challenging
Robinwood
Component 4
Promotion of Energy from
Local Wood
Dr. Georg Wagener-Lohse, CEBra Cottbus
clearly defined
Wood Energy component
…encourages the use of wood cut-offs and waste
from the wood chain. A reduction in the use of
fossil fuels,… will invigorate the economy and
stimulate technological innovation.
Planned results:
 Consumers will receive information on wood fuel
 Increased sales of wood as a fuel source
 New suppliers of innovative technology in the area
 Politicians and SMEs are aware of biomass potential
countable
Wood Energy component –
Indicators to be used
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Volume of sales of fuel wood
(10% increase over 2003)
Number of forest owners using wood off-cuts
(10% increase over 2003)
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Projects approved at political level or investments
by companies or individuals (at least 6)
good flow
Wood Energy component –
principal activities per half year
(1)
Analyses of the situation
(1/2005)
(2)
Description of technologies (conference)
(2/2005)
(3)
Preparation of tenders, Int. study mission
(1/2006)
(4)
List of subprojects, begin operational plan
(2/2006)
(5)
Start of subprojects, identify solutions
(1/2007)
(6)
Completion of subprojects, continue OP
(2/2007)
(7)
Operational plan finished, guidelines printed(1/2008)
practically speaking
Wood Energy component –
First outputs
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6 reports on regional resources and maps
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1 joint survey into needs and wood characteristics
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Report on agents in the region
(June 2005)
(June 2005)
1 catalogue of technologies and logistical systems
available (Dec 2005)
(Dec 2005)
so far achieved
Comments
to
indicators
Lig
Bbg
Wls
X
X
X
Given
indicators
X
Report on
wood
energy
X
GIS maps
X
X
Mur ESk
X
Po
first priority
Still to be done from 1st half year :
 Reports have to be submitted to Brandenburg
(including the information using the set up
indicators, a detailed list of stakeholders and
quantitative indications of wood fuel sales and
forest owners engaged from 2003).
 Brandenburg will comment on the results and ask
for additional information to get a consistent
picture.
 After final transfer of information Brandenburg will
edit a report on the situation of wood fuel in 6
European regions (as a basis for the conference).
and you?
Objectives for the technical meeting July 14th :
 Gain a common understanding of challenges that
are before us
 Sort out what measures would result in the
greatest benefit
 Timetable to finish first half years tasks
 Common understanding of activities for 2nd half
year
 What could be the mutual content of the public bid?
 Any comments on the conference?
to keep?
9:1510:30
What to do, Who we are
About Brandenburg (broad, specific)
10:45 –
13:00
About component 4 and more systematic
Status of all partners work
Comments on the conference, procedures
13:45 –
15:00
Finding priorities
Key points for the call
15:20 –
16:30
How to finish first half year
About technologies and fuel quality
16:30 18:00
Common meeting
manifold
Wood resources (demand finds its resource):
 Forest residues
- first thinning operations
- crowns
- final cuttings
- others
 Process residues incl. Pellets
 Short rotation copices
 Wood waste
for
 Heat production
 Electricity production (small <2MW, big up to 20 MW)
 Fuel production
someone who needs
Consumers (according to market development):
 4. Private Households (5-20 kW, 100-200 kWh/m²)
 Housing development (up to 20 houses)
 2. Public buildings (50-500 kW)
 Housing companies (500-2,000 kW)
 3. SMEs (also electricity)
 1. Wood processing companies (200-2,000 kW)
 Electricity producer
governing
economy
technology
sales
regulations
perception
moving
Technologies:
 Cutting, moving
 chipping
 drying
 pelletizing
 transporting
 Burning (comparison)/ gasifying (Innovation)
 Small CHP
 separating
 disposing
stand complexity
Regulations:
 Forest certification
 Fuel quality
 Load restrictions
 Building regulations
 Emission regulations
 Waste disposal restrictions
 Taxation
 Grant schemes (contribution to total costs)
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to influence
Economy:
 Competitors (technology, suppliers, convenience)
 Investments (economies of scale)
 Building adjustments
 Fuel prices
 Loans
 Subsidies
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examine carefully
Perception (no sales without satisfaction):
 Yesterdays fuel
 Fighting climate change
 Saving money
 Getting some extra sports
 Making use of residues
 Doubting convenience
 Enhancing regional economy
 Being modern
 Dirty, polluting
plenty
City utilities,
ESCO`s
Building
companies
Installers
Building
administrations
municiplaities
Ministry
environment
Agriculatural
enterprises
plants
< 100 kW
100-1.000 kW
>1.000 kW
Woodprocessing
industries
Reg. Forestry
administration
Parliament
Multipliers
Welfare
organisations
Forestry
companies
plantproducers
Ministry
economy
woodowners
- state, municipalities,
church, private
- operating community
- forest association
Players in the wood fuel market of Brandenburg
WLHOlz2.ppt
to be served
Entrepreneurs
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Forest owners
Farmers
Fuel producers (logs, chips, pellets)
Installers
Fuel traders
Oven, Boiler traders
Boiler manufacturers
Energy service companies
Wood processing companies
Waste companies
Specialized engineering companies
countable
Obstacles, Barriers
 Missing knowledge
 No fuel available
 High investments
 competing fuel
 missing political
support, missing visions
 Cheap fuel from abroad
Levers, accelerators
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Brochures, training,
demonstrations
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Logistics, traders,
Contracting, grants
better marketing
Lobbying activities,
consistent action
specific
Documentation on Technology and Fuel
Quality (1)
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Every partner should give a description on typical
production methods of wood fuel from first
thinning, final cutting, wood processing and waste
wood production including technological and
economical parameters.
Every partner will describe typical installations for
private homes, public buildings and SMEs using
technical and economical descriptions on heat
demand, fuel supply, storage, feeding, furnace,
emission control, control, ash disposal, building
envelope.
specific
Documentation on Technology and Fuel
Quality (2)
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Every partner will describe typical installations for
electricity production (small or large scale)
including constraints of the energy market where
it has to compete with.
Every partner will give information on technology
providers and R&D institutions in his country that
work on the improvement of one or the other
technology step.
Please give information as well on quality
parameters and quality control that are being used
in trading wood fuel with regard to production and
combustion technology.
countable
Wood Energy component –
Public call for subproject proposals
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Instruments to facilitate the application of forestry
biomass technologies at a local level.
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To define the instruments and operational
methodologies necessary for the implementation
of concrete initiatives to favour use of energy from
forest resources
specific
Regional Basis for the Public Call
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Murcia is heading to find access to late developments in the value generation from natural
resources and bioenergy development.
Liguria has started with the implementation of its
forestry and environmental plans to develop an
energy market for regional forestry products.
Wales has got some experience in wood fuelled
municipal applications and is on the verge to step
from pioneer applications to early adaptors.
Brandenburg has some experiences in heat and
power production in big and small enterprises and
heating networks and would like to make wood
energy a real market.
detailed
Rational based initiatives to enlarge the sales
of wood fuel should be taken according to
the partners on
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
getting access to forest owners to make use of the
wood fuel potential from first thinning and final
cutting for both heat and electricity production,
offering technical and economical information on
production methods (cutting, chipping, drying),
getting customers like municipalities, SMEs or real
estate owners involved in asking for bioenergy as
their favourite technological innovation,
making use of latest developments in combustion,
gasification and combined heat and power production.
countable
Initiatives should put emphasis on
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
assuring the right fuel quality to each specific
conversion technology,
giving advise on suitable grant schemes to put
public initiative on technological development
and market uptake,
comparing state of the art of investment and fuel
costs with regard to technological achievements,
supporting the development of new businesses
aside classical installers or fuel producers,
to overcome missing knowledge on all levels of
the value chain and strengthen the regions
political commitment on rural development.
thank you !
Hope to get in touch for Technology
transfer and promotion
Centre for Energy Technology Brandenburg GmbH
Friedlieb-Runge-Straße 3, 03046 Cottbus
Economist Silke Goerlich, Cottbus, 0355 - 69 3302
Dipl. Ing. Klaus Schwarz, Cottbus, 0355 – 69 3302
Dipl. Ing Rolf Santruschek, Cottbus, 0355 69 3302
Dipl. Pol. Dieter Sasse, Eberswalde, 03334 65 183
Dipl. Ing. Wolfram Köhler, Pritzwalk, 03395 – 301836
Dr. Georg Wagener-Lohse, Cottbus, 0173 53 53 105, [email protected]