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ALTENER 4.1030/C/00-020
Wood-fired CHP 1 |
| Type of Project | CSC (Cost-sharing contracts) |
| Contract No | 4.1030/C/00-020 |
| Total Cost | 823,067 EUR |
| EC Contribution | 447,277 EUR |
| Start Date | 31-3-2001 |
| Duration | 18 months |
Objectives
The project combines three clustered sub-projects, the common goal of which is the promotion of biomass use at local and regional level, especially concerning small-scale plants. Each of the three subprojects focuses on a specific defined geographical area with different economic, social and environmental implications.
The technology studies and market analysis instruments will serve to assess market conditions and economic feasibility and to create favourable conditions for an increased use of biomass.
Activities
Project I addressed biomass use in Southern Europe(Italy-Austria-Slovenia) and generally in the Mediterranean area for district heating and electrical co-generation by means of small-medium plants. It aimed towards a general market investigation to identify appropriate technologies and barriers in the addressed regions. The technology investigation on available heat and power generation technologies has been completed, as well as market investigation activities in the 3 countries concerning heat and power markets and typical costs of wood biomass in the areas of major application potential. Also some particularly promising areas (tourist centres and medium size villages) for the application of the addressed biomass technologies have been identified.
Sites on which further project activities focused on were identified and relevant development of a typical outline of the envisaged Biomass energy facilities to be proposed for implementation, were also undertaken.
Activities included the development of the mathematical model for the techno-economic assessment of potential areas and projects, and the assembly and editing of a handbook presenting project results in a comprehensible manner, and appropriate to be used as decision making tool by public administrators.
Project II (Germany - Austria) is a concept for sustainable exploitation of church owned forest resources for autonomic energy supply and financial organisation of the Evangelical Church's social and ecological areas of responsibility. The project helped to prepare and realize investment for the concrete location, while the potential of the energy wood from the forest lands of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and from church owned forests were analysed.
The technological aspects of energy production and supply were also studied taking into account the optimisation of logistical and economic factors. The energetic status quo was assessed at the site of utilization - Neinstedt. The annual demand for heat and electrical energy was ascertained on the basis of current consumption data and an estimation of a future energy consumption potential was determined by analysing the present customer structure.
This data was the foundation for determining the size of the plant and, resulting from this, the quantity of energy wood needed annually. Parallel to the investigation of the energetic utilization of scrap wood, a variant of the material utilization of wood was studied. The technological and economic factors of erecting a sawmill at the site were assessed.
Project III (Sweden, Greece, France) produced and disseminated an information package to increase the interest at local level for small-scale district heating networks. An inventory of existing biomass-supported small-scale district heating networks shows that there is a lack of good examples in the three regions of Epirus, Norrbotten and Rhônalp, especially in the size from 400 kW to 1 MW. In Norrbotten a survey of suitable places for small-scale district heating was carried out. Over 200 towns and villages has been studied, whereof 100 were chosen for closer studies. Preliminary results indicates that of those are 20 very interesting, 20 interesting and 60 uninteresting for small-scale district heating. The feasibility study for establishing small-scale district heating in a ski resort in Epirus is ongoing. A detailed evaluation of the biomass potential of the area was finished. They are now looking into the economics of such investment.
In Rhônalp a feasibility study for a small-scale district heating network for 70 houses of each 1000 m2 that are going to be built in the Municipality of Bourg de Thizy is ongoing. The objective of this feasibility study is to have more detailed indicators for the minimum heat demand necessary for setting up a district heating network and the positive legal and economical environment to be created to encourage municipalities to go for such solutions.
Results
The final common outcomes and deliverables of the projects composing the cluster are expected to address specifically the needs of local political decision makers, as well as giving clear indications on what kind and what levels of economic incentives would be required to achieve locally a significant market stimulation effect, and to allow the envisaged biomass technologies to take off.
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