]<br />
Table I: Energy Supply and Demand Gap (MTOE:<br />
Millions of Tons Oil equivalent)<br />
On the other hand according to Pakistan’s Energy<br />
Security Plan for 2005-2030 [16], the total primary<br />
energy consumption in Pakistan is expected to increase<br />
seven times to 360 MTOE and over eight-fold increase in<br />
the requirement of power by 2030 (Table I).<br />
As none of these problems were dealt with, Pakisan’s<br />
GDP growth rate plummeted to just 2.3% in 2008-2009<br />
growth, and 4.1% 2009-<strong>2010</strong>. Due to energy shortages, th<br />
large scale manufaturing sector declined by 7.7% last<br />
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year, while overall manufacturing declined by 3.3% [7].<br />
It must be noted that as GDP growth declines, the<br />
estimations of the widening gap already discussed might<br />
not materialize, but severe shortages will probabaly<br />
remain. In paticular Pakistan is likely to face a major<br />
shortage of natural gas, electricity and oil, the three major<br />
sources, in the next three to four year that could choke<br />
the economic growth. The biggest shortfall is expected in<br />
the natural gas supplies [16].<br />
The demand-supply gap has therefore increased and<br />
is likely to increase in the future, exerting strong pressure<br />
on the energy resources in the Country [16; 33].<br />
2.2.1 Gas<br />
Natural gas has emerged as the most important fuel<br />
in the recent past and the trends indicate its dominant<br />
share in the future energy mix as well [26].<br />
Demand for natural gas in Pakistan increased by<br />
roughly 10 percent annually from 2000-01 to 2007-08,<br />
reaching around 3,200 cubic feet per day (MMCFD)<br />
against the total production of 3,774 MMCFD while by<br />
2008-2009, the demand for natural gas exceeded the<br />
available supply, with production of 4,528 MMCFD gas<br />
against demand for 4,731 MMCFD, indicating a shortfall<br />
of 203 MMCFD [30]. Hagler Bailly, a global<br />
management consulting firm warned in a 2006 study that<br />
Pakistan is going to witness gas shortage starting in 2007,<br />
and defecit will grow until it will cripple the economy by<br />
2025, when shortage will be 11,092 MMCFD (Million<br />
standard cubic feet per day) against total 13,259 MMCFD<br />
production i.e. demand will be 24351 [8]. This winter<br />
alone, the country dealt with a shortfall of 700 MMCFD<br />
of gas due to increasing use of heaters and geysers [17].<br />
There are also about 2718 Compressed Natural Gas<br />
(CNG) stations in the country and approximately 1.9<br />
million vehicles are using CNG. Pakistan has seen an<br />
investment of Rs 70 billion has been made, creating some<br />
100,000 job [24]. With roughly 29,167 vehincles are<br />
converted run on CNG every month, Pakistan has now<br />
become the third largest CNG consumer in the world<br />
after Argentina and Brazil, and the biggest in Asia [20;<br />
28], However due to a shortage of Natural Gas, CNG<br />
stations are required to go on ‘forced holidays’ where two<br />
days in a week they are not allowed to sell gas. Gas<br />
powered generators for domestic use, have therefore been<br />
banned as well [37].<br />
Industry too has been made to cut their gas usage for<br />
3 days every week, otherwise their gas supply will be cut.<br />
In winters, gas supplies to industry are cut for upto 2-3<br />
weeks, when demand is highest. During the same period,<br />
many residential areas, even within major urban centers<br />
do not have access to gas for weeks at a time [34].<br />
2.2.2 Oil<br />
Oil is the second biggest source of primary energy for<br />
Pakistan, and imports 82% of all its needs [24]. The issue<br />
with oil has to do more with trade deficits than depletion<br />
of resources. Between 2008-2009 (July-March)<br />
Petroleum products and crude oil made up 28.5% of<br />
Pakistan’s imports, totaling to about 7.4 billion and by<br />
2009-<strong>2010</strong>, the share in imports has increased to 29.2%<br />
or $7.3 billion [19].<br />
The situation reached its worst point in 2008. The<br />
2007-2008 Pakistan Oil bill was an all time high of $11<br />
billion, due to record world oil prices, and the<br />
depreciation in the rupee’s value. This put huge stress on<br />
the trade and current account deficit, and therefore
Pakistan’s reserves. Pakistani bureaucracy rushed to<br />
reach an agreement with the Saudi government to provide<br />
$5.9 billion of Oil on deferred payments i.e. 6 month<br />
supply [26]. Prior to this, oil prices in Pakistan reached<br />
unbearable levels and first signs of severe shortage had<br />
begun to appear as the government did not have the<br />
reserves to buy oil [30]. This incident exposed a major<br />
flaw in Pakistan’s energy security.<br />
2.2.3 Electricity<br />
Electricity is another important source of energy in<br />
Pakistan. The average share of electricity as a percentage<br />
of the total energy consumed was was about 18% during<br />
1998-2007. Electricity consumption grew in all economic<br />
sectors during the last five years. Currently Pakistan is<br />
facing severe electricity crisis as the shortfall has varies<br />
between 3000 to 4000 MW [24].<br />
The current energy crisis stems from the decline in<br />
hydro sources of energy and over reliance on the<br />
expansive source of electricity. On top there are 30%<br />
transmission losses due to poor quality<br />
infrastructure and large scale power theft [25]. Another<br />
issues is what has come to be known as circular debt.<br />
IPPs or Independent Power Producers make up 45.23%<br />
of Pakistan’s electricity supply. These IPPs sell<br />
electricity to the government, however many of them<br />
have faced delay in payments, and many remain unpaid.<br />
Therefore many IPPs has stopped operations as they<br />
could no longer finance themselves [3].<br />
The issue is also related to the problem of oil as oilbased<br />
thermal plants accounts supply 68% of generating<br />
capacity, far more than the 30% share of hydroelectric<br />
plants [7]. Rising oil prices and the depreciation of the<br />
rupee has led to huge generation costs, while several IPPs<br />
saw their costs rising and were forced to close down as<br />
payments were not made [5]. As a result, manufacturing<br />
costs and inflation are rising and, Pakistani exports are<br />
becoming expensive, further pushing pressure on the<br />
deficit ridden balance of payments [24]. All of this has<br />
negatively impacted economic growth. Overall the<br />
energy sector of Pakistan is poorly managed, service<br />
quality is low, theft of power and gas is rampant and until<br />
recently, most utilities are still receiving subsidies<br />
making them even more inefficient [32].<br />
Therefore, it can see that Pakistan’s energy mix relies<br />
heavily on Oil, Gas and electricity, all of which are<br />
creating uncertainty for Pakistan’s energy needs. Even<br />
though average consumption of oil is falling, its unstable<br />
price creates havoc for Pakistan. Gas reserves too have<br />
depleted and soon Pakistan will start importing gas from<br />
Iran to fulfill its needs. Coming to electricity, generation<br />
is not keeping up with demand and there is a dire need to<br />
fill the gap as it has already has a significant negative<br />
impact on industry. To get Pakistan out of this crisis and<br />
prepare for the future there is an urgent need to expand<br />
and upgrade the domestic resource base, by exploring<br />
new sources, exploiting existing ones, improving<br />
efficiency, undertaking conservation efforts and diversity<br />
the energy mix through alternative energy [16; 7]. One of<br />
such alternative energy solution is Biomass, which seems<br />
very promising for Pakistan.<br />
3 POTENTIAL FOR BIOMASS:<br />
There are several alternative energy solutions being<br />
implemented throughout the world. Efforts range from<br />
capturing wind power though wind turbines, Solar energy<br />
using PV cells and even capturing kinetic energy of tidal<br />
waves in the oceans to produce what is known as Tidal<br />
Power. Biomass is one such solution which shows<br />
promise and potential within Pakistan. However to look<br />
at the significance and potential of Biomass as an<br />
alternate energy of fuel it is important to get insights into<br />
exactly what it really is.<br />
3.1 What is Biomass?<br />
Biomass essentially is organic matter i.e. plants, that<br />
can be used as renewable energy. The energy comes from<br />
stored sun light through photosynthesis, known as Bio<br />
energy. Unlike Fossil fuels, which have been created<br />
through millions of years of heat and pressure, Biomass<br />
comes from fresh sources that can be grown again with<br />
relative ease [22]. Most Biomass fuels recycle agriculture<br />
byproducts. This can be from, cow dung [biogas] and<br />
agricultural residues [bio diesel or ethanol] or non<br />
agriculture byproducts such as fuel wood from forests,<br />
while traditional biomass, relies on such things as directly<br />
incineration firewood or cow dung, have serious<br />
implications for health and emissions [34]; however they<br />
are still prevalent in developing countries, where 2.4-2.5<br />
billion people still rely on it (mainly for cooking), a<br />
number that is set to increase to 2.7 billion by the year<br />
2030. Already in the South Asia region 70-80%<br />
individuals rely in some way to traditional Biomass. In<br />
Pakistan 19% of Biomass energy is sourced from, cow<br />
dung, 22% from crop residue and 60% from fuel wood<br />
[10].<br />
As the source of Biomass is basically agriculture (and<br />
forestry), there is immense potential for Biomass within<br />
Pakistan, which is largely an agricultural economy.<br />
3.2 Bio energy Potential of Pakistan<br />
Agriculture accounts for for 21% of the GDP and<br />
employees 45% of the total workforce and is hence the<br />
largest employer [11; 7]. 62% of the population already<br />
lives in the rural areas, where agriculture is the main<br />
source of income.<br />
Of the Total area of 79.61 million hectares of the<br />
country, 27% is cultivated while only 8% is forest [12].<br />
The ratio of cultivated land to population is 0.16 ha per<br />
person. Of the cropped area, Food grains are grown on<br />
56%, cash crops on 17%, pulses on 7%, oilseeds on 3%,<br />
fruits on 2%, vegetables and condiments on 1% each, and<br />
other crops, including fodder, on 13%. Most of the 17.2<br />
million hectares of cultivated area is irrigated and 70% of<br />
the water is supplied by canals, thanks to the Indus Basin,<br />
the largest continuous irrigation system in the world,<br />
provides most of the canal irrigation. 30% of water<br />
comes from wells. Traditionally monsoons in July and<br />
August and conventional winter rains ,in January and<br />
February have been a source of irrigation as well.<br />
It must be noted that Maize and Sugar Cane, are both<br />
large sources of Bio-ethanol, and are among the top 5<br />
major crops of the country [7]. Looking at livestock,<br />
while the contribution of the crop sector declined from 65<br />
percent of the total agricultural activity in 1990-91 to just<br />
43.9 percent in 2009-<strong>2010</strong>, the share of livestock has<br />
risen from 30 percent to 53.2 percent over this period, or<br />
11.4% of the total GDP, therefore becoming the biggest<br />
contributor to agriculture [7; 8]. This is derived from an<br />
estimated livestock population of 30.8 millon Buffaloes,<br />
34.3 million cattle, 59.9 million goats , sheep 27.8 and<br />
610 milion chickens [7], averaging close to 2-5 cattle per<br />
household [23]. The estates for making biogas from these<br />
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sources varies between 57488 million m³ [4] to around<br />
858,000 million m³ per day [11], cattle size estimates,<br />
and the amount of biogas that can be produced,<br />
However, even though it looks as if Pakistan is all set<br />
to embrace Biomass, it must be remembed that Pakistan<br />
is currently under severe ‘Water Stress’, and is likely to<br />
become a water scarce nation perhaps as soon as <strong>2010</strong><br />
[29]. The issue has been related to Pakistan’s<br />
mismanagement of water resources as well as what is<br />
allegedly regarded as India’s illegal construction of dams<br />
to collect water for itself, which is against the Indus<br />
Water Treaty. Water scarcity will not only have a<br />
devastation impact on crops, where already there is a<br />
‘water schedule’ in place to distribute the limited amount<br />
of water to fields at particular times only [18]. This will<br />
likely have an impact on livestock as well, as water<br />
shortage is leading to the emergence of ‘waste lands’ that<br />
have caused a shortage of fodder for livestock, situation<br />
that will only worsen in the future if nothing is done [1].<br />
In any case, noting the potential for Bio liquid fuels<br />
and Biogas, it seemed logical to attempt business<br />
ventures in these fields. However, even though there<br />
were opportunities in the field, there were may<br />
unforeseen hindrances as well.<br />
4 HINDRANCES TO BIOENERGY VENTURES<br />
Keeping the view that commercialization of Biomass<br />
solutions could create a private industry through<br />
demonstration effects of a profitable model, two<br />
businesses were planned. The intention was to get better<br />
insights into the opportunities presented by Biomass and<br />
how it can be used to resolve the energy crisis.<br />
4.1 Biogas<br />
Biogas has several advantages for communities. Apart<br />
from the health benefits of using dung in such a manner,<br />
it saves time and money, while the left over manure from<br />
the Biogas plant can be a used as an even better fertilizer<br />
than traditional dung [29].<br />
4.1.1 Commercializing Biogas Plants<br />
A simple and cheap fixed dome Biogas plant, was to<br />
be constructed for each home in a village on the outskirts<br />
of Lahore. The location was selected due to the low<br />
levels of penetration by non profit groups that establish<br />
Biogas plants for free. To try out the plan, a household<br />
with 4 Buffaloes was selected and taught how to use the<br />
plant, in terms of loading, cleaning and maintenance.<br />
Although they were skeptical in the beginning,<br />
particularly because as it was expensive, the household<br />
eventually agreed to use it on a lease of 5 years. However<br />
several factors created massive hindrances to the growth<br />
of the idea<br />
4.1.1.1 Micro level Hindrances:<br />
There was alot of suspicion, skepticism and resistance<br />
to the idea of using Biogas. Villagers, often simply did<br />
not accept the fact that burning cow dung in a traditional<br />
manner effects health, or that the waste slurry from the<br />
plant will be a better fertilizer.<br />
Another issue was the price. Although subsidies of<br />
over Rs 17,000 for a BioGas plant are available from the<br />
government, simply getting this subsidy was hectic and<br />
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full of red tape [6]. The cost of the system increased<br />
further when it was realized that the household would to<br />
change their cooking utensils and stoves to work with the<br />
new supply of energy.<br />
Biogas often was not enough as there were only 4<br />
buffaloes, to support a large family of six and the<br />
buffaloes themselves were mal-nutritioned. The<br />
uncertainty of supply, was therefore an issue. The<br />
household stopped using Biogas themselves in a few<br />
months, and did not pay.<br />
This experience sheds light on to why not many<br />
private sector companies would not want to join Biogas<br />
initiatives. It is still a relatively new product and there is<br />
not much awareness among consumers about its long<br />
term financial and health benefits, making the market too<br />
uncertain and immature. However the biggest issue<br />
remains the initial price, which remains high for the<br />
average villager. This gets worse when it is learned that<br />
powerful local land owners, who are often politicians, are<br />
not willing to support such small businesses either.<br />
4.1.1.2 Macro- level hindrances<br />
Biogas, although subsidized, has not bee pushed out<br />
to the masses the way it should have been. The biggest<br />
promoter and installer of Biogas systems in Pakistan is<br />
still SNV, a Dutch initiative [29]. Even though there have<br />
been past claims by the government to promote the<br />
concept, not much has been done and villagers still use<br />
cow dung and other traditional fuels. Therefore<br />
government will and support seem to be the biggest<br />
hindrance to the growth of Biogas usage.<br />
There are also social issues, namely resistance to<br />
change, as here a large population would not only have to<br />
change the way they heat themselves or cook their food,<br />
but even change the cooking utensils they use, in order to<br />
adapt to the new system. It is therefore likely to take<br />
some time to catch on. Another problem however is that<br />
there are no formal distribution networks for those who<br />
do not have enough of their own manure, which is likely<br />
for villagers with smaller holdings. All of these would<br />
require heavy government action, and support from<br />
private for and non profit organizations, all of which<br />
have been limited until now.<br />
4.1.2 Commercializing Bio-ethanol fuel:<br />
Most cars in Pakistan are run on Petrol and therefore it<br />
was natural to go for a Bio-ethanol plant with a capacity<br />
of annual production of 1 milion gallons, with the support<br />
from American consultants. Sweet Sorghum was chosen<br />
as the feedstock for several reasons. It can give 2-3 crop<br />
rotations a year and unlike maize, or sugar cane, is not a<br />
major food source. Fuel grade ethanol was initially to be<br />
marketed directly to domestic car owners and businesses<br />
to reduce their cost of fuel who could make their own<br />
ethanol mixtures such as E-10 or E-20. However, even<br />
before the business begun there were several limitations<br />
that stopped its inception.<br />
4.1.2.1 Micro Level hindrances<br />
A major problem was the availability of Sweet<br />
Sorghum. It is usually not sown on a large, commercial<br />
scale anywhere in Pakistan, as it is not used as cattle<br />
fodder or as a food source. Due to little market value<br />
there is just not enough supply for a medium scale<br />
business of the sort. Maize and Sugar Cane could have<br />
been used, but due to the exploitative nature of food
distributors in Pakistan, and the reputation of Biofuel<br />
businesses to increase food prices, it was not attempted.<br />
Another problem was the continuous power shortages<br />
in the city of Lahore, where the plant was to be based. At<br />
the time of planning, 12-14 hours of power outages were<br />
common, while the system being employed needed to be<br />
in continuous operation, as it did not start well.<br />
Employing a generator using ethanol itself, was not found<br />
to be feasible either.<br />
This brings us to the issue of financial feasibility.<br />
Although cost savings were identified when used with<br />
petrol (an E-10 to E-20 mixture was envisioned), the<br />
margin was not large, and slight changes in petrol, power<br />
or feedstock prices could have offset any price advantage<br />
of the fuel. If a generator was to be used, it was<br />
impossible to sell the product on a ‘price’ basis, due to<br />
higher costs. Ethanol based fuels were never going to<br />
sell the fact that they were ‘eco friendly’ and ‘renewable’<br />
in a price conscious market like Pakistan in any case.<br />
Overall the system was too expensive (fixed and running<br />
costs) for it to be a viable business, unless subsidies were<br />
available, but there were none.<br />
4.2.1.2 Macro level hindrances<br />
Government support had been promised since<br />
General Musharraf was in power, however even though a<br />
policy was drafted, it was never implemented. Therefore<br />
government delay in taking action can be noted as a<br />
major hindrance to the promotion and adoption of<br />
Biomass.<br />
A major, and perhaps the biggest hindrance to the<br />
development of Bio-ethanol is the market price of crops.<br />
Sugarcane and Maize, are still the best contenders for<br />
making Biofuels as they are grown on a massive scale<br />
that can be used as feedstock. However even slight<br />
shortages in supply can cause the prices to rise<br />
exuberantly. This is due to the illegal cartels who control<br />
food distribution and supply and regularly exploit<br />
rumours of slight shortages. This could have a<br />
devastating impact on inflation and the quality of life for<br />
the common man.<br />
A major hindrance is also the issue of creating a<br />
network. No business can expand on ethanol based fuels<br />
by themselves and therefore a distribution agreements<br />
with powerful ‘Oil Marketing Companies’ (OMC) is<br />
necessary. Approaching a massive OMC is not an easy<br />
task and creating a market through direct marketing will<br />
be a slow process that can never reach the masses. This<br />
issue was was to be resolved in the government draft,<br />
which was planned years ago but is still at the<br />
preliminary stage of its implementation [6; 24]. However<br />
the energy crisis itself also feeds into the problem of<br />
large scale manufacturing (which includes producing<br />
ethanol), which has been declining since a couple of<br />
years, due to ever increasing costs of production [7].<br />
A major hindrance, to the adoption of Biogas and Bioethanol<br />
that was identified was the unwillingness or the<br />
half hearted support of the government to such efforts in<br />
terms of passing legislation, enforcing laws and<br />
providing subsidies [5]. Another problem is the fact that<br />
the political system is highly corrupt and non transparent,<br />
which means usually funds are not acounted for. Another<br />
issue is that usually, official policies change successive<br />
governments [33] and unless there is deep involvement of<br />
foreigners and the private for and nonprofit sectors, such<br />
policies are unlikely to sustain over a longer period.<br />
5 Recommendations<br />
It is apparent that there are no quick solutions to the<br />
problem of energy in Pakistan, however many<br />
possibilities exist to create a successful future.<br />
For the mass promotion and acceptance of biomass, it<br />
is imperative that the private and public sector work<br />
together. Neither the public, nor the private sector alone<br />
has the will and the resources to create a sustainable<br />
biomass industry on their own. This includes federal and<br />
local governments and agencies, businesses and industry<br />
associations, universities, supra national agencies such as<br />
Asian Development or <strong>World</strong> Bank as well as not for<br />
profit organizations.<br />
Universities could train personnel, undertake<br />
research, disseminate information and overall develop the<br />
necessary human resource, banks can help fund projects,<br />
and of course entrepreneurs could organize all these<br />
resources and networks to make it happen. The public<br />
sector on the other hand would need to promote the<br />
industry by controlling market prices and overall supply<br />
of feedstock, especially food items and manure. It would<br />
also play a major role by disseminating information<br />
among rural areas where the private sector does not have<br />
sufficient networks, and also provide help in providing<br />
funds and subsidies to these projects. Other stake holders<br />
and international agencies such as USAID and the <strong>World</strong><br />
Bank can also be involved for providing funding and<br />
expertise. However the major role will still be of the<br />
government which would have to bring all stake holders<br />
together. Red tape would have to be reduced, the transfer<br />
of funds would have to be made transparent and fair, and<br />
ensure that there is total commitment resolving the issue<br />
of energy shortage, for the long term.<br />
5.1 Possible Biogas Public-private partnership for<br />
households<br />
A possible business model for a private-public<br />
partnership could be based on Community Biogas plants,<br />
which at one point was to be attempted on a large scale<br />
by the government [20]. The federal government could<br />
help acquire and direct funds from local governments to<br />
subsidize community plants, which will help involve the<br />
whole community rather than a household and therefore<br />
reduce resistance to change and lower costs. Knowledge<br />
and expertise would be brought in by the private sector,<br />
which will also monitor progress, conduct R&D and<br />
improve the design. The private sector will also be<br />
responsible for establishing a constant supply of raw<br />
material by providing sufficient quantities of manure<br />
when not available. They can also provide after sales<br />
service for which they can charge a minimal price and<br />
also help install standardized kitchen utensils. An area<br />
could be identified by the government, which can then<br />
work on it together with private vendors, or, it can be the<br />
other way around as well. The government can identify<br />
what vendors to work with based on experience, expertise<br />
and finance. This approach is similar to the partnership<br />
between the private plastics firm ‘Sintex’ and the Indian<br />
government, which have been working together for the<br />
development of rural biogas [15].<br />
The biggest role would be played by the government<br />
however, which will have to pass laws that would make<br />
Biogas compulsory and eventually ban the use of<br />
traditional manure incineration. This will require strict<br />
policing of the new local laws. It is possible that the<br />
government’s Gas distribution company, the Sui<br />
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Southern or Northern Pipelines, could help spread<br />
awareness and educate villagers about the benefits of<br />
Biogas, as it is directly responsible for the distribution of<br />
natural gas.<br />
Consultants can also be hired in order to learn from<br />
expertise of the ones who have been successful at Biogas<br />
deployments. Working with non-profit organizations<br />
such as SNV, which has had immense success in Asia,<br />
will be necessary. The Indian Government, which has<br />
deployed community biogas plants on a large scale, and<br />
has had public-private partnership program in place since<br />
a couple of years, can also be asked for support [15].<br />
However a major hindrance to such a system would<br />
be the issue of availability of suitable land. Even though<br />
it might be leased from a private landholder, or provided<br />
by the government, it would definitely slow the process<br />
as land ownership can be a serious issue in the rural area.<br />
A short term disruption of availability of fertilizer in a<br />
community may also arise until slurry can be used. A<br />
long term disadvantage of such a system is that it can<br />
eventually lead to a higher market price of manure, which<br />
is widely used as fertilizer. Another problem in the long<br />
run could be animals that are acutely malnourished, as<br />
they might be fed to produce manure rather than quality<br />
meat and milk, however this might already be the case, as<br />
manure can be used as fertilizer or sold in the market.<br />
Of course such a system is for domestic use only,<br />
and Natural gas for transportation will require a different<br />
model than this, characterized by a distribution channel<br />
that connects the rural and urban areas of the country. On<br />
the other hand, gas for industry too will require a<br />
different model.<br />
5.2 Possible ethanol fuel Public-private partnership for<br />
use in transport<br />
The cost of producing ethanol fuel is still high,<br />
therefore the best way to produce it would be to take the<br />
path the government has been trying to attempt for a<br />
couple of years. Pakistan has a massive sugar refining<br />
industry that uses sugar cane to make refined sugar.<br />
Many of these are already making ethanol, and they are<br />
most likely to already have the existing scale, financial<br />
strength, and the cost base, to produce ethanol in large<br />
quantities, on their existing sugar mills [9]. The<br />
government would have to work with these Sugar Mill<br />
owners and give them incentives to start producing fuel<br />
grade ethanol from Sugar cane. One of the incentives that<br />
can be given to these Sugar Mill owners would be a fixed<br />
price of ethanol, independent of market price. On top of<br />
that, simply finding a steady buyer would be a great<br />
incentive as well, as it would help reduce overall risk and<br />
uncertainty. The role of foreign private and public sector<br />
would be to support in terms of expertise, technology<br />
transfers and of course, bringing in funds. The help of<br />
experts from Brazil and the US, which are by far leaders<br />
in terms of technology and prevalence of Bio-ethanol,<br />
will be necessary. Work has already begun on such a<br />
business model, however it is currently at the testing<br />
stage and only the government owned ‘Pakistan State<br />
Oil’ is allowed to sell it. It is currently being supplied in<br />
the south of the country.<br />
It must be remembered that this model needs to be<br />
further expanded to include all Major Oil Marketing<br />
Companies and perhaps also encourage mill owners to<br />
use multiple feed stocks, such as Maize or Sweet<br />
Sorghum as well, rather than just sugar cane, in order<br />
ease the supply pressures that will be put on sugar cane.<br />
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Therefore the most important part of the government<br />
would be to control the prices of Sugar Cane and Sugar<br />
Cane products, and therefore prices in the market, which<br />
would be highly open to exploitation by distributors to<br />
produce artificial shortages in such a condition. Hence<br />
apparent that the possible setbacks of this model is that if<br />
it is not implemented correctly with proper policing,<br />
sugar supplies can fall (genuinely and artificially) as<br />
resources are diverted to making ethanol, ultimately<br />
resulting in high prices (and rising imports) of Sugar (or<br />
any other crop). Ideally, a non food source should be<br />
used as feedstock; however that will require heavy<br />
investments of time and effort before a complete industry<br />
can be established, as such crops usually have little<br />
market value and therefore are short in supply to begin<br />
with.<br />
In the end, it must be remembered that the problems<br />
of an inattentive and negligent governance, corrupting<br />
and misappropriation of funds is something that is likely<br />
to continue in the current political and bureaucratic<br />
culture in Pakistan. It is a long term challenge and needs<br />
to be solved for any real progress, in any field. Already<br />
Pakistan’s current energy policy is not being<br />
implemented [5]. Also Pakistan dwells in a fragile<br />
political system that is both corrupt and uncertain.<br />
Usually, policies are not retained or sustained over longer<br />
periods and successive governments. Stakeholders such<br />
as the IMF, or Asian Development Bank, whose help<br />
would be needed in acquiring fund and expertise, could<br />
become tools of accountability. Also involvement of<br />
other stake holders such as universities, domestic and<br />
foreign private and public sector companies and nonprofit<br />
organization, could help keep accountability, and also<br />
make sure that policies transcend governments.<br />
6 CONSLUSION<br />
The energy crisis in Pakistan is deep and worsening.<br />
By 2030, energy supply and demand gap is expected to<br />
increase to over 140.9 MTOE i.e. 64% of the total supply<br />
[16]. Due to Pakistan’s large agriculture base, Biomass is<br />
one of the alternative energy solutions that can help ease<br />
this crisis. However it cannot be done by the private or<br />
public sectors alone, and would require help of all kinds<br />
from foreign governments, agencies (e.g. The <strong>World</strong><br />
Bank or USAID), technology companies, nonprofit<br />
organizations (such as SNV), universities and<br />
consultancies, in order acquire the expertise and the funds<br />
to make it all happen.<br />
It must be remembered though that there are serious<br />
long term issues that need to be overcome for any real<br />
progress. One such issues is that of water stress that<br />
Pakistan is under. Water could soon be scarce in<br />
Pakistan, which can have a significant negative impact on<br />
the economy in general and the agriculture sector,<br />
including crops and livestock, in particular (1; 28; 30).<br />
Overall, Pakistan’s culture of corruption and the<br />
inability to implement and sustain policies with changing<br />
governments is another major issue. can be overcome by<br />
involving as many stakeholders a possible, including<br />
international agencies, foreign and domestic private<br />
companies, therefore helping put pressure on successive<br />
governments to continue legislation and government<br />
initiatives.<br />
However, Bio Energy alone cannot solve Pakistan<br />
problems. With all the issues arising from Biomass, and
other sources of energy, it is imperative Pakistan utilizes<br />
its immense Hydro, Thermal and Wind power potentials<br />
as well. Each approach has its own advantages,<br />
disadvantages, according to the location, distribution,<br />
costs, maintenance and sustainability [5]. This will also<br />
help Pakistan diversify its energy mix, which relies<br />
heavily on oil, gas and electricity [24; 26]. One estimate<br />
of the potential electricity generation capability of<br />
Pakistan’s coastal areas from wind power is over 50,000<br />
MW [5]. The hydel power potential of the Indus River<br />
System itself is estimated to be around 54,000 MW<br />
while coal resources are estimated at 185 billion tons ( oil<br />
equivalent, this is higher than the reserves of Saudi<br />
Arabia and Iran, combined) [24]. Therefore it is<br />
imperative that Pakistan does not reply on a few sources<br />
of energy and rather have a very diverisified energy mix<br />
(in which <strong>Bioenergy</strong> can play a very important role).<br />
Even though the crisis Pakistan faces is severe, if the<br />
intenrational community works with the private and<br />
public sector organizations in Pakistan, in a ‘war like<br />
urgency’, not only can the problem be solved, but<br />
Pakistan will be able able to become an economy with a<br />
broad energy mix, with heavy reliance on bioenergy.<br />
Therefore becoming self sufficient to a very large extent,<br />
and in the process developing new business, technologies<br />
and generate continuous economic growth and prosperity.<br />
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D BIOfuELs fOR TRaNspORT<br />
– BIOGas, BIOEThaNOL aND BIODIEsEL
BIOGAS UPGRADING BY TEMPERATURE SWING ADSORPTION<br />
Tamara Mayer, Michael Url, Hermann Hofbauer<br />
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology<br />
Getreidemarkt 9/166, 1060 Vienna, Austria<br />
Phone: +43 1 58801 15901, Fax: +43 1 58801 15999, Mail: tamara.mayer@tuwien.ac.at<br />
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a novel process for biogas upgrading by means of temperature swing adsorption.<br />
Temperature swing adsorption process experiments were carried out in a laboratory test rig focusing on the process<br />
step of desorption. Desorption experiments were performed using three different variations of regeneration. Further<br />
on, performance and efficiency of the applied desorption variations were investigated. As a result, desorption by any<br />
combination of direct and indirect heating is considered as the best and most efficient way. Referring to the<br />
adsorption step, separation performance is excellent, carbon dioxide is fully adsorbed and pure methane can be<br />
obtained.<br />
Keywords: biogas, upgrading, adsorbents<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Natural gas had a share of 24% in the gross energy<br />
consumption of the EU-27 in the year 2007. Therefore<br />
Europe’s dependence on natural gas can be considered as<br />
quite high. Due to the fossil origin of natural gas, it has<br />
two drawbacks. First, it will for sure run out at some<br />
point in the future and second, emissions deriving from<br />
natural gas are not carbon neutral but they affect the<br />
climate involving the whole issue of green house gas<br />
emissions and global warming. For these two reasons<br />
alternatives for natural gas have to be found and biogas<br />
represents one option thereby.<br />
Biogas is a renewable energy source deriving from<br />
anaerobic digestion of organic matter. If biogas should<br />
replace natural gas, it has to possess a certain quality<br />
similar to natural gas. In order to achieve this quality and<br />
to obtain gas which is suitable for replacing natural gas,<br />
biogas must be upgraded.<br />
This paper investigates a novel process for biogas<br />
upgrading based on the principle of temperature swing<br />
adsorption (TSA).<br />
2 OVERVIEW OF BIOGAS UPGRADING<br />
TECHNOLOGIES<br />
Biogas typically consists of about two thirds methane<br />
balanced by about one third carbon dioxide and<br />
impurities such as hydrogen sulphide [1]. Moreover,<br />
biogas is usually saturated with water when leaving the<br />
anaerobic digestion plant. If biogas should be injected<br />
into the natural gas grid, it needs to exhibit a certain<br />
quality similar to natural gas which consists mainly of<br />
methane. Hence, gas components such as carbon dioxide<br />
and hydrogen sulphide have to be removed from biogas<br />
in order to obtain a high amount of methane.<br />
The entire process of biogas upgrading roughly<br />
comprises separation of water and hydrogen sulphide as<br />
well as methane enrichment.<br />
2.1 Overview<br />
Among currently available biogas upgrading<br />
technologies, water scrubbing and pressure swing<br />
adsorption are clearly the two most applied ones [2] and<br />
they can therefore be classified as state of the art for<br />
biogas upgrading. Other technologies like chemical or<br />
organic physical absorption processes along with<br />
membrane based techniques are in an advanced state of<br />
development or even under demonstration. Although<br />
there are established technologies, which are already well<br />
developed and going to be continuously improved and<br />
optimized, innovative technologies find their way. These<br />
emerging biogas upgrading technologies include for<br />
instance cryogenic upgrading or in situ methane<br />
enrichment.<br />
Comprehensive reviews of biogas upgrading<br />
technologies and further related information are given<br />
elsewhere (e.g. in [3] or [4]).<br />
2.2 Comparison of biogas upgrading technologies<br />
Biogas upgrading processes can be categorized into<br />
wet and dry processes depending on whether a liquid<br />
phase is required or not. Accordingly, all kinds of<br />
absorption processes are related to wet processes whereas<br />
dry processes involve adsorption processes and<br />
membrane processes like gas permeation. Wet biogas<br />
upgrading processes are characterized by the need of a<br />
liquid such as water or organic solvents in order to<br />
perform removal of carbon dioxide along with further<br />
undesired components. Disadvantages deriving from<br />
utilization of any kind of liquid are on the one hand the<br />
need of disposal and on the other hand possible treatment<br />
of the liquid before disposal. Moreover, wet processes<br />
require drying of the upgraded gas before it leaves the<br />
plant, what represents an additional process step<br />
compared to dry processes. However, pressure swing<br />
adsorption processes use activated carbon beds as guard<br />
filter for protection of the actual adsorbent which is a<br />
carbon molecular sieve. This process configuration<br />
causes the need of disposal of saturated activated carbon.<br />
Furthermore, biogas upgrading processes can be<br />
categorized according to the need of pressurization of<br />
raw gas. Correspondingly, the processes of pressure<br />
swing adsorption, water scrubbing, organic physical<br />
scrubbing as well as gas permeation require the raw gas<br />
to be compressed in order to perform the upgrading.<br />
On the contrary, chemical scrubbing with amines and<br />
the temperature swing adsorption process presented in<br />
this paper are so called pressure less processes. Further<br />
similarities of these two processes are utilization of<br />
amines as sorbent, low methane losses during the process<br />
and high methane content in the upgraded gas (98% or<br />
even above) because of excellent selectivity of the amine<br />
for carbon dioxide. However, there are differences<br />
concerning regeneration of saturated amines. Regarding<br />
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chemical scrubbing, amines are regenerated with steam,<br />
indicating the need of high temperatures and<br />
consequently high energy demand. Regeneration within<br />
the temperature swing adsorption process requires only<br />
low temperature heat.<br />
The presented temperature swing adsorption process<br />
shows some advantages compared to the other biogas<br />
upgrading processes mentioned above. Among them are,<br />
e.g. high methane content in the enriched biogas - typical<br />
values are 98% or even above, and very low methane<br />
losses during the whole process. Moreover, low energy<br />
demand represents another advantage since for ad- and<br />
desorption processes low temperature heat is used instead<br />
of electricity or process steam. The heat is mainly<br />
achieved from combined heat and power processes which<br />
are located at a biogas plant in most cases. Considering<br />
the point of compression of upgraded biogas, it would<br />
take place after carbon dioxide removal. Hence, the mass<br />
flow of the enriched gas is noticeable lower than that of<br />
raw biogas and consequently less compression power is<br />
needed.<br />
3 TEMPERATURE SWING ADSORPTION<br />
The process of temperature swing adsorption is based<br />
on the correlation of different equilibrium loads of the<br />
adsorbent to different temperatures. At low or ambient<br />
temperatures equilibrium load of the adsorbent is high<br />
and therefore the adsorbent is able to bind high quantities<br />
of gases. On the contrary, at elevated temperature levels<br />
equilibrium load decreases, the amount of gas possible to<br />
be bound by the adsorbent decreases too and this may<br />
lead to desorption of already adsorbed gases [5].<br />
Adsorption of gases on the adsorbent is performed at<br />
ambient temperatures whereas for desorption of already<br />
adsorbed gases higher temperatures are required.<br />
During the adsorption process, the temperature in the<br />
column rises due to the exothermic characteristic of the<br />
adsorption leading to lower gas uptake of the adsorbent<br />
due to lower equilibrium load at this elevated<br />
temperature. In order to prolong adsorption time and thus<br />
enlarge the amount of gas adsorbed, one possibility is to<br />
cool the adsorbent during the adsorption phase by an<br />
integrated cooling system. This system should keep<br />
temperature at a quite low level where equilibrium load is<br />
high.<br />
At the end of the adsorption process the adsorbent is<br />
saturated with gas components. Hence, it has to be<br />
regenerated by desorbing the bound gas components. In<br />
the case of temperature swing adsorption processes,<br />
desorption is performed at elevated temperature levels.<br />
Therefore, increasing the temperature is necessary<br />
because of the endothermic characteristic of desorption<br />
and in order to achieve higher temperature levels. This<br />
could be done either by direct heating, which means that<br />
a hot purge gas passes through the column and heats the<br />
adsorbent, or by indirect heating. In the latter case a<br />
heating system is built inside or outside the column and a<br />
heating medium such as hot water warms the adsorbent<br />
indirectly. As mentioned above, elevated temperature<br />
levels are correlated to low equilibrium load causing<br />
desorption of the adsorbed gas (see figure 1). After all the<br />
desorbed gas left the column, the column needs to be<br />
cooled down to ambient temperatures in order to assure<br />
optimal adsorption conditions for the next cycle.<br />
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4 ADSORBENT<br />
In the present work the adsorbent Diaion WA21J<br />
provided by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation was used.<br />
This adsorbent consists of amine groups integrated into a<br />
polymeric matrix made of polystyrene (see Table I).<br />
Table I: Properties of Diaion WA21J [6]<br />
Matrix<br />
DVB-crosslinked<br />
copolymer of styrene<br />
Functional group Ternary amine<br />
Operating temperature 100°C max<br />
Particle size 300 – 1180 µm<br />
Apparent density approx. 643 g/l<br />
The weakly basic property due to the functional<br />
amine group enables the adsorbent to selectively and<br />
reversibly bind sour gases such as carbon dioxide or<br />
hydrogen sulphide.<br />
The adsorbents adsorption capacity for carbon<br />
dioxide was determined by means of thermo gravimetric<br />
analysis. Thermo gravimetric analysis measures changes<br />
in weight in a material under a controlled atmosphere as a<br />
function of temperature and time [7]. The analyzer,<br />
roughly outlined, consists of a high-precision balance<br />
connected to a dish filled with the sample which is, in<br />
this case, the adsorbent. The dish is placed in an oven and<br />
the atmosphere within the oven can be purged with<br />
different gases. Analysis is carried out by increasing the<br />
temperature and/or purging with gases leading to changes<br />
in weight of the sample. During the analysis, weight<br />
against temperature and time is measured.<br />
Adsorption isotherms of carbon dioxide on Diaion<br />
WA21J are shown in figure 1.<br />
Figure 1: Equilibrium adsorption isotherms of carbon<br />
dioxide on Diaion WA21J [8]<br />
The adsorbent exhibits high selectivity for carbon<br />
dioxide whereas its affinity for methane can be<br />
considered as negligible. Moreover, investigations have<br />
shown that the adsorption capacity is not reduced by<br />
simultaneous adsorption of water.<br />
5 LABORATORY TEST RIG<br />
TSA process experiments were carried out using a<br />
laboratory test rig shown in figure 2. First of all, the<br />
desired gas mixture is adjusted with the help of mass<br />
flow controllers, thereby the single gases are provided by<br />
pressurized gas bottles. Afterwards the gas mixture flows
into the adsorber (more information see table II), either<br />
straightly or indirectly making a detour through a gas<br />
heater. Within the adsorber, which is filled with the<br />
adsorbent Diaion WA21J, adsorption of the gas takes<br />
place. Not adsorbed gas leaves the adsorber and is<br />
analyzed with regard to its composition and concentration<br />
by an NDIR-analyzer (non-dispersive infrared).<br />
Inside the adsorber, a tube bundle is placed providing<br />
the possibility of water passing through. Water which is<br />
let through the tubes can either be cold or warm. In this<br />
way, the adsorbent is cooled or warmed indirectly. In<br />
case of cooling, adsorption time is prolonged due to<br />
Figure 2: Flow sheet of laboratory test rig<br />
6 EXPERIMENTAL<br />
TSA experiments focused on investigating the<br />
process step of desorption. In order to desorb a saturated<br />
adsorbent, it has to be heated up whereas for heating<br />
different ways are available. On the one hand, heating<br />
can be carried out directly, i.e. with preheated gas passing<br />
through the adsorber. On the other hand, heating can be<br />
done indirectly, i.e. by heat exchange with hot water. In<br />
the course of the experiments three ways of desorption<br />
were tested<br />
• desorption by indirect heating with hot water<br />
• desorption by indirect heating with hot water<br />
and afterwards purging (with N 2)<br />
• desorption by indirect heating with hot water<br />
and simultaneous direct heating with purge gas<br />
(N 2).<br />
All TSA process experiments followed a certain<br />
procedure. During the process step of adsorption a binary<br />
gas mixture containing methane and carbon dioxide was<br />
applied. Thereby, carbon dioxide and small amounts of<br />
methane were adsorbed while methane passed through<br />
and left the adsorber. Moreover, during the adsorption<br />
step cold water was applied in order to prolong<br />
adsorption time by dissipating heat deriving from the<br />
actual adsorption process. At the moment when carbon<br />
dioxide breakthrough occurred, application of the binary<br />
gas mixture was stopped and the process was switched<br />
from adsorption to desorption. During the process step of<br />
desorption the adsorbent was heated up in one of the<br />
ways mentioned above. The heating let to desorption of<br />
the adsorbed carbon dioxide and methane. Desorption<br />
was stopped when neither methane nor carbon dioxide<br />
were detected in the gas analyzer placed after the<br />
keeping the adsorbent at low temperatures by dissipating<br />
adsorption heat. Warm water is applied for the process<br />
step of desorption.<br />
Table II: Adsorber dimensions<br />
Height 1000 mm<br />
Inner diameter 41,4 mm<br />
Outer diameter 46 mm<br />
Material Borosilicate glass<br />
adsorber. After desorption, the adsorbent was cooled<br />
down to ambient temperatures with cold water and then a<br />
new cycle including adsorption, desorption and cooling<br />
was carried out. One entire TSA process experiment<br />
consisted of five cycles, each cycle including adsorption,<br />
desorption and cooling.<br />
In table III all test parameters are given.<br />
Table III: Test parameters<br />
Adsorption<br />
Gas mixture 65% CH 4, 35% CO 2<br />
Gas flow rate 2.2 Nl/min<br />
Water temperature approx. 10°C<br />
Desorption<br />
Water temperature 75°C<br />
Purge gas N 2<br />
Purge gas temperature 75°C<br />
Purge gas flow rate 25 Nl/min<br />
7 RESULTS<br />
Results obtained from the TSA process experiments<br />
carried out in the laboratory test rig are described in the<br />
subsections below.<br />
Figures depicted in these subsections show only the<br />
first cycle of each TSA process experiment. The<br />
temperature illustrated in these figures presents the<br />
temperature in the middle of the adsorber.<br />
7.1 Desorption by indirect heating with hot water<br />
Figure 3 shows the TSA process with desorption<br />
carried out by indirect heating with hot water.<br />
During the adsorption step the binary gas mixture fed<br />
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in the adsorber is separated, carbon dioxide is adsorbed<br />
entirely and pure methane is obtained. Adsorption lasts<br />
for about 950 sec and is ended when breakthrough of<br />
carbon dioxide occurs.<br />
Figure 3: TSA process with desorption by indirect<br />
heating with hot water<br />
Desorption is achieved by heating the adsorbent<br />
indirectly with hot water. Thereby, water is heated and is<br />
let through tube bundles placed inside the adsorber. As a<br />
consequence, heat exchange between the hot water and<br />
the cold adsorbent takes place and heats the adsorbent.<br />
During the desorption step methane is desorbed at<br />
first. Methane comes to the most part from the space<br />
between the adsorbent grains (porosity approx. 45%) as<br />
well as from the space under the adsorber, since<br />
adsorption capacity of the adsorbent with regard to<br />
methane is quite low. The peak of carbon dioxide<br />
desorption occurs after methane desorption, but after this<br />
peak the flow rate of carbon dioxide decreases steadily<br />
and in the end remains at a very low level. Desorption<br />
lasts about 2000 s what is twice as long as adsorption<br />
time.<br />
Referring to temperature, the temperature increase<br />
during the adsorption step indicates the arrival of the<br />
adsorption layer. Adsorption is an exothermic process, so<br />
heat is released and it heats the adsorbent. This<br />
phenomenon can be clearly seen with the steep rise of the<br />
temperature of 30°C. Although cold water is applied<br />
during the entire adsorption step, its coolness is not<br />
sufficient in order to carry off the released heat.<br />
Nevertheless, cold water application has an effect<br />
because after the peak the temperature decreases very fast<br />
and this allows adsorption to take place for a prolonged<br />
time period. Temperature during desorption increases<br />
steadily but it takes about 2000 s in order to get to a<br />
temperature of 70°C.<br />
Regarding the following cycles of this experiment,<br />
adsorption capacity in each of them decreased to one<br />
third of the capacity in the first cycle. The reason for this<br />
lies in the only partial desorption of carbon dioxide.<br />
Desorption by heating with hot water does not allow<br />
complete desorption of the entire adsorbed gas<br />
components; only partial desorption, correlated to the<br />
equilibrium and adsorption capacities at certain<br />
temperatures, is possible.<br />
Desorption by indirect heating with water is<br />
considered as a very inefficient way of desorption due to<br />
long desorption time as well as low desorption efficiency.<br />
7.2 Desorption by indirect heating with hot water and<br />
afterwards purging<br />
Figure 4 depicts the TSA process with desorption<br />
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carried out by indirect heating with hot water and<br />
afterwards purging with nitrogen.<br />
This process is very similar to that described above<br />
with one difference occurring not until the end of the<br />
desorption step.<br />
During the adsorption step separation performance is<br />
excellent as well and also here adsorption lasts for about<br />
950 s. Within the first 2000 s of desorption, desorption is<br />
also carried out indirectly by application of hot water<br />
functioning as heat exchange medium. The characteristics<br />
of desorbed gases are similar too, with methane<br />
desorbing at first followed by carbon dioxide.<br />
Figure 4: TSA process with desorption by indirect<br />
heating with hot water and afterwards purging<br />
After 2000 s of indirect heating, no more desorption<br />
of methane or carbon dioxide takes place. As already<br />
explained above, complete desorption is not achievable<br />
by indirect heating and therefore purge gas (N 2) was<br />
applied, for about 200 s. Desorption with purge gas<br />
allows complete desorption due to changes in partial<br />
pressure and the correlated adsorption capacity at<br />
equilibrium. As a consequence, still adsorbed gas<br />
components should theoretically be desorbed. Figure 4<br />
shows clearly that application of purge gas leads to<br />
further desorption of gas components. Obviously, the<br />
desorbed gas consists for the most part of carbon dioxide<br />
but also contains small amounts of methane.<br />
Regarding temperature, during the desorption step of<br />
indirect heating with hot water, temperature increases<br />
steadily but during purging temperature decreases again,<br />
although the purge gas is preheated to 75°C. The reason<br />
for temperature decrease is the desorption process itself<br />
which is of endothermic nature. Desorption of this<br />
remarkable amount carbon dioxide and methane needs<br />
energy and this causes temperature decrease.<br />
Referring to the following cycles of this experiment,<br />
adsorption capacity in each of them decreased only by<br />
approximately 1 w% compared to the capacity in the first<br />
cycle.<br />
Desorption by indirect heating with water is<br />
considered as a rather inefficient. However, application<br />
of purge gas led to further desorption of methane and<br />
carbon dioxide, what causes extended adsorption<br />
capacities (compared to desorption only with hot water)<br />
in the following cycles and therefore improves the entire<br />
process efficiency.<br />
7.3 Desorption by indirect heating with hot water and<br />
simultaneous direct heating with purge gas<br />
Figure 5 illustrates the TSA process with desorption<br />
carried out by indirect heating with hot water and<br />
simultaneous direct heating with purge gas.
Once again, the binary gas mixture passing through<br />
the adsorber is separated during the adsorption step,<br />
carbon dioxide is adsorbed up to 100% and pure methane<br />
is obtained. Adsorption lasts for about 950 s and is ended<br />
when breakthrough of carbon dioxide occurs.<br />
Figure 5: TSA process with desorption by indirect<br />
heating with hot water and simultaneous direct heating<br />
with purge gas<br />
Desorption is carried out by heating the adsorbent<br />
indirectly with hot water and at the same time directly<br />
with preheated purge gas (N 2).<br />
During the desorption step methane and carbon<br />
dioxide are desorbed quite simultaneously. The<br />
concentrations depicted in figure 5 are rather low but this<br />
is due to the high purge gas flow rate of 25 Nl/min.<br />
Desorption lasts for about 1000 s what is in the same time<br />
range as adsorption time.<br />
Referring to temperature, during the desorption step<br />
temperature increases faster compared to desorption ways<br />
described above; it takes only about 1000 s instead of<br />
2000 s to reach a temperature of 70°C within the<br />
adsorber. The reason for this fast temperature increase is<br />
on the one hand the combined heating and on the other<br />
hand the high purge gas flow rate which enhances the<br />
heat transfer.<br />
The temperature profile shows one inflection point<br />
during the desorption step. The inflection point indicates<br />
the almost complete desorption of carbon dioxide. From<br />
that point on, supplied heat is used mainly for adsorbent<br />
heating, leading to a more steeply rise of the temperature<br />
profile.<br />
Regarding the entire experiment, adsorption capacity<br />
remained stable in each cycle.<br />
Desorption by indirect heating with hot water and at<br />
the same time direct heating with purge gas is a very<br />
effective way of desorption. This combined way of<br />
heating has two effects. First, temperature rises faster<br />
compared to only indirect heating, leading to a shorter<br />
time period of desorption. And second, desorption is very<br />
effective indicated by stable adsorption capacities in each<br />
cycle.<br />
8 CONCLUSION<br />
This paper presented a novel process for biogas<br />
upgrading by means of temperature swing adsorption<br />
(TSA). TSA process experiments were performed in a<br />
laboratory test rig. Results clearly show that biogas<br />
upgrading by TSA is feasible. Separation performance is<br />
excellent since during the adsorption step carbon dioxide<br />
is adsorbed to up to 100% and pure methane is obtained.<br />
Experiments also investigated different ways of<br />
desorption. Thereby, desorption by any combination of<br />
direct and indirect heating is considered to be the best<br />
and most efficient way of desorption, in terms of<br />
desorption time as well as of desorption efficiency. One<br />
drawback arises from purge gas application. Nitrogen as<br />
purge gas causes dilution of the desorbed gas, making the<br />
valuable desorbed gas complicated to handle for further<br />
utilization. In order to avoid dilution, alternative purge<br />
gases such as carbon dioxide or methane have to be<br />
evaluated.<br />
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on activated carbon, Gas Sep. Purif. Vol. 9 No. 3,<br />
Elsevier (1995)<br />
[8] H. Feichtner, Experimente und numerische<br />
Berechnungen zur Entwicklung eines Festbettverfahrens<br />
zur Abtrennung von Kohlendioxid aus Biogas durch<br />
Adsorption an einem polymeren Adsorbens, PhD Thesis,<br />
Vienna University of Technology (2007)<br />
10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial<br />
support of Klima- und Energiefonds.<br />
Dieses Projekt wurde aus Mitteln des Klima- und<br />
Energiefonds gefördert und im Rahmen des Programmes<br />
“ENERGIE DER ZUKUNFT“ durchgeführt.<br />
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ThE NEW LaRGE ENERGY COMMODITY
EMISSIONS CHARACTERISTICS OF A RESIDENTIAL PELLET BOILER AND A STOVE<br />
Kaung Myat Win, Tomas Persson<br />
Solar Energy Research Center, Dalarna University, 781 88 Borlänge, Sweden<br />
Tel: +46 23 778704, Fax: +46 23 778701, Email: kmw@du.se<br />
ABSTRACT: Gaseous and particulate emissions from a residential pellet boiler and a stove are measured at a realistic 6day<br />
operation sequence and during steady state operation. The aim is to characterize the emissions during each phase in<br />
order to identify when the major part of the emissions occur to enable actions for emission reduction where the savings<br />
can be highest. The characterized emissions comprised carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NO), total organic carbon<br />
(TOC) and particulate matter (PM 2.5). In this study, emissions were characterised by mass concentration and emissions<br />
during start-up and stop phases were also presented in accumulated mass. The influence of start-up and stop phases on<br />
the emissions, average emission factors for the boiler and stove were analysed using the measured data from a six-days<br />
test. The share of start-up and stop emissions are significant for CO and TOC contributing 95% and 89% respectively at<br />
the 20kW boiler and 82% and 879% respectively at the 12 kW stove. NO and particles emissions are shown to dominate<br />
during stationary operation.<br />
Keywords: emissions, pellet boiler, stove, combustion, start-up, stop.<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Emission characteristics at each phase of pellet boiler<br />
operations are important aspect to reduce the annual<br />
emissions from residential pellet combustion.<br />
Characterisation of the emissions during different<br />
operation strategies makes it possible to identify the<br />
phase when the major part of the emissions occur and<br />
helps to take actions for emission reduction that can<br />
achieve highest possible savings. A residential pellet<br />
boiler may start and stop several thousand times [5] and a<br />
considerable part of uncombusted are emitted during start<br />
and stop periods [1, 2, 3]. Fiedler and Persson [2] and<br />
Persson [4, 5] showed that the dominating part of the COemissions<br />
in most pellet boilers were emitted during<br />
start-up and stop phases of the burner. Several simulation<br />
studies shows the possibility to substantially reduce the<br />
annual CO-emissions by changing from ON/OFF control<br />
to modulating operation, which results in fewer start-up<br />
and longer operation periods with lower combustion<br />
power [4, 5]. Good and Nussbaumer [3] have recently<br />
reported gaseous and particles emission factors for two<br />
pellet boilers.<br />
2 MEASUREMENTS<br />
A 20 kW wood pellet boiler and a 10 kW pellet stove<br />
(extended room heater) were measured during steady<br />
state operations and a six-days test. The six-days test was<br />
developed for measuring of solar heating systems during<br />
six days that should give results representative for annual<br />
operation [5]. The steady state operations were measured<br />
applying a constant heating load to avoid combustion<br />
power modulation. In order to take the average, the<br />
steady state measurement was repeated 3 times. In the<br />
realistic six day test, the combustion devices were<br />
connected to emulated domestic hot water and space<br />
heating load and run according to a measurement<br />
sequence developed by Bales [1] for comparable<br />
measurements of solar-combi systems, which are<br />
designed to give representative conditions of a full year<br />
operation. The stove was connected to a storage tank with<br />
a volume of 750 litres and an emulated 9 m 2 flat plate<br />
solar collector.<br />
The time of start-up and stop phases were chosen<br />
according to the related emissions and combustion<br />
power. Start-up phases commences after the ignition and<br />
lasts until the emission concentrations and combustion<br />
power have reached to the same level as a stationary<br />
operation. Similarly, stop phase begins with a abrupt rises<br />
of emissions followed by a slow decrease and continues<br />
until the emissions are completed. In case of an<br />
uncomplete stop phase followed by a start-up, the stop<br />
phase is only taken to the beginning of the following<br />
start-up.<br />
2.1 Measurement set up<br />
Figure 1: Schematic of the measurement set up<br />
The measurement set up was shown in figure 1. A set<br />
of multi-port averaging pitot-tubes calibrated in<br />
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combination with pressure transducers specifically to the<br />
installed chimney is used to measure the transient flue<br />
gas flow in the chimney during start-up and stop phases.<br />
The whole set of the boiler/stove was installed on a scale<br />
and the fuel consumption was continuously monitored.<br />
However, the fuel consumption during the start-up and<br />
stop period was too small relative to the scale’s<br />
measurement resolution. Therefore, the fuel consumption<br />
during start-up and stop phases are calculated using<br />
measured flue gas flow with the combustion calculation<br />
according to Wester [6].<br />
The sample flue gas is extracted from the chimney<br />
and transported via a heated tube (180°C). Carbon<br />
dioxide (CO 2), carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxide<br />
(NO) are measured with an non- dispersive infra-red gas<br />
analyser, oxygen (O 2) with a paramagnetic gas analyser<br />
and total organic carbon (TOC) with a flame ionisation<br />
detector (FID). The emissions of TOC are presented in<br />
propane equivalent. The particle emissions are sampled<br />
in the dilution channel (Figure 1) with an electrical low<br />
pressure impactor (ELPI). Particulate matters are<br />
measured in number concentration and size distribution<br />
in the range of 7 nm to 10 µm and are characterized for<br />
PM 2.5.<br />
2.2 Combustion devices<br />
Both boiler and stove are modern pellet heating<br />
devices with electrical ignition and automatic pellet<br />
feeding from above. The 20 kW boiler has an integrated<br />
hot water preparation unit with water volume of 150<br />
liters. The maximum combustion power was set to 80%<br />
of the nominal power and combustion air supply and. The<br />
boiler has a cleaning routine during a stop phase in which<br />
the glowing pellet are blown with compressed air into the<br />
ash box and the stove has 1.5 cleaning routine at every<br />
1.5 hours of operation.<br />
2.3 Pellet<br />
Only a brand of soft wood pellet were used.<br />
However, two batch or order were made through all the<br />
measurements. The composition of the pellet fuel used in<br />
the measurements are listed in table I.<br />
Table I: Fuel composition of the pellet<br />
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Element Unit Start-up Stop<br />
Carbon wt% dry 51.20 50.74<br />
Hydrogen wt% dry 42.00 42.52<br />
Oxygen wt% dry 6.30 6.23<br />
Nitrogen wt% dry 0.20 0.10<br />
Ash wt% dry 0.30 0.41<br />
Moisture wt% dry 8.20 6.80<br />
Lower heating<br />
value<br />
3 RESULTS<br />
MJ/kg 19.14 18.99<br />
The accumulated emissions measured during start-up<br />
and stop phase of the boiler and stove are presented in<br />
table II. The duration of the start-up phase and stop phase<br />
of the boiler are 5 minutes and 24 minutes. Comparing<br />
with the boiler, the stove has higher accumulated<br />
emissions during start-up with 12 minutes duration and<br />
lower emissions during stop phase with 25 minutes.<br />
Cleaning with compressed air during stop phases of the<br />
boiler caused glowing in the ash box resulting higher<br />
emissions for stop phase.<br />
Table II: Accumulated emissions of start-up and stop<br />
phase of 20 kW boiler and 12 kW stove<br />
Boiler* Stove<br />
Start-up Stop Start-up Stop<br />
CO (g) 0.72 8.99 1.05 6.78<br />
NO (g) 0.10 0.04 0.35 0.03<br />
TOC (g) 0.15 0.43 0.12 0.01<br />
PM 2.5 (g) 0.23 0.41 0.35 0.17<br />
Energy (MJ) 2.12 1.22 6.81 1.02<br />
* Win,. et al.[7]<br />
Emission concentrations during start-up, steady state and<br />
stop phases are compared in figure 2. Steady state<br />
emissions characterised per MJ combusted fuel are in<br />
general lower than start-up and stop emissions. CO<br />
emissions during steady state operation of the stove is<br />
higher than from the boiler due to the cleaning routine at<br />
every 1.5 hours occurred during long steady state periods.<br />
Figure 2: Average emission concentrations during startup,<br />
stationary periods and during stop periods<br />
Steady state emissions are lower than from start-up<br />
and stop periods, significantly in CO and TOC. Cleaning<br />
with compressed air during stop phases of the boiler<br />
caused the accumulation of uncombusted pellet in the ash<br />
box leading to glowing in the ash box resulting in higher<br />
stop emissions. The 1.5 hourly cleaning routine of the<br />
stove was taken into the steady state. Both the boiler and<br />
the stove has near zero TOC emissions during steady state.
Figure 3: Accumulated emissions from the boiler during<br />
first 12 hours operation in the realistic sequence.<br />
Figure 4: Accumulated emissions from the stove during<br />
first 12 hours operation in the realistic sequence.<br />
Accumulated total emissions during the six-days test<br />
are plotted together with CO emission to show operating<br />
cycles in figure 3 for the boiler and in figure 4 for the<br />
stove. The boiler had higher number of start-up and stop<br />
within the same time interval due to its higher nominal<br />
power and smaller heat storage. Sudden rises of CO and<br />
TOC emissions are shown during start-up and stop.<br />
The NO emissions emitted during the stop period was<br />
small in relation to the accumulated NO emission.<br />
Particles during start and stop periods are not as<br />
dominating as for CO and TOC although emissions peaks<br />
occur. The contribution of start-up and stop phases to<br />
total accumulated emissions are shown in figure 5. The<br />
start-up and stop phases contribute 39% of the total PM<br />
emission for the boiler and 23% of PM for the stove. The<br />
amount of start-up and stop emissions are dominating for<br />
CO and TOC emissions contributing by 95% and 89%<br />
respectively at the 20kW boiler and 82% and 89 %<br />
respectively at the 12 kW stove.<br />
Figure 5: Accumulated start-up and stop emissions<br />
during six days test<br />
Figure 6: Emission concentrations for whole six days<br />
test<br />
The calculated total emissions related to fuel<br />
consumption for the whole six days period are presented<br />
in figure 6 divided between emissions during start-up and<br />
stop periods and stationary operation. The 20 kW boiler<br />
has higher emissions contributed partly by the higher<br />
number of start-up and stop. Since the six-days should<br />
give representative condition of a full year operation of a<br />
domestic heating system, the average emissions<br />
concentration from the tests should give representative<br />
annual emissions factors for the heating devices. The<br />
average annual emissions factors for the boiler are CO<br />
(491 mg/MJ), NO (55 mg/MJ), TOC (54 mg/MJ) and<br />
PM2.5 (93 mg/MJ) and for the stove CO (159 mg/MJ),<br />
NO (54 mg/MJ), TOC (2 mg/MJ) and PM2.5 (39<br />
mg/MJ).<br />
4 CONCLUSIONS<br />
Substantial parts of CO and TOC emissions are<br />
contributed from start-up and stop while NO and particles<br />
dominate during stationary operation. Higher operating<br />
combustion power of the heating device in a domestic<br />
heating system can results higher number of start-up and<br />
stop and consequently higher annual emissions.<br />
5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />
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This work was performed within the project SWX-Energi<br />
financed by the European Union, Region Dalarna Region<br />
Gävleborg and Högskolan Dalarna.<br />
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Thermal Stores Used in Solar Combisystems, in<br />
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Chalmers University of Technology: Göteborg,<br />
Sweden.<br />
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Characterisation of residential pellet boilers<br />
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Stockholm, Sweden.<br />
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NEW INSIGHTS IN THE ASH MELTING BEHAVIOUR AND IMPROVEMENT OF BIOMASS ENERGY<br />
PELLETS USING FLOUR BOND<br />
J. van Soest, J. Renirie, S. Moelchand, M. Schouten, A. van der Meijden, J. Plijter<br />
Meneba B.V., www.meneba.com<br />
Brielselaan 115, 3081 AB Rotterdam, The Netherlands.<br />
Tel. +31 104238130, Fax. +31 104238299, J.vanSoest@meneba.com<br />
ABSTRACT: New insight was obtained in the effect of ash composition on the ash melting behavior. It was shown that<br />
there is a good correlation between the amount of calcium (Ca), silicon (Si) and potassium (K) contents of the ash and the<br />
ash melting temperature (Tmelt) of bio-energy products like wood, agro- and sludge pellets (n=164). Using PCA and<br />
linear regression analyses led to a good prediction of the Tmelt by using an easy to use formula:<br />
Ln [Tmelt] = 7,24 -0,33*Si-0,70*K+1,28*K*Ca (variance accounted for is 72%)<br />
The new formula gives much better predictions of ash Tmelt of wood pellets and other solid bio-energy or biofuel<br />
products than previous fits. As expected Ca plays an important positive role. K and Si sink the Tmelt. Other metals play a<br />
less dominant role, such as iron (Fe), aluminium (Al) and magnesium (Mg). The new insight was put into practice by<br />
showing that by adding FlourBond®, a pressing aid high in Ca, the Tmelt of wood pellet ash can be increased. It is<br />
envisaged that an elevated ash Tmelt reduces the risk of slagging of solid biofuels.<br />
Keywords: pellets, ash, biomass production, biomass characteristics, sintering<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Wood pellet combustion is nowadays known as a<br />
reliable and comfortable heating system. However,<br />
the pellets have to be of high quality to ensure stable<br />
and long-‐term usage of the heaters. The pellets have<br />
to be made according to strict quality criteria as put<br />
down in the Önorm or DIN+ or ENplus [1]. It is<br />
important to control the pellet properties such as<br />
water content, hardness, abrasion, fines, ash content<br />
and heating value. In particular ash melting behaviour<br />
can create problems in ovens such as corrosion,<br />
erosion and slagging [2-‐7].<br />
Some of the pellet properties can be improved by<br />
using pressing aids, such as starch or rye meal. Pure<br />
starches can be very expensive and rye meal, corn<br />
grits or lower quality starches can result in high ash<br />
content and melting temperature and severe slagging<br />
beside resulting in worse processing and pellet<br />
abrasion properties. Therefore, development of a, for<br />
the pellet market dedicated, cheap multifunctional<br />
pressing aid has become of great importance.<br />
New insight has been obtained in the behavior of<br />
pressing aids in the production of wood pellets. On the<br />
basis of this a novel multifunctional pressing aid was<br />
developed with a high calcium content (FlourBond®)[8].<br />
It was shown that free flowing properties were improved<br />
making the product easier to use in the pellet factory and<br />
control dosage level. The output of the pellet presses<br />
could be enhanced resulting in lower energy usage. The<br />
pellet properties were improved at lower contents than<br />
with currently used pressing aids such as most starches.<br />
The pressing aid is readily available and an excellent<br />
performing alternative for expensive starches.<br />
In this detailed study, the properties of ash from<br />
pellets produced in industrial conditions with various<br />
pressing aids were investigated. The study includes the<br />
effect of the new pressing aid with high calcium content<br />
on pellet ash properties. A broad range of pellets (n=35)<br />
were made on different industrial presses based on<br />
various wood resources (containing both soft and hard<br />
woods, see figure 1). The ash melting behavior and<br />
composition were studied and compared with data from<br />
literature on the ash composition and melting behavior of<br />
various pellets and other bio-energy products [9-20]. The<br />
total data set consisted of 164 products.<br />
Figure 1: Various pellets<br />
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />
Various wood pellets (n=35) were made based on<br />
miscellaneous wood resources (soft, hard and mixed<br />
woods as well as fresh and waste woods). Pellets were<br />
made using various presses and pressing aids, including<br />
FlourBond. Ash (composition and melting behavior) was<br />
characterized according to the following DIN standards:<br />
v Water content DIN CEN/TS 14774-3: 2004-11<br />
v Ash content DIN CEN/TS 14775: 2004-11<br />
v Ash composition DIN 51729 part 1 & 11 (as Oxide)<br />
v Ash melting DIN CEN/TS 15370-1<br />
Other ash melting data were taken from literature [9-<br />
19]. A large data set was obtained of in total 164<br />
products. Beside wood pellets, the data set contains<br />
products consisting of woods, grasses, hay, straw, cereal<br />
based products, whole crop products, sludge, municipal<br />
and food processing waste products, and waste streams<br />
from chemical industry such as paper and textile.<br />
From the raw data the metal compositions were<br />
calculated expressed as % of the total ash and as mg/kg<br />
of the bio-energy products or wood pellet. The sintering<br />
(SST), softening (DT), hemispheric (HAT) and flowing<br />
(FT) temperatures were used to characterize the ash<br />
melting behavior.<br />
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It is seen that the total data set, existing of 164<br />
products, have a broad range of differences in ash content<br />
and composition. The lowest ash values are found for soft<br />
wood consumer pellets (0,20-0,64%). Hard, mixed and<br />
waste wood pellets have ash contents between 0,8-2,5%.<br />
Miscellaneous non-pellets woods (such as chips, logs,<br />
saw dust, flour, bark) have been studied with ash contents<br />
in the range of 0,23-5,9%. Non-wood plant based<br />
products were studied with ash contents varying between<br />
0,8-14,7%. Waste stream or sludge products had ash<br />
contents of 3,5-46%. The main elements of wood based<br />
products are calcium, silicon, potassium and magnesium.<br />
Calcium contents range from 386 mg/kg for a soft wood<br />
pellet to 12990 mg/kg for a product consisting of mixed<br />
bark. The waste stream and sludge products are much<br />
more divers in composition then the wood or plant based<br />
products, having also significant differences in Al, Fe, Na<br />
and P contents. Typically sewage sludge products have<br />
high iron contents in the range of 10-20 g/kg.<br />
The sintering melting temperatures (SST) are found<br />
in the range of 578°C for rye straw to 1585°C for kenaf.<br />
One has to take into account, while interpreting the<br />
results, that the determination of ash melting<br />
temperatures can have a standard deviation of up to 50°C.<br />
As expected, the melting T of ash of soft wood consumer<br />
pellets are higher than of the less clean industry pellets.<br />
Typically low melting ash is obtained from grasses and<br />
cereal based products (non wood based plants).<br />
Figure 2: %Ca of total ash versus ash melting<br />
temperature of all products. Logarithmic fit is shown<br />
without ash consisting of mixed ash from waste and<br />
sewage sludge ash [10].<br />
In figure 2 the ash melting T is shown as a function<br />
of %Ca of the total ash for the complete data set. It is<br />
known from literature that calcium plays an important<br />
role in the ash melting behavior. Authors [9,11,18,19]<br />
describe the increase of ash melting T by increasing the<br />
Ca content of incineration ash. However, it is clear that<br />
calcium content itself is not enough to predict ash melting<br />
temperatures of the products. In particular waste, sludge<br />
and non-wood plant based products show less correlation<br />
between T and %Ca of the ash.<br />
The ash melting temperature is correlated to all of<br />
wt% per element in the incineration ash (Ca, Mg, Fe, Si,<br />
Al, P, Na) for the complete data set studied (n=164).<br />
Clearly seen is that calcium is the most important element<br />
for affecting ash melting leading to an increase in ash<br />
melting T. Silicon and potassium are the 2nd and 3rd<br />
most important elements affecting ash melting by<br />
lowering the melting T. Fe and Al seem to have a limited<br />
effect while, within the data set studied. Na, P and Mg<br />
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show hardly any significant effect. The results were<br />
confirmed with principle component analyses (PCA).<br />
Remarkable is that magnesium shows on average for this<br />
data set almost no negative influence on ash melting. In<br />
literature some authors have stressed the importance of<br />
magnesium in lowering ash melting T but others also<br />
have seen increased melting T. Of course, one has to take<br />
into account that probably also the interactions between<br />
the various elements play an important role. Mixed<br />
oxides will all have their different melting characteristics<br />
depending also on thermal-physical history of the ash.<br />
It is very likely that the total composition of the ash is<br />
of great importance for the ash melting behavior.<br />
Therefore, it is thought that the ratios of various elements<br />
are important. In figure 3 the most important example is<br />
given of ash melting T as function of a typical ratio of<br />
elements (Ca/[K+Si]).<br />
Figure 3: Ratio combined elements (mg/kg product)<br />
versus ash melting T of all products.<br />
It is seen that again, as expected, in particular<br />
calcium is having a positive influence on the effect of<br />
Mg, Si en K on the ash melting. The Ln-fit of the ratios<br />
Ca/K, Ca/Si en Ca/Mg show a reasonable correlation.<br />
The effect of calcium on sodium is less dominant. It is<br />
thought that calcium containing silicates have higher<br />
melting points than mixed Mg-K-Na silicates. The<br />
presence of Fe en Al probably gives a slight increase in<br />
the melting of mixed silicates compared to silicates,<br />
which have high Na and K content. Mg and P show no<br />
correlation with Si. Therefore, it is seen that the Ln of the<br />
ratio of the most dominant elements Ca/(K+Si) gives a<br />
good correlation with a R 2 of 0,65. The correlation with<br />
ratios without Si, K or Ca are worse or even bad. A slight<br />
improvement is found for ratios were Al or Fe are<br />
included as a positive effect and Na as a negative effect<br />
on the Tmelt. However, the improvements are small.<br />
Including Mg gives no significant improvement in the fit<br />
compared to the ratio Ca/(K+Si). The prediction using<br />
the Ln fit of the ratio Ca/(K+Si) is already good as well.<br />
Research was extended by using statistics (linear<br />
regression analyses) to gain more insight in the<br />
interactions between the elements. The main results are<br />
shown in figure 4 and 5.
Figure 4: Statistical analyses (linear regression) results.<br />
One could say that Ca, K, Si are indeed the most<br />
important elements (of the studied elements in this data<br />
set) for determining the ash melting T. Apparently, Mg<br />
plays less a role. In particular, the prediction of the ash<br />
melting T of the wood pellets is very good. Most outliers<br />
are from some non-wood plant based products such as<br />
kenaf and hemp or waste products.<br />
Figure 5: 3-D graphical representation of the model Ln<br />
Tmelt = 7,24 -0,33*Si-0,70*K+1,28*K*Ca. high T =<br />
right below (high Ca), low T = top left (high K).<br />
An extensive comparison of various literature fits<br />
(see figure 6 - more details of this study can be found in<br />
reference [20]), has been made, that have been taken<br />
from literature references [9,10,19]. It is obvious that the<br />
fits are reasonable for the limited data set used in the<br />
papers [9,10,19]. However, the fits do not give useful<br />
predictions for our more broad and larger data set. But<br />
they do not give a good, more universal applicable,<br />
prediction of the ash melting temperature. Some formulas<br />
make use of polynomial fits. This leads to large<br />
deviations of the predictions for products with large<br />
differences in ash compositions. The data set in the fit<br />
used to design the formulas was probably too small.<br />
Some formulas are already better but still there are large<br />
deviations and multiple outliers. According to most<br />
formula calcium and potassium are important as in<br />
agreement with our findings. The role of magnesium is<br />
also taken into some fits, while our findings show that<br />
magnesium plays not a dominant role. More important is<br />
the situation if silicon is left out of the equation. One<br />
formula takes into account silicon and calcium, but they<br />
do not take into account the effect of potassium. This is<br />
probably due to the fact that K is not a very dominant<br />
component in the incineration ash the authors studied.<br />
However, in lignocellulosics, such as wood pellets and<br />
plant based bio-energy products, this can be an important<br />
component of the ash. Probably a linear fit is also not the<br />
best option looking at the physical phenomenon it needs<br />
to describe.<br />
Figure 6: Comparison of formulas from literature and the<br />
new formula based on the Ca/(K+Si) ratio. Top: formula<br />
based on synthetic ash. Middle: fit based on<br />
lignocellulosics. Bottom: formulas based on waste-sludge<br />
ash.<br />
Figure 7: Influence addition FlourBond on pellet<br />
processing and properties.<br />
Pressing aids are used to obtain improved pellet<br />
processing and quality. A pressing aid can have effect on<br />
the ash melting. The effect of FlourBond , a pressing aid<br />
high in Ca, on soft wood pellets was studied, starting by<br />
comparing two properties, i.e. abrasion (%fines) and<br />
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amperage of the pellet press. Experiments (see figure 7)<br />
using 1% FlourBond in comparison with pellets made<br />
without additive, 1% corn starch or FlourBond-IP (a new<br />
product), were performed by Holzforschung Wien at<br />
controlled conditions and show the positive effects of<br />
FlourBond on pellet processing and quality.<br />
The effect of FlourBond on the ash Tmelt of<br />
consumer softwood based pellets and mixed waste wood<br />
pellets is shown in figure 8. The Ca/K ratio was taken<br />
because the Si level was constant for the pellets because<br />
the two type of woods used originated from the same<br />
resources and were processed during one production run.<br />
The amount of FlourBond was between 0-5% and 0-3%,<br />
respectively for the soft wood and mixed waste wood<br />
pellets. FlourBond has a high level of calcium compared<br />
to other pressing aids. It is shown that by adding<br />
FlourBond the Tmelt is clearly increased.<br />
Figure 8: Influence addition FlourBond on ash melting<br />
temperature.<br />
4 CONCLUSIONS<br />
The Ca/(Si+K) ratio can be used to give a good<br />
prediction of the ash melting temperatures of all kind of<br />
bio-energy products such as wood pellets. Using PCA<br />
and linear regression analyses led to an even better<br />
prediction of the Tmelt by using an easy to use formula:<br />
Ln [Tmelt] = 7,24 -0,33*Si-0,70*K+1,28*K*Ca<br />
(variance accounted for is 72%). By using FlourBond as<br />
the pressing aid, the ash melting temperature can be<br />
increased due to an increase of the Ca/(Si+K) ratio. It is<br />
envisaged that as a result the change or risk of slagging<br />
can be diminished for pellets made with more difficult<br />
woods or other biomass resources.<br />
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pp. 459<br />
3. Friedl, Wopienka, Haslinger, Schlackebildung in<br />
Pelletsfeuerungen, Beitrag zum Stuttgart 7.<br />
InterPellets, 9.-10. Oktober 2007<br />
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and Ash melting, Unit of Biomass Technology and<br />
Chemistry, Umeå, Doctoral thesis, Swedish Univ.<br />
Agric. Sci.<br />
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stationären Wirbelschichtfeuerungen, Vollständiger<br />
Abdruck der von der Fakultät Wissenschaftszentrum<br />
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Umwelt der Technischen Universität München<br />
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Bloischdorf, 31.8.2007 H-B Rombrecht<br />
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Chem. 2004, 49 (1), 89<br />
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Holzpellets, Pellets Markt und Trends 2008, nr. 5<br />
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Festbrennstoff, Bayerisches Landesanstalt f.<br />
Landtechnik (Germany)<br />
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11. Launhardt, 2002, Thesis Umweltrelevante Einflüsse<br />
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Kleinanlagen Schadstoffemissionen, Aschequalität<br />
und Wirkungsgrad, Dept für Biogene Rohstoffe und<br />
Technologie der Landnutzung, Lehrstuhl für<br />
Landtechnik der Technischen Universität München<br />
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Pelletproduktion, BTU Cottbus, Lehrstuhl<br />
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(1991) pp. 61<br />
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USE OF ASHES AS A FERTILIZER IN REED CANARY GRASS (PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA L.) GROWN AS AN ENERGY CROP FOR<br />
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COMBUSTION<br />
Eva Lindvall<br />
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of agricultural research for northern Sweden,<br />
901 83 UMEÅ, Sweden<br />
eva.lindvall@njv.slu.se<br />
ABSTRACT: Use of reed canary grass (RCG) as biofuel for combustion produces relative high amounts of ash. Deposition<br />
cost of ash negatively influences the economy of RCG production and is not very environmentally friendly. Therefore it<br />
is of importance that RCG ashes, pure or in mixtures, can be recycled to the RCG field as a part of the nutrient supply.<br />
Results from this field trail do not show any negative effects on crop or soil caused by the ash.<br />
Keywords: reed canary grass, ash, heavy metals<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Reed canary grass (RCG) has been considered as the<br />
most interesting perennial grass for energy purposes in<br />
Sweden. RCG is high yielding and the root system is very<br />
large which enables the plant to very efficiently absorb<br />
nutrients from the soil. Stands of perennial grasses can<br />
have a lifetime of more than 10 years and therefore<br />
require less cultivation and have lower requirement of<br />
pesticides (Wrobel et al, 2009, Kätterer & Andren, 1999).<br />
Some of the machinery required for grass cultivation is<br />
already available on many farms. Perennial grasses have<br />
lower nutrient requirements than annual bioenergy crops<br />
as some of the nutrients used of the shoots can be<br />
remobilized to the roots during autumn.<br />
One disadvantage when using RCG as biofuel for<br />
combustion is the relatively high ash content (Burvall &<br />
Hedman, 1994, Burvall, 1997). Deposition cost of ashes<br />
negatively influences the economy of RCG production<br />
and is not very environmentally friendly. Therefore it is<br />
of importance that RCG ashes, pure or in mixtures, can<br />
be recycled to the RCG field as a part of the nutrient<br />
supply.<br />
MATERIAL AND METHODS<br />
One concern when using ash and other waste products on<br />
agricultural land is the risk of enrichment of heavy metals<br />
in the circulation from soil to plant and ash. A field trial<br />
was established at SLUs field station in Umeå, Sweden in<br />
the spring 2002. Three different fertilizer treatments were<br />
applied. Treatment A was fertilized with an ash from<br />
combustion of RCG together with municipal wastes,<br />
treatment B an ash from RCG only and for treatment C<br />
was only commercial fertilizers used. The total amounts<br />
of nutrient each year applied in the trial were 100 kg ha -1<br />
N, 15 kg ha -1 P and 80 kg ha -1 K. The amount of ash in<br />
treatment A and B was calculated from the chemical<br />
analysis of the ashes to be equal to the required amount<br />
of P. The required amounts of N and K within these<br />
treatments were complemented by commercial fertilizers.<br />
The trial was harvested each spring from 2003 to 2009.<br />
RESULTS<br />
The dry matter yield showed large variation between<br />
years but no significant differences between treatments<br />
were detected. Samples of grass and soil have been<br />
analyzed for heavy metal content some of the years. No<br />
significant differences between the treatments were found<br />
in the grass. When comparing samples from 2004 and<br />
2009 the content was lower for most elements in 2009,<br />
only Zn showed a significant higher level. Soil samples<br />
were taken from 3 levels; 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm and 10-20 cm.<br />
In the uppermost level there are significant differences<br />
between treatments for Cd, Pb and Zn, with higher<br />
contents in treatment A. The differences between levels is<br />
mainly small, and compared to results from 2003 there<br />
seems to be no tendency to enrichment during this period<br />
of time.<br />
CONCLUSIONS<br />
We can conclude that the ash we used does not seem to<br />
cause any harm to the growth of RCG, content of<br />
undesired chemical elements in grass and soil and can be<br />
used as a complement to commercial fertilizers.<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
This project was founded by The Swedish Energy<br />
Agency through Värmeforsk (Thermal Engineering<br />
Research Institute) and Bioenergigårdar i ett nytt<br />
landskap, a project administrated by Västerbotten County<br />
Administrative Board and financed by Kempestiftelserna<br />
among others.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
Burvall J, 1997. Influence of harvest time and soil type<br />
on fuel quality in reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea<br />
L). Biomass <strong>Bioenergy</strong> 12, 149-154.<br />
Burvall J. and Hedman B, 1994. Bränslekaraktärisering<br />
av rörflen - resultat från första och andra års vallar.<br />
Röbäcksdalen meddelar 5, 1-27. (in Swedish)<br />
Kätterer T. and Andren O, 1999. Growth dynamics of<br />
reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.) and its<br />
allocation of biomass and nitrogen below ground in a<br />
field receiving daily irrigation and fertilisation. Nutrient<br />
Cycling in Agroecosystems 54, 21-29.<br />
Wrobel C., Coulman B.E. and Smith D.L. 2009. The<br />
potential use of reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea<br />
L.) as a biofuel crop. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica<br />
Section B-Soil and Plant Science 59, 1-18.
INTERCROPPING OF REED CANARY GRASS, PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA L., WITH LEGUMES CAN CUT<br />
COSTS FOR N-FERTILIZATION<br />
Cecilia Palmborg and Eva Lindvall<br />
Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, SLU<br />
90183 Umeå, Sweden<br />
ABSTRACT: In a field experiment close to Östersund in mid Sweden reed canary grass was intercropped with barley,<br />
Alsike clover, Trifolium hybridum L., red clover, T. pratense L., goats rue, Galega orientalis L. or a combination of red<br />
clover and goats rue. There were also three fertilization treatments: A: Recommended amounts of N, P and K. B:<br />
Recommended amounts of P and K and half amount of N. C: Sewage sludge application before sowing (establishment<br />
year) and recommended amounts of P and K and half amount of N. The biomass was lower where reed canary grass had<br />
been undersown in barley, and higher with full N-fertilization than with half N-fertilization. However there were no<br />
significant differences between legume intercrops with half N-fertilization and pure reed canary grass with full Nfertilization.<br />
Alsike clover was the most productive legume, followed by red clover. The amount of nitrogen fixed by the<br />
legumes was less with full N-fertilization (29 kg/ha as a mean) than with half N-fertilization (38 kg/ha). Intercropping<br />
with legumes could substitute half of the N in fertilization but similar experiments in other parts of Sweden has shown<br />
that there is a higher risk of weed problems.<br />
Keywords: autumn harvest, spring harvest, bioenergy crop, energy grass<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
Cropping systems that will provide our future energy<br />
for society need to be sustainable in many ways. The<br />
system should use nutrients efficiently, the system should<br />
need a minimum of input of fossil fuels for machinery<br />
and transport and the system should bind at least as much<br />
carbon to the soil as is respired from the soil. Reed<br />
canary grass harvested in spring fulfills these criteria [1].<br />
However, to make the cropping profitable without heavy<br />
subsidies, costs must be cut. This paper focus on the<br />
possibilities to cut fertilization costs by intercropping<br />
between reed canary grass and legumes and by<br />
fertilization with sewage sludge.<br />
The legumes take some of their need for nitrogen<br />
from nitrogen fixation by symbiotic bacteria in their root<br />
nodules. Some of this nitrogen then can be transferred to<br />
the accompanying grass via decomposing legume litter<br />
both above and below ground. Reed canary grass as an<br />
energy crop is always grown in monoculture. There have<br />
been few experiments with intercropping with legumes.<br />
The only experiment that has studied intercropping in a<br />
system with spring harvest a Lithuanian study by<br />
Jasinskas et. al [2]. In that study there was no Nfertilization<br />
in the intercrops and this favored the legumes<br />
that increased from year to year and the third year they<br />
comprised 28-56 % of the crop. In our experiment we do<br />
not take away all fertilizers in order to favor reed canary<br />
grass and keep legumes as a minor component or the<br />
sward.<br />
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />
A field experiment was established in Ås close to<br />
Östersund in mid Sweden (latitude 63 o 14’ longitude<br />
14 o 34’) in july 2008. Reed canary grass was intercropped<br />
with Alsike clover, Trifolium hybridum L., red clover, T.<br />
pratense L., goats rue, Galega officinalis L. or a<br />
combination of red clover and goats rue. There are also<br />
monoculture reed canary plots established alone or<br />
undersown in barley that was harvested as a whole crop,<br />
a strategy to get an income from the crop the first year.<br />
There are also three fertilization treatments: A:<br />
Recommended amounts of N (40 kg/ha first year and 100<br />
kg/ha second year), P (20 kg/ha first year) and K (40<br />
kg/ha first year and 50 kg/ha second year). B:<br />
Recommended amounts of P and K and half amount of<br />
N. C: Sewage sludge application before sowing<br />
(establishment year) and recommended amounts of P and<br />
K and half amount of N. The experiment has a split-plot<br />
design with fertilization treatment on the main plots and<br />
species mixtures on the sub-plots (2.8 x 9 m), and it is<br />
randomized in four replicate blocks.<br />
In the end of August 2009, 50 x 50 cm plots, 50 cm<br />
from the edge of the big plots were harvested by hand<br />
cutting in autumn 2009. The biomass was sorted in each<br />
sown species and weeds and the dry weight of each<br />
fraction was determined. The sown species were milled<br />
and N% and the proportions of the stable isotope 15 N<br />
were analyzed on an ANCA-SL coupled to a Sercon 20-<br />
20 IRMS (Sercon, United Kingdom). The data were used<br />
to calculate the nitrogen fixation using both the<br />
difference method and the 15 N natural abundance method<br />
[3]. In October, larger plots (1.5 x 7.5 m) were harvested<br />
with a plot harvester. However, since this harvest was<br />
interrupted by snow, only 2/3 of the plots were harvested.<br />
The harvested material was put back on the plots and<br />
collected and weighed again in May <strong>2010</strong> to determine<br />
winter losses.<br />
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Figure 1: Amount of biomass and botanical composition<br />
in August 2009 in small plots 50 x 50 cm.<br />
3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION<br />
There were significant differences in legume biomass<br />
between the species mixtures (Figure 1). Alsike clover<br />
was the most productive sown legume, followed by red<br />
clover. Goats rue was a slow starter and it formed a low<br />
but healthy undergrowth.<br />
The nitrogen fixation as determined by the difference<br />
method varied very much between plots and differences<br />
between legumes were not significant. However there<br />
was significantly less N-fixation, 28 kg N/ha, with full Nfertilization<br />
compared to half N-fertilization, 39 kg N/ha.<br />
The low nitrogen fixation rate was probably due to strong<br />
competition from the very dense reed canary grass crop.<br />
It was not possible to use the 15 N natural abundance<br />
method to determine the N-fixation since the difference<br />
in 15 N natural abundance in reed canary grass and<br />
legumes was too small.<br />
The amount of reed canary grass was higher with the<br />
higher N-fertilization level (Figure 1). However the<br />
difference was not significant. There were no significant<br />
differences between the treatment with sewage sludge<br />
and the corresponding treatment without sludge.<br />
Establishment of reed canary grass undersown in<br />
barley did not work well. The harvest was less than half<br />
of the other species mixtures. Also there were more<br />
weeds in the barley treatment. The reason is probably that<br />
the barley was harvested with a stubble height of only 7<br />
cm in early September 2008 and the reed canary grass<br />
probably was not able to grow enough rhizomes before<br />
winter to get a good spring growth 2009.<br />
Both in October 2009 and in May <strong>2010</strong>, the harvest<br />
of the larger plots showed the same pattern as the smaller<br />
plots, but due to the smaller variation there was<br />
significantly more biomass with full N-fertilization. The<br />
biomass harvest in spring was 64 % of the biomass<br />
harvest in autumn, and there were no significant<br />
differences in winter losses between treatments.<br />
Three similar experiments have also been established<br />
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in other parts of Sweden. In two of these, there have been<br />
large problems with weeds: white clover in one site and<br />
couch grass in the other site. More information is given in<br />
a recent report [4].<br />
4 ECONOMICS AND CONCLUSIONS<br />
An economic calculation showed that the<br />
establishment costs (the first two growing seasons) can<br />
be lowered by intercropping with red clover (Table 1).<br />
However it is also involves more risks, related to weeds,<br />
and cannot be recommended on fallow soil with a large<br />
seed bank of weeds. Weed management with glyphosate<br />
(Roundup) the year before sowing and Basagran SG<br />
when the legumes have three full leaves, is recommended<br />
in order to decrease the total competition of weeds.<br />
Table 1: Establishment costs for reed canary grass. To<br />
calculate the cost per MWh the establishment cost were<br />
spread over 10 harvesting years with 5000 kg biomass<br />
harvest/ ha and year and 4,2 MWh/ton field dry material.<br />
RCG + red clover RCG<br />
Half fertilization Full fertilization<br />
SEK/ha SEK/ha<br />
Seeds 1105 825<br />
Fertilizer 2000 4000<br />
Herbicides 500 250<br />
Other 300 300<br />
Plowing 1000 1000<br />
Harrowing 675 675<br />
Seeding<br />
Spreading<br />
200 200<br />
of fertilizer<br />
Application<br />
825 825<br />
of herbicide 300 300<br />
Sum 6905 8375<br />
Cost/MWh 32.9 39.9
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
This project was founded by The Swedish Energy<br />
Agency through Värmeforsk (Thermal Engineering<br />
Research Institute). We thank Per-Erik Nemby and coworkers<br />
for skillful field work.<br />
6 References<br />
1. Wrobel, C., B.E. Coulman, and D.L. Smith, The<br />
potential use of reed canarygrass (Phalaris<br />
arundinacea L.) as a biofuel crop. Acta<br />
Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant<br />
Science, 2009. 59(1): p. 1-18.<br />
2. Jasinskas, A., A. Zaltauskas, and A. Kryzeuiciene,<br />
The investigation of growing and using of tall<br />
perennial grasses as energy crops. Biomass &<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong>, 2008. 32(11): p. 981-987.<br />
3. Unkovich, M., et al., 15 N Natural abundance method,<br />
in Measuring plant-associated nitrogen fixation in<br />
agricultural systems. 2008, Australian Centre for<br />
International Agricultural Research: Canberra,<br />
Australien. p. 132-162.<br />
4. Palmborg, C. and E. Lindvall, Optimering av<br />
odlingsåtgärder i rörflen för ökad lönsamhet.<br />
Fältstudier av sorter, samodling med baljväxter<br />
och korn, gödsling samt markpackning. <strong>2010</strong>,<br />
Värmeforsk: Stockholm. p. 44.<br />
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ORGANISATIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR STRAW-BASED ENERGY SYSTEMS IN UKRAINE AND<br />
WESTERN EUROPE<br />
Y. Voytenko*, P. Peck<br />
*Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Nádor u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary,<br />
tel. + 36 1 327 3021; yuliya.voytenko@mespom.eu<br />
International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University, Tegnérsplatsen 4, 22100 Lund, Sweden,<br />
tel. +46 46 222 0200; fax: +46 46 222 0230; philip.peck@iiiee.lu.se<br />
Ukraine (UA) has large biomass potentials, and faces broad needs for energy security enhancement, agricultural sector<br />
revitalisation and environmental improvement. Cross case study analysis is applied to nine straw-fired installations in UA<br />
within a conceptual framework developed by the authors. The analysis yields three distinct straw-based frameworks for<br />
organisation and action including ‘small scale local heat production’, ‘small scale local straw production for fuel sale to<br />
municipality’, and ‘medium scale conversion and district heating’. Ukrainian case is then compared to countries with<br />
more advanced bioenergy sectors, i.e. Sweden (SE) and Denmark (DK). Individual business entrepreneurship qualities<br />
and knowledge are found crucial on small and medium scale. Straw use on large scale requires substantial and consistent<br />
support from the National government. Barriers to the expansion of bioenergy in UA include low access to technology<br />
and funding, lack of knowledge on bioenergy funding schemes, and bioenergy in general. The outcomes of the paper are<br />
transferable to various contexts on the condition that local specificities are taken into account.<br />
Keywords: bioenergy management, developing countries, logistics, non-technical barriers to bioenergy, straw<br />
1 INTRODUCTION<br />
This paper has its point of departure from the<br />
recognition of a number of parameters that have been<br />
found important for the transformation of local<br />
energy systems towards bioenergy. These include<br />
resources available (i.e. physical, human and<br />
organisational capital) [1], financial and technological<br />
resources [2], social capital [3], and strategies for the<br />
transformation of local energy systems [4-‐10]. The<br />
latter component (deliberate strategies) however,<br />
infers a need for “frameworks for organisation and<br />
action” that can support such transformation. Yet<br />
limited work is available in the area.<br />
Earlier research by the authors [11,12]<br />
highlighted four promising framework types for<br />
organisation of straw-‐based energy systems in<br />
selected Western European (WE) countries, i.e.<br />
Sweden (SE), Denmark (DK) and Spain (ES), and key<br />
factors that define and foster energy system<br />
transition. Each country has gone down its own<br />
transition path but when viewed collectively, they<br />
constitute a good ‘learning environment’ for other<br />
regions where straw-‐based systems are anticipated to<br />
emerge. That work [12] yielded four distinct types of<br />
agro-‐biomass based frameworks (ABFs) for<br />
organisation and action including ‘small scale local<br />
heat production’, ‘medium scale local heat provision<br />
with excess for sale’, ‘medium scale conversion and<br />
district heating (DH)’, and ‘large scale power or<br />
combined heat and power generation (CHP)’.<br />
This work focuses on Ukraine (UA), which has<br />
significant potential for all bioenergy options and crop<br />
residues in particular [13-‐17]. <strong>Bioenergy</strong><br />
development is driven by an urgent need for energy<br />
security enhancement, reduction of dependence on<br />
fuel imports, rural diversification, job creation,<br />
bioenergy business opportunities and potential for<br />
environmental improvement [14,18]. A tangible<br />
policy support environment for bioenergy and real<br />
straw-‐based heating systems are both emerging in UA<br />
[18,19].<br />
This work aims to compile and analyse ABFs that<br />
seek to transform energy systems to bioenergy. The<br />
objectives of the paper are the following:<br />
• to collect and describe existing practices of<br />
straw use for energy in UA;<br />
• to generate empirical conceptual ABFs that<br />
ensure commercial use of straw for energy;<br />
• to compare and contrast ABF types in UA<br />
and WE.<br />
The paper has the following structure. Section 2<br />
provides a background on bioenergy production,<br />
potentials, technology, and markets for crop residues for<br />
energy in UA as well as on support mechanisms for<br />
bioenergy development in the country. Section 3 outlines<br />
a methodological approach to the work. Results on ABFs<br />
for organisation and action in UA are presented and<br />
analysed in Section 4. Section 5 discusses straw-toenergy<br />
experiences in UA and compares them to those in<br />
WE. Section 5 concludes the paper and presents areas<br />
and implications for future research.<br />
2 BIOENERGY IN UKRAINE<br />
2.1 <strong>Bioenergy</strong> production<br />
Current energy production from biomass in UA is<br />
about 38 PJ (0.9 Mtoe) per year, which comes only in the
form of heat and constitutes 0.65% in UA’s total primary<br />
energy supply (TPES) [20]. UA utilises biomass mainly<br />
as firewood [21]. Wood pellet production is primarily<br />
export oriented [22,23]. Crop residues are burnt in<br />
converted and specifically designed boilers [20,24,25].<br />
There exist up to 25 straw-fired boilers in rural areas in<br />
UA [26]. A few farms operate small-scale individual<br />
biogas units [20]. Among larger biogas installations a few<br />
pilot projects were carried out in 2004-2009 [27,28].<br />
Today only a few large-scale plantations of energy crops<br />
(i.e. coppice crops and perennial grasses) exist in UA<br />
[23]. All of them have been introduced quite recently,<br />
and have not been harvested yet. There exist six first<br />
generation bioethanol production plants with a total<br />
capacity of 135 000 million tonnes per year [29] and<br />
eight big oil-extracting plants that produce rapeseed oil<br />
[24] in the country.<br />
2.2 Potentials for energy from biomass and straw<br />
Total technical potential of biomass and peat is<br />
estimated at 1062 PJ per year or 18.11% in the country’s<br />
TPES [14]. Annual potentials for agricultural residues<br />
and energy crops constitute the main share equalling<br />
739 PJ (or 69.5% in the country’s overall biomass<br />
potential).<br />
Straw has the highest potential among all agricultural<br />
residues - 175 PJ per year (or 16.5% of total biomass<br />
potential). Every year from 6-8 [13] to 10.2 [17] million<br />
tonnes of straw can be used for energy production in UA<br />
without putting other needs in straw under pressure. In<br />
addition, straw is also considered to be one of the easiest<br />
and the cheapest biomass options that can be developed<br />
in Ukrainian conditions [13,15,30]. For the farms with<br />
their own straw resources a straw-fired boiler payback is<br />
1-2 years while for those that purchase straw at USD 26-<br />
33 per tonne it is about 3 years [15].<br />
Current total annual fuel consumption in all boiler<br />
houses in rural areas of UA constitutes about 84 PJ,<br />
which can be fully supplied with straw resources<br />
available in the country [31]. At present the main share of<br />
straw use for energy is performed in UTEM boilers [32],<br />
the total installed capacity of which is about 8.9 MW.<br />
Annual use of straw in these boilers is about 14 100<br />
tonnes (or 0.2 PJ) [33,16].<br />
2.3 Technology for crop residue use for energy<br />
Straw combustion technology in UA is represented<br />
with a few companies that produce straw-fired boilers<br />
and their parts, heat generators and grain-drying units that<br />
use straw and/or other crop residues as a fuel.<br />
The biggest straw-fired boiler manufacturer and the<br />
only one that produces water-based straw-fired boilers<br />
with the capacity of up to 1 MW that can be used for the<br />
heating of premises is OJSC UTEM [26,32]. UTEM<br />
produces boilers under the license of Danish company<br />
Passat Energi A/S; it also provides design works,<br />
arranges heat works and service maintenance [32].<br />
Currently up to 25 UTEM boilers are installed in<br />
different regions in UA [26], which in most cases<br />
produce heat for municipal buildings in the villages (i.e.<br />
schools, kindergartens, premises of village councils,<br />
cultural centres, multi-storeyed living houses, etc.) or/and<br />
for local agricultural enterprises.<br />
Scientific Engineering Centre (SEC) Biomass carries<br />
out research and development of straw-fired heat<br />
generators [34]. OJSC Bryg is one of the few companies<br />
that produce biomass-fired heat generators and grain-<br />
drying units on biomass [35]. Currently about 20 Bryg<br />
products are installed in the country [36]. There are also a<br />
few manufacturers of heat generators and boilers that<br />
work on a mixture of solid fuels [37-40].<br />
2.4 Market potential for crop residues<br />
SEC Biomass estimated technical and commercial<br />
potential for biomass boilers and suggests that by 2015<br />
total thermal capacity of wood-, straw- and peat-fired<br />
boilers in UA can reach 9000 MW [21]. This would<br />
allow to reduce GHG emissions by 11 million tonnes per<br />
year and substitute 5.44 billion m 3 of natural gas<br />
annually. The total estimated investment cost is about<br />
USD 0.64 billion [21].<br />
In October 2009 97% of briquettes from sunflower<br />
husk and 100% straw briquettes produced in UA were<br />
sold outside the country [41]. The main markets can be<br />
found in Poland with smaller amount sold in Germany,<br />
Czech Republic, Hungary and Lithuania.<br />
2.5 Support schemes and mechanisms<br />
Ukrainian government accepted a number of<br />
documents supporting bioenergy development in the<br />
country. The State Development Programme of Biofuel<br />
Production and Consumption is the framework policy. It<br />
aims to increase the share of biofuels in the national<br />
energy balance to 5-7% [42]. Other important laws in this<br />
area include the Law of UA On Amendments to Some<br />
Laws of Ukraine on Support of Biofuel Production and<br />
Consumption, which sets a target to increase the share of<br />
biofuel use to 20% in total fuel consumption in the<br />
country by 2020 [43]; the so called Law On Green<br />
Electricity Tariff, and a set of Laws On Minimisation of<br />
Financial Crisis Impact. The latter laws set specific<br />
economic support mechanisms. <strong>Bioenergy</strong> projects in UA<br />
can also be developed as joint implementation (JI)<br />
projects under Kyoto Protocol [44].<br />
3 METHODOLOGY<br />
3.1 General approach<br />
This work presents results on straw use for energy in<br />
UA and compares them to similar experiences in SE and<br />
DK. A detailed analysis of nine initiatives (Table I) on<br />
straw for energy is applied to underpin the proposal of<br />
three types of ABFs for organisation and action in<br />
Ukrainian setting. ABFs are developed for each case, and<br />
then contrasted and compared in a cross-case analysis<br />
and a broader cross-country context.<br />
Coverage topics that have driven case study selection<br />
are given in Table II.<br />
Table I: Cases on straw use for energy in Ukraine<br />
Village (region,<br />
province)<br />
Strutynka,<br />
(Lypovetsk,<br />
Vinnytsya)<br />
Lebedyn,<br />
(Shpola,<br />
Cherkasy)<br />
Olgopil<br />
(Chechelnyk,<br />
Vinnytsya)<br />
Stavy, (Kagarlyk,<br />
Kyiv)<br />
Boiler<br />
size, kW<br />
Purpose Informants<br />
250 Heat for agro- Director of the<br />
enterprise<br />
“Rapsodiya” and a<br />
mill<br />
agro-enterprise<br />
250 Heat for agro- Leading energy<br />
enterprise<br />
“Lebedyn Seed<br />
Plant”<br />
expert<br />
300 Heat for the local 1st deputy head<br />
secondary school of local<br />
administration<br />
350 Heat for local Project<br />
secondary school coordinator<br />
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Vyshnyuvate,<br />
(Rozivka,<br />
Zaporizzhya)<br />
Polkovnyche,<br />
(Stavyshche,<br />
Kyiv)<br />
Zlatoustivka,<br />
(Volnovakha,<br />
Donetsk)<br />
Drozdy (Bila<br />
Tserkva, Kyiv)<br />
Dyagova (Mena,<br />
Chernihiv)<br />
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150 or<br />
350<br />
(project)<br />
and kindergarten<br />
Heat for local<br />
secondary school<br />
and (possibly) to<br />
local municipality<br />
600 Heat for trading<br />
company and agroenterprise<br />
“ROPA<br />
Ukraine”<br />
600 DH to municipal<br />
buildings in the<br />
village<br />
980 and<br />
150<br />
DH to municipal<br />
buildings in the<br />
village; for pigbreeding<br />
facility on<br />
the farm<br />
250 Heat for a grain<br />
dryer on the farm<br />
Project<br />
coordinator<br />
Director of the<br />
agro-enterprise<br />
Director of agroenterprise<br />
Deputy director<br />
of the agro-<br />
enterprise<br />
A farmer and a<br />
boiler operator<br />
3.2 Data collection<br />
This work involved both “desktop” and field research.<br />
Field studies were carried out in June 2009 – February<br />
<strong>2010</strong>, and involved 14 in-depth interviews with key actors<br />
within an agro-biomass production chain (Table I). Six<br />
interviews were conducted face-to-face and eight - over the<br />
telephone. This study also involved site visits to two grain<br />
producing farms with straw-fired installations, straw<br />
storages, baling equipment, premises with heating needs,<br />
etc.<br />
Interviews sought to reveal the main components of a<br />
conceptual framework to this study and answer the key<br />
overarching area of query framed as follows:<br />
“How did actors collect and combine the necessary<br />
resources in a new straw based business?”<br />
Table II: Coverage topics for case studies<br />
Coverage topic Comment<br />
Installation capacity One or two examples are examined in-depth for<br />
each straw-fired boiler capacity that is available<br />
in UA at present<br />
Purpose of<br />
installation<br />
Cases examined represent different ways of<br />
energy end-use (e.g. grain drying, local heating<br />
of industrial premises, DH of municipal<br />
buildings and dwelling houses)<br />
Boiler ownership Straw-fired boilers examined are owned by<br />
various actors i.e. agricultural enterprises,<br />
companies and municipalities<br />
Boiler manufacturer Initiatives described involve installations<br />
developed<br />
producers<br />
and manufactured by various<br />
Degree of the<br />
installation success<br />
Not only successful examples are included but<br />
also those facing constraints in their<br />
establishment or operation<br />
3.3 Conceptual framework<br />
Conceptual framework was developed by the authors<br />
in previous work [11,12]. It is based on theoretical<br />
considerations from neoinstitutional theory and studies<br />
on the legitimisation of new ventures 45,4,46,47,<br />
diffusion models that describe the variables critical to the<br />
rate of adoption of new ventures 4,7-9, studies on<br />
Technological Innovation Systems (TISs) 4,5,7-9, and<br />
work explaining the behaviour of actors 48-50.<br />
Four main categories in the conceptual framework<br />
include: 1) actors and their networks, 2) natural<br />
resources, 3) “hard” (technical) components, and<br />
4) “soft” (non-technical) components. They build the<br />
core of an ‘agro-biomass framework for organisation and<br />
action’. The frameworks are grouped according to the<br />
empirical examples of straw use for energy identified in<br />
UA (Section 4-1). These in turn are classified according<br />
to a number of industrial development stages suggested<br />
by Aldrich and Fiol [45] (Table IV).<br />
4 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS<br />
4.1 Agro-biomass frameworks for organisation and<br />
action<br />
Three distinct ABF types (Table III) were found in this<br />
study including:<br />
ABF 1: Small scale local heat production<br />
ABF 2: Small scale local straw production for fuel sale<br />
to municipality<br />
ABF 3: Medium scale conversion and DH<br />
Four principal categories, which were found<br />
important to group the variables describing each ABF<br />
type, include ‘general parameters’, ‘boiler<br />
characteristics’, ‘straw supply chain’ variables, and<br />
‘economy and reasons for transformation’.<br />
Aldrich and Fiol [45] identify four stages in the<br />
industry development (levels of analysis) – organisational,<br />
intraindustrial, interindustrial, and institutional. Ukrainian<br />
ABF types are analysed along these stages (Table IV).<br />
Discussion on comparison of Ukrainian and Western<br />
European realities [11,12] is presented in the Sub-sections<br />
4.2-4.4, 5.2.<br />
In comparison to WE two framework types are absent<br />
in UA namely ‘medium scale local heat provision with<br />
excess for sale’ and ‘large scale power or CHP generation’<br />
[11,12]. Instead an additional ABF type is identified in UA<br />
– ‘small scale local straw production with fuel sale to<br />
municipality’.<br />
Organisations in case studies within this research<br />
include agricultural enterprises, village councils, village<br />
schools, funding bodies, bioenergy and renewable energy<br />
consultancies, local authorities, boiler manufacturers, etc.<br />
4.2 ABF 1: Small scale local straw production for local<br />
use for heat<br />
ABF 1 is represented with a privately owned small<br />
scale straw-fired installation (a water-based boiler or an<br />
air-based heat generator) located on a grain producing<br />
agricultural enterprise that also yields significant amounts<br />
of crop residues and has substantial heating needs.<br />
In all cases [51,52,60,64] the land is rented from<br />
private users (long-term leasing) since in UA land sale is<br />
prohibited by law. Most of the enterprises are not only<br />
involved in agricultural activities on the farm but also deal<br />
with industrial production and trading/service provision.<br />
Table III. Types of empirical agro-biomass frameworks<br />
for organisation and action in Ukraine<br />
Case study Strutynka (Sn),<br />
Lebedyn (L),<br />
Polkovnyche (P),<br />
Dyagova (Dg)<br />
Farm size 800-2000 ha<br />
16 000 ha (L)<br />
ABF 1 ABF 2 ABF 3<br />
I GENERAL PARAMETERS<br />
Olgopil (O),<br />
Stavy (St),<br />
Vyshnyuvate (V)<br />
Zlatoustivka (Z),<br />
Drozdy (D)<br />
6000 ha (O) 10 000 ha (Z)<br />
3250 ha (D)<br />
Energy type Heat Heat Heat<br />
Energy end<br />
use<br />
Heat network<br />
ownership<br />
Enterprise<br />
(premises,<br />
facilities) or farm<br />
(e.g. a grain<br />
dryer) heating<br />
Heating of a<br />
village school/<br />
kindergarten<br />
Heating of<br />
village municipal<br />
buildings on a<br />
DH grid<br />
Private Municipal Municipal
II BOILER CHARACTERISTICS<br />
Capacity, kW 250-600
authorities, village schools and kindergartens, and third<br />
parties (e.g. consultancies). Hence there are more actors<br />
involved in ABF 2 as compared to ABF 1. They are also<br />
more diverse as they include not only buyers and sellers<br />
of straw feedstock but also researchers, consultants and<br />
other motivated enthusiasts.<br />
Currently ABF 2 is represented with up to 10<br />
examples of working UTEM boilers in different regions<br />
of UA [30,26]. The need to expand energy production<br />
from straw to supply village schools and other municipal<br />
buildings with heat is often mentioned by respondents<br />
[55,16,30].<br />
In two cases within ABF 2 the initiative to install a<br />
straw-fired boiler emerged from third parties (consultants<br />
or potential consultants) [55,30]. Neither the owners of<br />
the installations (municipalities) nor the producers of<br />
straw feedstock (local agricultural companies) have<br />
become the prime movers to introduce a straw-fired<br />
system although they had demonstrated an overall<br />
support and engagement in the activities. Only in the case<br />
of Olgopil it was the municipality that catalysed the<br />
transition towards bioenergy. However, Vinnytsya<br />
province, where the boiler is located, is recognised to be<br />
an exampleous one in the sense of straw use for energy in<br />
UA [16,66,55], and has the biggest number of<br />
functioning straw-fired boilers (seven) [58]. Vinnytsya<br />
province also has a working state programme on the<br />
promotion of renewable energy sources, which is being<br />
implemented via straw-fired boiler installations [53].<br />
In all cases straw handling and delivery is managed<br />
and organized either by feedstock growers or a third party<br />
(e.g. consultancy). The intention to put this responsibility<br />
on a school director in the case of Stavy did not bring any<br />
successful results but constrained the project<br />
implementation instead [16], which demonstrated a need<br />
for the correct assignation of responsibilities between the<br />
actors in the system.<br />
The case of Vyshnyuvate, which has not been<br />
implemented yet, faced numerous institutional constraints<br />
primarily caused by the constraining behaviour of market<br />
incumbents represented with the lobby of coal industry<br />
[55]. Also the lack of transparent vertical governmental<br />
influence (from top to bottom) was noted as a barrier for<br />
the project implementation [55].<br />
The reasons for a transition to straw use were of<br />
economic nature and also of a desire to increase the<br />
energy self-sufficiency in remote areas and provide<br />
continuous heat supply to village educational institutions.<br />
Since there are not so many working installations of<br />
ABF 2 in UA, the demonstration character of the projects<br />
has contributed to the justification of the reasons for their<br />
implementation.<br />
This ABF type is identified only for Ukrainian setting<br />
and has not been encountered in WE.<br />
4.4 ABF 3: Medium scale local straw production for heat<br />
sale<br />
ABF 3 cases involve private agricultural enterprises<br />
that produce heat from their own straw resources<br />
combusted in their own boilers, and sell it to a DH network<br />
in the village. Heat is supplied to local municipal buildings<br />
and dwelling houses that are connected to the grid, which<br />
is owned by local municipality [63,61].<br />
Straw supply is completely organised by the boiler<br />
owners, and they burn only straw produced on their farms<br />
[63,61]. Mainly wheat straw is used. Ash from straw<br />
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combustion is then spread on the fields of the farms as a<br />
natural fertiliser.<br />
In Drozdy the boiler was produced by Danish company<br />
Passat Energi A/S and installed with technical and<br />
financial assistance of Danish partners [63] (Fig. 1). The<br />
boiler in Zlatoustivka was manufactured by UTEM and<br />
purchased at the company’s own expense [61].<br />
Figure 1: Straw-fired boiler (980 kW), Drozdy village,<br />
Kyiv province, Ukraine<br />
This ABF type represents intraindustrial level of<br />
analysis with a slightly bigger number and types of actors<br />
involved in the system as compared to ABF 2.<br />
Stakeholders include agricultural enterprises,<br />
municipalities, village councils, local secondary schools,<br />
kindergartens, community centres, hotels, dwelling<br />
houses, consultancies, project partners and executing<br />
bodies, etc.<br />
The system has medium degree of complexity and<br />
formalisation. Written contracts exist between heat<br />
producers (agricultural enterprises) and heat users (local<br />
municipalities).<br />
The installation of a straw-fired boiler for the<br />
provision of DH in villages was done in the substitution<br />
of existing installations fired with natural gas [63] or coal<br />
[61]. An important prerequisite for the success of the<br />
projects was the existence of quite broad heat distribution<br />
networks in place, where no significant technological<br />
changes and investments were required. The best proof of<br />
that a boiler has been a successful enterprise is the<br />
installation of an additional small (150 kW) straw-fired<br />
boiler by the managers of the agricultural company in<br />
Drozdy for their own needs on the farm a few years later<br />
[63].<br />
The owners of both installations are satisfied with<br />
their operation, and the boilers can be considered a<br />
success as they brought a number of economic, social and<br />
environmental co-benefits to the villages. First of all, the<br />
dependence of the village DH system on natural gas or<br />
coal was eliminated due to the fuel substitution with<br />
locally sourced straw. This enhanced local energy<br />
security and also resulted in cost savings from fuel<br />
purchase for the municipality, which buys heat at lower<br />
tariffs from the agricultural enterprises [63,61]. Besides,<br />
the enterprises created an additional source of their<br />
incomes by valorising their agricultural waste and selling<br />
the heat from straw combustion. Second, in social area
some optimisation in local employment was achieved and<br />
a few seasonal work places were created [63,61]. Third,<br />
the installations brought climate co-benefits due to GHG<br />
emission reduction from fuel substitution [34,63].<br />
The reasons for a transition towards straw use for<br />
energy were of economic and environmental origin. Boiler<br />
managers [63,61] were interested to substitute expensive<br />
imported fuel with locally sourced biomass, and also<br />
improve environmental conditions in the village. In the<br />
case of Drozdy the installation of a straw-fired boiler also<br />
had a demonstration purpose as it was the first straw-fired<br />
boiler installed in UA [34].<br />
Comparing ABF 3 to Danish and Swedish<br />
experiences, it should be noted that “medium scale” is<br />
defined differently for Ukrainian and Western European<br />
context. In UA these are small installations up to 1 MW<br />
(Fig. 1) while in WE medium scale implies that the boiler<br />
has a capacity larger than 1 MW [11,12] and thus<br />
represents a more complicated technological system<br />
(Fig. 2) with automatic straw feed in and shredding. It is<br />
rather the nature and shape of organisational factors and<br />
forms that enables comparability and certain degree of<br />
analogy between the systems in UA and WE.<br />
The reasons for transformation in SE and DK were<br />
somewhat different from those in UA, and included<br />
political and legal support in addition to economic gains<br />
achieved with fuel substitution. In UA one of the key<br />
drivers for transformation towards bioenergy on different<br />
scales is the issue of energy security provision.<br />
Figure 2: Straw-fired boiler house (1 MW) and straw<br />
storage, Horreby, Denmark<br />
V DISCUSSION<br />
5.1 Straw-to-energy realities in Ukraine<br />
Examples of Ukrainian initiatives on energy<br />
production from straw clearly demonstrate that straw-toenergy<br />
markets and the whole sector are in their latent<br />
phase of development, and straw is not commercialised<br />
as an energy carrier in the country yet. Working strawfired<br />
installations do not exceed 1 MW. This is to certain<br />
extent linked to the fact that in UA there exist no<br />
technological production lines of straw-fired boilers or<br />
heat-generators larger than 1 MW. UTEM is the<br />
dominating straw-fired boiler manufacturer in the<br />
country.<br />
The majority of straw-fired installations in rural areas<br />
in UA do not supply hot water in addition to heat supply.<br />
This can be most likely explained by the scarcity of<br />
central water distribution networks and sewage systems<br />
in the villages. However, potentially all of the boilers<br />
could supply hot water.<br />
Neither of the functioning boilers in UA have air<br />
emission abatement equipment. According to the law,<br />
flue gas cleaning systems are not required to be installed<br />
in small combustion facilities.<br />
Almost in all cases straw bailers are owned by<br />
agricultural enterprises, who are feedstock growers and<br />
straw suppliers either to their own boilers or to the boilers<br />
owned and operated by local municipality. In two cases<br />
bailers are rented by the farmers from their neighbours,<br />
which demonstrates that there exist a practice of sharing<br />
machinery and equipment between the actors in a strawsupply<br />
chain.<br />
Farmers and agricultural enterprises that have<br />
installed straw-fired boilers in UA are quite well off.<br />
They can both allow to purchase a boiler and to own<br />
necessary machinery and equipment for straw handling.<br />
In the case of private boilers no permits were noted to<br />
be required for the boiler installation and operation. Also<br />
since these installations are privately owned, not much<br />
intrusion from the side of local authorities is observed.<br />
Written contracts are put in place when there are a few<br />
actors involved, and a need for straw-supply agreement<br />
exists.<br />
The role of actors and human factor is noted<br />
important in the transformation towards straw use for<br />
energy in UA. Many farm managers who own straw-fired<br />
installations have higher education and sometimes hold a<br />
PhD degree. Often a determining role for the success of<br />
the project can be attributed to its enthusiastic initiators<br />
and leaders (i.e. businessmen, researchers, consultants,<br />
school teachers, representatives of local municipalities,<br />
etc.).<br />
In most cases it is reported that no additional jobs<br />
directly linked to the boiler operation and maintenance<br />
were created. However, a positive co-benefit observed in<br />
all cases is that money is kept and is circulating within<br />
the local budget. In all cases in UA valorisation of wasted<br />
straw, crop residues and sometimes wood waste was<br />
achieved with the installation of straw-fired systems.<br />
All straw-fired owners and operators report to be<br />
satisfied with the work of installations and quite happy<br />
with their payback periods.<br />
A more smooth and easy transition pathway towards<br />
straw use for energy can be attributed to the existing DH<br />
networks and old tradition of biomass use for energy in<br />
rural areas in UA. On the other hand, the absence of<br />
transparent governmental influence and targeted support<br />
could be attributed to the factors hindering the success of<br />
straw-based energy systems in the country.<br />
5.2 Comparison of straw use for energy in Ukraine and<br />
Western Europe<br />
The analysis yields three different generic<br />
frameworks for organisation and action in UA, two of<br />
which (ABF 1 and ABF 3) have been encountered in<br />
Western European context while one (ABF 2) is rather<br />
specific for Ukrainian conditions. All ABFs share key<br />
components but differ in accordance with the nature of<br />
goals and energy end-use needs, ownership of the<br />
installations, number of actors involved, degrees of<br />
system complexity and formalisation.<br />
For all ABF types in UA sizes of farms are larger on<br />
average than in WE. In UA on small scale the main users<br />
are not only grain-dryers but also enterprises. Besides,<br />
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there are no grain-drying installations that use waterbased<br />
boilers in UA.<br />
Straw bales in the majority of Ukrainian cases have<br />
an average weight of 300 kg (Fig. 3) while in Swedish<br />
and Danish systems these are standardised bales of<br />
500 kg each. However, this is also linked to the boiler<br />
scale in UA, which are smaller than those functioning on<br />
Swedish and Danish farms for all ABF types. Straw<br />
annual requirements are quite the same among countries,<br />
and depend on the boiler capacity. Straw storage is<br />
different for all cases, and there is no specific trend<br />
observed depending on the size or type of the installation.<br />
Both in UA and in WE, ash from straw combustion is<br />
mainly returned to the soil.<br />
In UA unlike WE no cooperative ownership of DH<br />
networks is encountered. For analogous installations in<br />
UA and WE investment costs are lower in UA while the<br />
payback periods are relatively the same (about 2-3 years<br />
for comparable systems below 1 MW).<br />
In UA energy security issue and a desire to achieve<br />
energy self-sufficiency in remote areas were observed to<br />
be some of the key driving forces for the transition<br />
towards straw. With increasing prices for natural gas<br />
imported from Russia [14] the trend towards the<br />
increased development of renewable energy alternatives<br />
is obvious in UA. Energy security can be forecasted to<br />
have a continuous influence and be a facilitating factor<br />
for the development of renewables and bioenergy in<br />
particular. However, it is not likely to bring groundbreaking<br />
changes in the existing energy system until<br />
market distortions in the form of cross-subsidised energy<br />
tariffs are removed in Ukrainian system [14], and when<br />
private users will be paying real price for conventional<br />
energy carriers.<br />
Figure 3: Field straw storage at agricultural enterprise<br />
LLC “DiM”, Drozdy village, Kyiv province, Ukraine<br />
Swedish and Danish examples of straw use for<br />
energy revealed that medium and large scale straw-fired<br />
installations often required political support in addition to<br />
purely economic reasons for transformation with targeted<br />
incentives in place [11,12]. This is the case for the large<br />
scale CHP plants in DK, and may be one of the reasons<br />
why in SE there are still no functioning large scale strawfired<br />
installations. As for the medium scale installations<br />
for neighbour and district heating, if privately owned<br />
(which is quite a spread practice in DK), they require<br />
significant private investments (in the range of EUR 0.5-<br />
2.3 million) both for the boiler installation and the DH<br />
network construction [67-70]. It can be assumed that<br />
these investments would be 2-3 times lower in Ukrainian<br />
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reality, in case there were straw-fired boilers of domestic<br />
manufacture. However, financial constraints can still be<br />
quite significant taking into account the low purchasing<br />
capacity of Ukrainian agricultural producers. In this case<br />
feasible funding schemes will be required for the<br />
expansion of straw use for energy on medium scale.<br />
All straw-fired installations in UA are only<br />
generating heat, which can be explained by their small<br />
capacity. CHP plants on straw do not exist below<br />
10 MW, which can be demonstrated with Danish<br />
experiences [71]. With existing incentives on electricity<br />
generation from renewable sources (“feed in tariff”<br />
mechanism) electricity from straw could potentially<br />
become a pathway for residual straw utilisation in UA.<br />
However, this is not likely to occur until a more targeted<br />
governmental support of the activity is put in place like it<br />
happened in the case of DK [12].<br />
From Ukrainian experiences it can be concluded that<br />
private ownership of a straw-fired installation is one of<br />
the important predetermining factors for the enterprise<br />
success. This is also noted by Ukrainian bioenergy<br />
experts 30. In UA in ABF 1 and 3, where the majority of<br />
successful cases on straw for energy can be found,<br />
private business interests of actors or agricultural<br />
companies played the key role for the transition. In the<br />
initiatives within ABF 2, where a straw-fired boiler is<br />
owned by local municipality, a wide range of problems<br />
were encountered. The problems were mainly linked to<br />
the commitment of actors, their interests and a desire to<br />
participate in a collective action. For example, the main<br />
difference between the project case in Vyshyuvate and<br />
the functioning case in Zlatoustivka was the fact that in<br />
Zlatoustivka a straw-fired boiler was owned by the<br />
agricultural enterprise and the DH provision was ensured<br />
by entrepreneurs among their business activities [61]. In<br />
the case of Vyshnyuvate the boiler was planned to be<br />
financed from the state budget and owned by local<br />
municipality, which did not show any commitment but<br />
rather opposed the idea. The opposition was mainly<br />
linked to the lobby interests of the decision-makers [55],<br />
who were interested to keep the functioning coal supply<br />
system in place.<br />
Described types of problems are likely to be<br />
encountered where local authorities and municipalities<br />
play a key role as decision-makers. However, in case the<br />
energy installations and distribution grids are privatised,<br />
the owners become the definitive stakeholders.<br />
Successful examples from WE [11,12] show that strawto-energy<br />
facilities are very rarely owned by<br />
municipalities. Hence the privatisation can become one<br />
of the pathways for a more smooth transition towards<br />
increased straw use for energy in UA.<br />
In Ukrainian conditions similar to Western European<br />
context all successful examples of transformation<br />
towards straw/bioenergy include a number of economic,<br />
environmental and social co-benefits leveraged between<br />
the actors in one way or another.<br />
5 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH<br />
5.1 Conclusions<br />
Three types of ABFs are identified in Ukrainian<br />
context:<br />
• On organisational level – ABF 1: Small scale<br />
local straw production for local use for heat;<br />
• On intraindustrial level – ABF 2: Small scale
local straw production for fuel sale to<br />
municipality and ABF 3: Medium scale local<br />
straw production for heat sale.<br />
While ABF 1 and 3 were encountered in WE, ABF 2<br />
is specific for UA.<br />
Straw-to-energy is in the latent phase of system<br />
development in UA. All existing installations are below<br />
1 MW and there are no technology production lines for<br />
larger straw-fired boiler capacities.<br />
There is no significant political support of straw-toenergy<br />
activities in UA, which is a key prerequisite for<br />
large-scale straw use and is important on medium scale.<br />
Feasible funding schemes are desired to expand the<br />
scales of straw use for energy in the country.<br />
In UA currently only heat is produced from straw.<br />
Electricity generation could become one pathway since<br />
“feed-in tariff” is already in place. However, since<br />
electricity is only produced on large scale a targeted<br />
governmental support will be needed.<br />
Energy security is a driving force that is promising to<br />
have further influence on straw sector development in<br />
UA. However, cross-subsidised tariffs for energy need to<br />
be removed.<br />
Privatisation can be one of the pathways for a more<br />
smooth transition towards straw-to-energy in UA.<br />
5.2 Future research and implications<br />
Future research needs to be carried out to deliver a<br />
more detailed analysis on the constraints to bioenergy<br />
development in UA (i.e. technological and “know how”,<br />
financial, political barriers, etc.) with a consequent<br />
construction of recommended pathways for the sector<br />
development in the country.<br />
This work is a part of a full-time PhD research<br />
funded by Central European University, Budapest,<br />
Hungary, and conducted by the leading author under the<br />
supervision of the second author.<br />
The results of this paper are expected to be of direct<br />
use for policy makers, municipal leaders, business<br />
managers, researchers and other actors seeking for the<br />
transformation of local energy systems towards<br />
bioenergy. The outcomes of the paper are transferable to<br />
various contexts on the condition that local specificities<br />
are taken into account.<br />
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ORaL CONfERENCE pROGRaMME 25-27 MaY<br />
Presentations from the oral sessions can be downloaded at www.worldbioenergy.com.<br />
(Only open for conference delegates.)
CONfERENCE TuEsDaY 25 MaY<br />
09.00 OpENING pLENaRY sEssION<br />
Conference chairperson: Tomas Kåberger, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency<br />
Opening speech, Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish minister of Agriculture and Forestry<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> opportunities in developing countries, Miguel Trossero, FAO, Argentina<br />
price ceremony and presentation of the winner of <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> award, Kent Nyström, <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
speech by the winner of <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> award<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> for the world - Global Energy assessment, Thomas B Johansson, University of Lund, Sweden<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> outcompetes oil in sweden, showing that growth in a green economy is possible, Gustav Melin, Svebio, Sweden<br />
Tomas Kåberger Eskil Erlandsson Miguel Trossero Kent Nyström Thomas B Johansson<br />
Gustav Melin<br />
10.45 Coffee<br />
11.15 - 13.00 paRaLLEL CONfERENCEs<br />
Rawmaterial availability and<br />
forest residues – slash,<br />
policy – how to make it all<br />
a1 B1 C1<br />
D1<br />
market development<br />
stumps, small tree harvest<br />
happen<br />
Chair. lena Söderberg, Svebio Chair. rolf björheden, Forest research institute of Sweden Chair. Kjell Andersson, Svebio Chair. david Frykerås, Ageratec<br />
Current status and challenges<br />
in the global availiability of<br />
biomass<br />
Hubert Röder, Pöyry Management<br />
Consulting<br />
Forest biomass availability<br />
in EU<br />
Robert Prinz, Finish forest<br />
research institute<br />
Clean power from discarded<br />
rubber trees – Benefits for<br />
Europe and Africa<br />
Annika Billstein Andersson, Vattenfall<br />
Competition between power<br />
stations for biomass in<br />
Poland<br />
Magdalena Walker,<br />
National Research Institute<br />
From shrinking to expanding<br />
biomass in forests of the<br />
world<br />
Pekka Kauppi, University of Helsinki<br />
Introduction – What is the<br />
overall potential, and what<br />
technologies can we use?<br />
Rolf Björheden, The Forest Research<br />
Institute of Sweden<br />
Can slash and stumps be<br />
harvested without negative<br />
effects on the environment?<br />
Hillevi Eriksson,<br />
Swedish Forest Agency<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> from mountain<br />
forests: Analysis of the<br />
woody biomass supply chain<br />
Clara Valente,<br />
Hedmark University College<br />
Cost-efficient small-sized<br />
energy wood harvesting<br />
method for young stands<br />
Kalle Kärhä, Metsäteho<br />
Harvest for energy or<br />
pulpwood in early thinnings<br />
Dan Bergström, Swedish<br />
University of Agricultural Sciences<br />
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch in Black & White restaurant in Lobby south and Exhibition<br />
15.00 - 18.00 sTuDY VIsITs aND sIDE EVENTs<br />
EU climate and renewable<br />
energy policy opens up new<br />
markets across Europe<br />
Jean-Marc Jossart, Aebiom<br />
The Renewable Energy<br />
Directive: A first step towards a<br />
sustainable bioenergy policy, or<br />
rather, another piece of red tape?<br />
Stefan Busse,<br />
University of Goettingen<br />
Biomass sustainability criteria:<br />
Case study in sustainability<br />
auditing for power generation<br />
Adrian Mason, Inspectorate<br />
International<br />
Barriers of implementing<br />
renewable energy and energy<br />
efficiency in northern periphery<br />
Jarmo Renvall, North Karelia<br />
University of Applied Sciences<br />
The Global <strong>Bioenergy</strong><br />
Development Fund – A path<br />
forward for social justice in the<br />
mitigation of anthropogenic<br />
emission of greenhouse gases<br />
Alfred Wong, Arbokem Inc.<br />
Biofuels are evolving –<br />
new innovations<br />
Green-LPG an ideal 2nd<br />
generation vehicle fuel<br />
Christian Hulteberg,<br />
Biofuel-Solution<br />
Ammonia treatment of cellulose<br />
is a key technology on dramatic<br />
improvement of cellulase activity<br />
Masahiro Samejima,<br />
The University of Tokyo<br />
Biogas upgrading by<br />
temperature swing adsorption<br />
Tamara Mayer, Vienna University<br />
of Technology<br />
Infrastructure system of<br />
textile waste recycling in<br />
Japan<br />
Chie Yoshimura, JEPLAN.Co.<br />
Why heterogeneous catalysis<br />
will be central to renewable<br />
fuels<br />
Curtis Conner, Chalmers Technical<br />
University<br />
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CONfERENCE WEDNEsDaY 26 MaY<br />
09.00 - 10.45 paRaLLEL CONfERENCEs<br />
a2<br />
Chair. Andrew lang, SMArTimbers Chair. Christian rakos, proPellets Chair. Peter rechberger, Aebiom Chair. Tomas Kåberger, Swedish energy Agency<br />
The cost and management<br />
of moisture in the biomass<br />
to energy supply chain<br />
Ross Harding, Energy Launch<br />
Partners, USA<br />
Innovative technologies for<br />
long-distance biomass<br />
transports by rail<br />
Gerald Petschner, Innofreight<br />
Biomass pre-treatment by<br />
torrefaction – How to scale<br />
up the process<br />
Jaap Kiel, Energy Research Centre<br />
of the Netherlands<br />
Application development of<br />
bio-coke technology for<br />
Coppoloa furnace<br />
Tamio Ida, Kinki University<br />
The development of<br />
pyrolysis oil applications<br />
Dagmar Zwebe, BTG Bioliquids<br />
10.45 Coffee<br />
11.15 - 13.00 paRaLLEL CONfERENCEs<br />
a3<br />
fuel preparation, production<br />
and logistics<br />
Large scale combustion and<br />
cofiring<br />
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U.S. wood pellet production<br />
and global market outlook<br />
Thomas Meth, Intrinergy Inc.<br />
Temperature controlled<br />
pelletizing – A new dimension<br />
of process control<br />
Sylvia Larsson, Swedish University<br />
of Agricultural Sciences<br />
Emerging pellets markets –<br />
Country profiles from<br />
around the globe<br />
Jan Wintzell, Pöyry Management<br />
Consulting<br />
Development of pellet<br />
production in Russia<br />
Olga Rakitova, The National<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> Union<br />
Best engineering, operating<br />
and maintenance practices for<br />
safety and health in the pellet industry<br />
Staffan Melin, Wood Pellet<br />
Association of Canada<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> – an opportunity<br />
for farmers?<br />
Christina Huhtasaari, Swedish Board<br />
of Agriculture<br />
Frameworks for organisation<br />
of straw-based energy<br />
systems in Ukraine<br />
Yuliya Voytenko, Central<br />
European University<br />
Modelling impact of climate<br />
change on willow potential<br />
productivity in Poland<br />
Jerzy Korzyra, Institute of Soil<br />
Sciences and Plant Cultivation<br />
Round bale harvest of willow<br />
plantations in Quebec<br />
Frédèric Lavoie,<br />
Agriculture and Agri-Food<br />
Intercropping of reed canary<br />
grass, with legumes can cut<br />
costs for N-fertilization<br />
Cecilia Palmborg, Swedish University of<br />
Agricultural Sciences<br />
Ethanol from wheat straw –<br />
A reality in Denmark from<br />
November 2009<br />
Rene Juul Strandgaard, Inbicon<br />
Commercial scale BTL<br />
production on the verge of<br />
becoming reality – The CHOREN<br />
Beta-Plant and future developments<br />
Jochen Vogels, Choren<br />
Small to medium scale<br />
biodiesel production<br />
Ulf Johansson, Ageratec<br />
GoBiGas – Efficient transfer<br />
of biomass to biofuels<br />
Åsa Burman, Göteborg Energi<br />
Wood-biorefineries in<br />
Northern Sweden, the<br />
Domsjö example<br />
Clas Engström,<br />
Processum Biorefinery Initiative<br />
Chair. Kent nyström, wbA Chair. Pekka Kauppi, University of Helsinki Chair. Jean-Marc Jossart, Aebiom Chair. gustav Melin, Svebio<br />
Large percentage cofiring of<br />
coal with biomass and 100 %<br />
fuel switch from coal to biomass<br />
Wlodzimierz Blasiak, Nalco Mobotec and<br />
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden<br />
Large scale cofiring by GDF-<br />
Suez in Belgium, Poland and<br />
the Netherlands<br />
Yves Ryckmans, Laborelec<br />
Results from a 120 MW unit<br />
in northern Sweden for high<br />
steam technology<br />
Marcus Bolhar-Nordenkampf,<br />
AE&E Group<br />
District heating in the US –<br />
It can be done!<br />
Michael Burns, Ever-Green Energy<br />
Ontario’s huge biomass<br />
resource – Our steps forward<br />
to large-scale bioenergy<br />
Stephen Roberts, Ontario Ministry of<br />
Northern Development Mines and Forests<br />
pellets – the new large energy Energy crops, agricultural resi-<br />
E1 f1<br />
commodity<br />
dues and by-products<br />
D2<br />
B2<br />
forest residues – slash, stumps,<br />
small tree harvest<br />
Procurement costs of slash<br />
and stumps in Sweden<br />
Dimitris Athanassiadis, Swedish<br />
University of Agricultural Sciences<br />
10 years with slash bundles<br />
– More efficiency and flexibility<br />
to forest energy logistics<br />
Marica Kilponen, John Deere Forestry<br />
Mediterranean slash;<br />
olive oil tree, the green oil<br />
Marcos Martin, Spanish Biomass<br />
Association, AVEBIOM<br />
Effects of harvesting<br />
techniques and storage<br />
methods on fuel quality of stumps<br />
Erik Anerud, Swedish University of<br />
Agricultural Sciences<br />
The future of the<br />
Chilean native forest<br />
Hans Grosse, Chilean Forest Institute<br />
(INFOR)<br />
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch in Black & White restaurant in Lobby south and Exhibition<br />
15.00 - 18.00 sTuDY VIsITs aND sIDE EVENTs<br />
C2<br />
policy – how to make it all<br />
happen<br />
Global standards on<br />
solid biofuels<br />
Lars Sjöberg,<br />
Swedish Standards Institute<br />
Biomass Florida - Why and<br />
how Florida makes<br />
biomass work<br />
Mary Ellen Hogan, Bryant Miller Olive<br />
Mind efficiency in<br />
policy making<br />
Tomas Kåberger,<br />
Swedish Energy Agency<br />
Policy innovation system for<br />
clean energy security<br />
Benard Mouk, African Center for<br />
Technology Studies<br />
Expect more from France –<br />
Current and future bioenergy<br />
development<br />
Jean-Hugues Pierson,<br />
Invest in France Agency<br />
D3<br />
Leading global examples of<br />
biofuels<br />
how to build a market for<br />
biofuels<br />
Darkness at noon? Scenarios<br />
for bioenergy success<br />
Petri Vasara, Pöyry Management<br />
Consulting<br />
Bioethanol for sustainable<br />
transport, the BEST method<br />
for market development<br />
Jonas Ericsson, City of Stockholm<br />
How to build a biofuel<br />
market in China<br />
Zhang Nan, SF-Bio-Industrial Bio-tech<br />
Co. Ltd. & Yang Liu, Commercial Bureau<br />
of Administrative Committee<br />
Southeast Asia –<br />
The Saudi Arabia of biofuels?<br />
Per Dahlen, Portelet Asia Pte.,<br />
Singapore<br />
Brazilian sugarcane ethanol’s<br />
contribution to a more<br />
sustainable European<br />
transport mix<br />
Emmanuel Desplechin, UNICA
CONfERENCE ThuRsDaY 27 MaY<br />
09.00 paRaLLEL CONfERENCEs<br />
Improved energy efficiency, electri- pellets – the new large energy Energy crops, agricultural<br />
a4 E2<br />
f2<br />
city production and district heating<br />
commodity<br />
residues and by-products D4<br />
Chair. ross Harding, energy launch Partners Chair. niklas engström, neova Ab Chair. lennart ljungblom, bioenergy international Chair. Harry Stokes, gaia Association<br />
GHG-emissions and cost<br />
savings with district<br />
heating in Europe<br />
Peter Rechberger, Aebiom<br />
Business model ontology<br />
for heat entrepreneurship<br />
Helena Puhakka-Tarvainen, North<br />
Karelia University of Applied Science<br />
TopCycle – 55% electric<br />
efficiency from biofuel<br />
Leif R K Nilsson, Euroturbine<br />
The future of biomass - drying<br />
from classical drying to<br />
torrefaction<br />
Ulf Bojner, AB Torkapparater<br />
Advanced Bio CFB<br />
technology for large-scale<br />
power generation of biomass<br />
Timo Jäntti, Foster Wheeler Global<br />
Power<br />
Profitable small scale power<br />
generation from waste heat<br />
and steam<br />
Ingemar Olson, Opcon Energy<br />
Systems<br />
11.00 Coffee<br />
Australian plantation<br />
forestry and wood-biofuel<br />
pellets: Examining the role of<br />
management investment schemes<br />
Philip Peck, Lund University, Sweden<br />
The EN plus certificate –<br />
Striving for uniform pellet<br />
qualities in Europe<br />
Christian Rakos, ProPellets<br />
The residential market<br />
versus the export of industrial<br />
wood pellets in the mid and<br />
long term<br />
Leroy Reitsma, Pinnacle Pellets Inc.<br />
Influencing factors on<br />
the wood pellet price<br />
development on selective<br />
European markets<br />
Christiane Hennig, German<br />
Biomass Research Centre<br />
New insights in ash<br />
melting properties<br />
Jeroen van Soest, Meneba<br />
Torrefaction for biomass<br />
refinement<br />
Anders Nordin, Umeå University<br />
Showing how to create<br />
wealth from Jatropha<br />
Curcas<br />
Ohene Kwadwo Akoto,<br />
Jatropha Africa<br />
Effects of spacing in the<br />
proprieties of the wood<br />
and charcoal of eucalyptus<br />
clones from energetic forests<br />
Laércio Couto, Federal<br />
University of Viçosa (UFV)<br />
Ethanol from tropical<br />
sugar beet; an exciting<br />
new feedstock for Latin America,<br />
Asia and Africa<br />
Jan Örhvall, ANDITEC LTDA and<br />
Chematur Engineering<br />
Future vehicle fuel supply<br />
for agriculture –<br />
case study Sweden<br />
Andras Baky, JTI<br />
Biomethanation of solid<br />
biomass from agro-industries<br />
in India<br />
Dilip Ranade, Agharkar Research<br />
Institute, India<br />
Improve the productivity of<br />
agriculture and the<br />
sustainable development<br />
in Sub Saharan Africa<br />
Ralph Hanmbock Songo, ANCC<br />
Why biomass –<br />
and for what?<br />
Tone Knudsen, Bellona Europa<br />
<strong>Bioenergy</strong> and land use<br />
change – Impacts and<br />
mitigation options<br />
Andrea Egeskog,<br />
Chalmers Technical University<br />
How to verify the<br />
sustainability of biofuels?<br />
Sébastien Haye, Roundtable on<br />
Sustainable Biofuels<br />
Verified sustainable ethanol<br />
Emmi Jozsa, SEKAB<br />
Closing debate on the<br />
sustainability of biofuels.<br />
11.30 - 13.00 fINaL pLENaRY sEssION: sYMphONY Of ThE RENEWaBLEs – a REVOLuTION<br />
Chairperson: Tomas Kåberger, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency<br />
<strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> <strong>2010</strong> will close with a panel of representatives from The International Renewable Energy<br />
Alliance (REN Alliance) discussing the future of renewable energy in a global perspective.<br />
The panel will summarise key aspects of the renewable revolution relevant to the technologies they represent and discuss<br />
collectively how the various technologies are working together and can increase collaboration to provide safe, reliable, secure<br />
and clean energy services throughout the world, highlighting examples and case studies.<br />
Panel:<br />
Jan-Olov Dahlenbäck, International Solar Energy Society<br />
Gregory Tracz, International Hydropower Association<br />
Horst Rüter, International Geothermal Association<br />
Kent Nyström, <strong>World</strong> <strong>Bioenergy</strong> Association<br />
Stefan Gsänger, <strong>World</strong> Wind Energy Association<br />
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch in Black & White restaurant in Lobby south and Exhibition<br />
15.00 - 18.00 sTuDY VIsITs aND sIDE EVENTs<br />
sustainability of biofuels<br />
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