REPUBLIC OF TURKEY General Directorate of Forestry www.ogm.gov.tr

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REPUBLIC OF TURKEY General Directorate of
Forestrywww.ogm.gov.tr
From Wood to Energy (Biomass Energy)

Sami BAYCELEBI
Forest Industry Engineer samibaycelebi_at_ogm.gov.tr
UNFCCC COP 14 Poznan, 6 December 2008
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Energy in Turkey

• Today in the world the most important energy
  resources are fossil originated resources such as
  petroleum, natural gas and coal.
• Turkey is poor in terms of those resources and
  depends on abroad.
• 78 of the energy is met by the imports. For
  this, annualy an average of 50 billion is spent.

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Why Renewable Energy ?

• The prices of petroleum and natural gas are
  getting higher and
  the drops are occasionally.
• On the other hand
• Fossil energy sources are about to run out.
• The main reason of global warming and climate
  change is fossil fuels.
• The world is looking for alternative renewable
  local energy resources that pollute the
  environment less.

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Biomass Reserve in Turkey

• The available biomass amount in Turkey is around
  117 million tons. In case of its assesment it
  will be met approximately annual 32 Mtoep.
• It is estimated that total available bioenergy
  potential is about 17.2 million ton-equal
  petroleum.

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Biomass Reserve in Turkey

• In our forests, 13 million m3 wood is produced
  annually. In this calculation only the trunks of
  the trees are taken into account.
• Branches,crown covers, and roots are excluded.
• According to FAO, the amount of the remnant is
  about 10,5 million m3.

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• Biomass Reserve in Turkey
• Some of the biomass which remains in forests is
  used by forest villagers for heating and for
  similiar uses.
• Consequently it is considered that annual
• 7 million m3 biomass can be used for production
  of biomass energy.

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Biomass Applications in Turkey

• Çaycuma Paper Mill generates its daily 10 MW
  energy need from the wood barks which are the
  waste of the materials used in paper production.

Biomass used facility and biomass samples in
Çaycuma Paper Mill
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Biomass application in Gelibolu Forest
Sub-District

• Wood residues, tree roots and another materials
  derived from burned areas are used for producing
  heating energy in Gelibolu Forest Sub-District
  Administration building and public housing.

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Biomass Applications

• Biomass derived from tree roots and tree
  branches and
• its granulated state

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Biomass Applications

• Heating boiler that used for producing
• heating energy by burning biomass

Picture from heated areas
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Biomass application in Kozak
Forest Sub-District
Stone Pinea covers the most part of the area in
Kozak Forest Sub-District.The most important
source of income for the villagers is obtained
from Stone Pinea cones production. The
sub-district building is heated with the
materials which are the waste of the cones
remains after production.

Production biomass
from Stone Pinea Cones
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Biomass Applications
Usage and storage of produced biomass
combustion of produced biomass and a scenery from
heated areas
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Biomass applications in Forest Regional
Directorate of Bolu
Heating energy need of Aydinpinar Forest
Sub-district administration building and 4 public
housing will be provided with unused residues
emerged after harvesting. It is estimated that
usage of 250 kg biomass per day will be enough to
heat both the administration building and the
public housings.
Biomass Activities in Forest Regional
Directorate of Bolu
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General Directorate of Forestry 2009 Targets
About Biomass-I

• These activities started in 2008 and this process
  will continue wherever possible and lucrative.The
  system using harvesting residues, stone cones,
  tree roots and the other suitable materials for
  energy production will be generalized
  immediately.

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GDF 2009 Targets About Biomass - II

• Identifying unusual harvesting residues in the
  areas with high rawmaterial potential and with
  intensive forestry activities and facilitating
  their use in biomass production.
• The use of brush like vegetation which blocks the
  reneregation activities, in a way that will not
  harm the naturel balance.

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GDF 2009 Targets About Biomass - II

• Identification of nonproductive agricultural
  areas to be used for agroforestry and making
  legal arrangements to encourage enterpreneurs.
• Tax exemption and incentive facilites will be
  provided in the establishment of biomass power
  plant which will produce electric and heat energy
  from biomass and in the sales of produced
  electric and heat energy.

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GDF 2009 Targets About Biomass - III

• Private sector will be encouraged on biomass
  production.
• Usage of gas stoves will be generalized given by
  the governmental organization to forest
  villagers.
• Adaptation of the current legal arrangements on
  biomass will be provided according to EU norms.

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GDF 2009 Targets About Biomass - IV

• Credit will be given to citizens in order to
  carry on energy forestry and agricultural
  activities on own lands.
• Joint projects will be carried out with
  universities in collaboration.

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Lets cooperate to produce biomass

• THANK YOU!
• Sami Bayçelebi
• Forest Industry Engineer
• samibaycelebi_at_ogm.gov.tr
• General Directorate of Forestry
• www.ogm.gov.tr