Instructions and timetable for the feasibility study in WP3 WP3 Right Technical solutions

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Instructions and timetable for the feasibility
study in WP3 WP3 - Right Technical solutions

• Arvo Leinonen, Kari Hillebrand, Markku Kallio,
  Samuli Rinne / VTT Processes
• Antti Ala-Fossi, Antti Asikainen, Johanna Pulli /
  Metla
• 26.5.2005

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WP3 Target

• Target of the project
• To create regional pilots
• -- To demonstrate bioenergy harvesting and use
  to produce heat or
• heat and power
• Biofuels in the project
• -- Forest chips - residues from final fellings
  and thinnings
• -- Forest residues from forest industry bark,
  sawdust etc.
• -- Agriobiomasses, for example reed canary
  grass and straw
• Regions in the project
• North Karelia in Finland
• Eberswalde in Brandenburg in Germany
• La Gerdnya in Catalonia in Spain
• Svencionys in Lithuania
• Castelo de Vide in Portugal

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WP3 Tasks and timetable

• 1. Regional feasibility studies 01.01.2005
  30.09.2005
• 2. Regional case studies 16.08.2005
  15.01.2006
• 3. Regional demonstrations 16.01.2006
  31.05.2007
• 3.1 Demonstration planning
• 3.2 Implementation of demonstrations
• 3.3 Monitoring of demonstrations
• 3.4 Adapted studies
• 3.5 Investment preparation
• 3.6 Joint studies
• 4. Report 30.9.2005, 15.01.2005 and 31.5.2007

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1. Regional feasibility study - contents

• 1. General overview of the region 2 - 3 pages
• 1.1 Location, infrastructure, climate
  conditions
• 1.2 Present energy market - industry,
  household, municipal, service sector
• 1.3 Future trends of energy market
• 2. Identification of key players and other basic
  facts 4 - 6 pages
• 2.1 Authorities Environmental, agriculture,
  forest, industry, RD, finance
• 2.2 Industry - forest, energy, agriculture,
  transportation,
• 2.2 Associations
• 2.3 Legislation, taxes, education level in
  the area and in the country etc.
• Instruction for the work Name and contact
  address of the companies and authorities is
  presented
• 3. Assessment of biofuel harvesting potential in
  the region 5 10 pages
• 3.1 Forest resources Forest area and timber
  production volume
• 3.2 Forest industry Companies and their
  products
• 3.3 Potential of forest industry residues -
  Bark, sawdust and shavings etc.
• 3.4 Potential of logging residues from final
  fellings (tops, branches etc)

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An example of wood fuel potential table

• Annual roundwood surplus
• gross annual increment (natural losses
  fellings).
• The unit is solid m3 stem wood with bark.
• Stump and logging residue yields can be estimated
  from roundwood felling volumes with given
  percentages (see table below)
• Technical potential yield of surplus means that
  share of surplus which could be harvested for
  energy purposes after for example ecological or
  techno-economical limitations

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Biological potential gt Technical potentialSome
issues which limit the potential

• Bonity class of the soil, residues must not be
  removed from poor soils
• Tree species, logging residues are collected
  mainly from the spruce stands
• Yield, 65 is harvested
• Terrain classes, not from wet, steep etc.
  difficuls sites
• Roadside storage loss, 4
• Willingness of land owner to give away the
  residues

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An example of biofuel production table for
sawmills etc.

• If there isnt more exact information, the
  following conversion factors can be used
• 1 loose cubic meter bark or sawdust 0,6 MWh
• 1 wet ton (MC 50) other wood 2,5 MWh

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1. Regional feasibility study contents (to be
continued)

• 4. Problems 1 page
• 4.1. The problems which limit the usage of
  biofuels
• 5. Assessment of the biofuel market potential in
  the region 6 pages
• 5.1 Assessment of biofuel consumption at the
  moment - Amount and plants
• 5.2 Biofuel consumption potential - heating
  plants, CHP plants and industry
• 5.3 Evaluation of biofuel price Forest
  industry residues and logging residue chips,
  agrobiomasses
• 5.4 Promising biofuel consumption sites
  Names and locations
• Instruction for the work - see the example in the
  next page
• 6. Description of biofuel harvesting technology
  at the moment 4-5 pages
• 6.1 Harvesting technology for timber Cutting
  and delimbing, terrain haulage and road transport
  
• 6.2 Harvesting technology of wood fuel
  Forest industry residues and logging residue
  chips
• 6.3 Harvesting technology of agrobiomasses -
  Straw and reed canary grass
• 7. Recommendation for the regional biofuel
  strategy 2 pages
• 7.1 Target for 2010 and 2015 for wood fuel
  use Forest industry residues and logging
  residue chips

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An example of biofuel usage potential table
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Regional feasibility study - Implementation

• Pilot project leaders are responsible for the
  regional pilot projects
• The role of VTT and METLA in the feasibility
  study
• - to support the region pilot members in
  feasibility study
• VTT supports regional study in
• - Eberswalde in Brandenburg in
• - Svencionys in Lithuania
• METLA supports the regional study in
• - North Karelia in
• - La Gerdnya in Catalonia in Spain
• - Castelo de Vide in Portugal
• Meetings once or twice during the feasibility
  study phase?
• - Target in the meeting would be to discuss about
  the contents and implementation of the study
• - The meeting would take place in each region
• - The first meeting would take place at the
  training session in Finland, in Friday 17th of
  June

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Regional feasibility study

• More specific timetable for the feasibility study
  tasks (as a guide only)
• 1. General overview of the region -
  15.05.2005
• 2. Identification of key players -
  01.06.2006
• 3. Assessment of biofuel harvesting potential in
  the region - 15.06.2006
• 4. Assessment of the biofuel market potential in
  the region - 15.08.2006
• 5. Description of biofuel harvesting technology
  at the moment - 15.09.2005
• 6. Recommendation for the regional biofuel
  strategy - 15.09.2005
• 7. Report - 30.09.2005