Biomass Heating

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• Biomass Heating
• Renewable Energy in Action
• Cardinal Newman House, Exeter
• Tuesday 15th September 2009
• Dick Bradford C.Eng., FCIBSE., LCC.
• Principal Designer (Building Services) and Energy
  Engineer
• Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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• Global Warming is a Reality!
• But thats not the only problem!
• Britain became a net importer of gas during the
  winter of 2004
• By 2010 the North Sea Oil fields will be
  exhausted
• Coal Mines closed
• Britain now dependant on foreign countries for
  its energy
• supplies. This leads increasingly to -
• price instability
• political uncertainty

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Barnsley MBCs track record in conservation

• Back in 1986 the Council adopted an Energy
  Efficiency and Conservation Policy with a target
  of reducing consumption by 15 in five years.
• Achieved 20 in four years.
• So by 1990 (base year for future Government
  savings targets) BMBC had already made
  significant headway.
• Would the task to make further significant
  savings now be harder?

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Barnsley MBCs track record in conservation

• No! because of using a structured approach.
• By adopting emerging technologies as they were
  seen to be advantageous e.g. BMES Controls,
  radiant heating solutions instead of convective,
  heat exchangers in ventilation systems etc.
• As a consequence the 20 target for 2010 was
  reached during 2001.
• Through rational asset management the 40 target
  for 2020 was achieved during 2005.
• Now only the 80 target for 2050 remains.
• .and that is obtainable by 2015 (35 years ahead
  of target)!

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• How?

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• By Adopting Biomass Technology !

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Fossil Fuels Comparison
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Looking Outward Location of Woodlands
Map showing South Yorkshire woodlands within 15
mile radius of the county centre Over 12,000 ha
of woodland plus Notts. Derbyshire
woods Yielding around 45,000 tonnes/year of
harvestable material
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What did Barnsley MBC do?

• Started to see Biomass as a seriously feasible
  energy source
• Ensured all relevant stakeholders were on board
  and actually speaking to each other, e.g.
  officers, decision makers, tenants.
• Identified potential sites for development both
  new build and refurbishment.
• Developed projects for feasibility studies and
  funding bids.

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Barnsleys Approach to the New TechnologyTwo
pronged attack

• New-build Installations and major refurbishments
  Wood-chip using boilers designed to burn it.
• Also targeted existing solid fuel plant trial
  conversion to wood pellet.
• BMBC became the first local (and so far the only)
  authority in the country to adopt a biomass fuel
  heating policy.

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First wood-chip firing installationSheffield
Road Flats
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Britannia House before
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Britannia House after
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Britannia House 320 kW boiler
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Britannia House 150 kW boiler
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Britannia House new wood store
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Britannia House Fuel Delivery
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Tenant Controls Heat Meter
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Advantages of Wood Fuelover Coal

• No material (clinkers, coke or ash) to landfill
• Less attendance by staff
• Improved Health and Safety of staff
• No smoke emissions
• Products of combustion are CO2 neutral
• No sulphur emissions
• Less ware tare on fuel handling equipment

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• Other Installations

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Westgate Plaza 1- New HQ Building
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Financial Case Westgate Plaza One
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Smithies Lane Depot
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Smithies Lane Depot

• 500 kW wood chip boiler
• now being installed with
• oil fired back-up.

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Looking inward Fuel Supply Issues

• Smithies Lane Depot is also the receiving station
  for arboreal material gathered from around the
  Borough which previously had little or no
  material worth.
• Now it will be processed into wood-chip fuel to
  burn on various installations current and
  planned.

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Wood Pile Awaiting Chipping
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Looking inward fuel supply issues

Store operational and holding approx. 200 tonnes
of chipped material
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• Pellet Pilot Trial
• in Schools (2005)

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First wood pellet firing on coal boilersKirk
Balk Secondary School
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Kirk Balk Secondary School
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• The Future

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• These were only the start there are many other
  sites installed with others still being
  identified!

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(for 2010)
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• And why not wood is cheaper than all other
  fuels.
• And theres no Climate Change Levy
• And theres little ash residue
• And the ash is phosphate which can be put on the
  garden
• But none of those is the biggest incentive which
  is

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Carbon savings potential

• The Government has set Local Authorities
  various CO2 target savings from 1990 levels by
  the following target dates -
• 20 by 2010 (BMBC achieved this in 2001)
• 40 by 2020 (BMBC achieved this in 2005)
• 80 by 2050
• Additional CO2 savings needed in order to
  reach 2050 target 14,000 Tonnes

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Carbon Savings Potential

• The Council still consumes in excess of 6,500
  tonnes of solid fuel in a year.
• If all that coal was converted to carbon
  neutral wood fuel the Council would reduce its
  emissions by a further 15,500 tonnes by that
  single measure alone thus exceeding the 2050
  target by a further 10.
• This means BMBC will have reduced its CO2
  emissions by 66 from 1990 levels or 76 from the
  1986 levels.

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33,948
2008/9
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20 22 Kirkstall Road

• Air Source Heat Pump serving Under-floor Heating
  with Conductive Screed (on two floors) powered by
  Solar PV array.
• A Carbon Neutral, Cost Neutral Solution!

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• Any Questions?
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