Bioenergy and rural development
- examples from Sweden
EUROPEAN COUNTRYSIDE MOVEMENT SEMINAR
Bioenergies and rural areas : what about
multifunctionality ?
Brussels – 7 December 2007
Ingrid Rydberg
Federation of Swedish Farmers
[email protected]
LRF - Federation of Swedish Farmers
For those who own and manage agricultural land
and forestry
• 170 000 individual farmers and forestry
owners
• 33 co-operatives and farmer owned
companies
• Influencing policies
• Creating attraction for the ”green sector”
• Business development
• Creating forums, networks and contact points
LRFs approach – cooperation and
dialogue
• Co-operation with politicians and
authorities
• Consumer and producer perspective
• Proactive instead of reactive
• Dialogue with society
LRF:s offer to the Swedish
government
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Energy from the green sector can
create 25 000 new jobs and reduce
green house gas effects.
Investments in food production can
create 10 000 new jobs and a vivid
and biodiverse countryside and
landscape
Sweden: 40- 45% renewable energy
Final energy use (403 TWh), based on energy carriers (2006)
Source: Swedish Energy Agency
Bioenergy has replaced oil and coal in
the heating sector
Energy input to district heating, 1970-2005
Source: Swedish Energy Agency
4% biofuels in Swedish transport
Biogas
Biodiesel B 100
Biodiesel B2-B5
low blended
Ethanol E 5
~4%
low blended
Ethanol E85
for flex cars
Ethanol E 95
for diesel buses
Source: SPI (Swedish Petrol Institute & Swedish Energy Agency)
Ethanol from grain
Agroetanol in Norrköping
Production:- Ethanol 55 000 m3 2007, 210 000 m3 2009
for low blend (E5) and flexfuel cars (E85)
- Protein feed (DDGS)
Rawmaterials:Grain from set a side and energy crop premium land
Wheat, barley and tricitale
Ownerskip.: Lantmännen (Farmers Coop)
The Lantmännen Agroetanol process:
CHP integration and full use of by-products
Energy balance 1:5
Climate gas reduction 80%
District heating from bioenergy – three levels
Östanå
Molkom
Production: 1 GWh heat
(50 homes)
Production: 10 GWh heat
(500 homes)
Ownership: 2 farmers
Ownership: 7 farmers
Fuel: Grain or
wood pellets
Fuel: Wood chips and reed
canary grass
Heats: One school,
community meeting
point, a few house blocks
and private houses. Has
replaced several oil
boilers
Heats: A few schools and
old people’s home, a
business center, private
houses
Ena Energi
Production:
Heat: 200 GWh
Power: 100 GWh
1/3 Electricity
2/3 heating
Ownership: Enköping
municipality
Fuel: woodchips, wood
powder and salix chip
(20%)
Heats: A whole city.
Added benefit: Cleans
sewage water
Salix- short rotation coppies (SRC)
 Production of electricity and heat
 Sewage sludge, sludge water and wood ash is circulated in
the cropping system
-1 hectare in
45 minutes
-4 months after
planting
-Harvest after 3-4 yrs
(90-120 MWh/hectare)
- 2 hrs/ hectare
Energy input only 5% of total energy content
(Cereals for ethanol 10%)
- Salixchips
delivered to
heat/power plants
Biogas for transportcities city and countryside together
Växtkraft in Västerås
Production :- 25 GWh biogas (2500 m3 diesel equivalent)
- Biofertilizer for organic farming (certified by KRAV)
- Drives 60 buses (aiming for 80 = 100%)
Raw material: Grass 1/3 and household waste 2/3
Ownership: 17 farmers 20 %, Federation of Swedish Farmers 20%,
Municipality owned companies 60%
Projekt: Finansed by the EU + national aid.
Policy measures needed to increase bioenergy
production and rural development
• The Cohesion policy and the Structural funds should be
used to develop the European energy systems
• Increase common EU support on R&D - not at least to
find holistic solutions, i.e. link energy production to
distribution and final use
• Remove EU obstacles that hinder national bioenergy
support measures
• Develop EU strategy on national economic measures to
support bioenergy
• ’Balanced approach’ necessary on EU biofuel
trade policy
• Develop global criteria/certification on sustainable biofuel
production
• Improve the overall business environment for small and
medium sized enterprises
Thank you for your attention!