Title:
Operating Environment for Small-Scale Biomass-Based CHP Production in Finland
Author(s):
Karhunen, A., Laihanen, M., Ranta, T.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the operation environment for small-scale biomass-based combined heat and power (CHP) production in Finland. Biomass-based CHP has not become very common in Finland despite other type of wide utilisation of wood biomass. Traditionally in small-scale, wood biomass has been utilised in heat production. The paper evaluates the operation environment in different European countries and presents a comparison to Finland. Reference countries selected to study were Germany, Austria and Sweden. It seems that small-scale biomass based CHP has become more common in Germany and Austria because of feed-in tariff systems and higher price of electricity for customers. In Sweden, green certificates are used to promote renewable energy and Finland utilises non-repayable investment grants for farm-scale investment in rural areas. However, the latter have not widely promote the small-scale biomass CHP together with rather low price of electricity. In the future if the operation environment improves in Finland biomass-based micro-CHP offers a possibility to produce own renewable heat and power, especially in rural environments. There is also increased willingness in rural areas to produce own electricity.
Keywords:
bioenergy, biomass, combined heat and power generation (CHP)
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Biomass strategies and policies
Event:
26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4AV.1.4
Pages:
1344 - 1346
ISBN:
978-88-89407-18-9
Paper DOI:
10.5071/26thEUBCE2018-4AV.1.4
Price:
FREE
