Title:
Forest Fuel Availability, Harvesting Costs and Economy of Wood Fired CHP in Europe in the Light of Case Studies in Poland, Czech Republic, France and Western Russia (2005-2009)
Author(s):
Virkkunen, M., Leinonen, A., Raitila, J., Flyktman, M., Heiskanen, V.-P.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
The aim of the case studies was to evaluate the wood biomass availability for fuel to find cost-effective wood fuel production technology and to calculate the wood fuel supply costs in each study location. Also the most suitable combustion technology was evaluated and heat and power production costs and the associate emissions of heat and power production in CHP power plant were estimated. Four case studies were implemented between 2005 and 2009. These studies aimed to enhance the business possibilities of mitigating the climate change. The solution for this was to enhance renewable energy production by introducing best available technologies and promoting the Finnish bioenergy know-how in growing global markets and studying the availability, technology and economy in different European locations. On some cases no confirmed information on future fuel availability and its price, or on some other associated parameters, assumptions had to be made, including labour costs, fuel costs, annual work time, operational life, fuel characteristics and the investment costs. Where possible, sensitivity analysis was employed to study the effect of these parameters. Following conclusions were made in the course of the studies: • Availability of wood fuel was sufficient for profitable plant operation at all locations (branches and tops from final fellings, small wood from thinnings and forest tending type cuttings, additional fuel from root wood. Availability of forest industry side products is generally rather poor) • Costs of wood fuel at plant were reasonable (slightly lower costs in the Eastern Europe) • Chipping at roadside -method is the general supply chain solution for forest fuel procurement at all locations • The economy of heat and power production with forest fuels is a challenging issue at all locations (Subsidy schemes for renewable forest fuels available in all studied locations) Each case study description below consists two parts, first of them presenting the results of fuel procurement cost analysis and other presenting the plant feasibility study results.
Keywords:
combined heat and power generation (CHP), energy, technology, wood chips, economy
Topic:
Fuels from biomass
Subtopic:
Economics/environmental effects for solid biofuels production
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
OC2.1
Pages:
1564 - 1569
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OC2.1
Price:
FREE
