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You will findinside twoarticles des-

cribing large scale ope-rators from Canadaand USA - the compa-nies that take care ofbark and sawdust bypelletizing and ship-ping them to Europe.

Most people com-ments this activity asimpossible but whenYou understand how itis being done -You willaccept it as well.

Beside these two ex-amples Bioenergy In-ternational made thepresentation of Ger-man producer who af-ter only two years ofoperation double theproduction.

Impressivedevelopment and

enthusiasm

The fossilfuelreplace- ment

When traveling You will find al-most in every country an activedevelopment and high ambitions

regarding biomass for energy. We introduceinside of the magazine political initiatives thatare taken in some countries as well as some in-teresting technical products that were shownduring the exhibitions Bois Energie 2003 inCahor - south of France - arranged by ITEBE.

Wood stove withrunning water

Frederic Douard,ITEBE gives the

argument

John Colquitt demonstrates some raw materialthat is used for production of pellets.

2004 -2005

In some countrieslike Finland, mo-dern bioenergy

has already becomethe largest energysource. However inmost of the industriali-zed countries bioener-gy is still small with re-spect to fossil fuels use.

But there are obvi-ous changes on theway. Products andknow-how is spre-ading rapidly and thepolitical legislation, in-centives and standar-disation stimulate thedevelopment even bet-ter. The question arises- will 2004 or 2005 bethe year that officiallybioenergy will consi-dered to have itsbreakthrough? /LL


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AdvertisersAlstom 17Andreas Hansen 17Biomass for Energy 18Bioen. conf Canada 19BTG 6Buhler 6CPM 6EREC 12Elmia World Bio. 10Enex 18European Pell. conf. 18Pellets for Bio conf 14Fisker Pakkemask 6Fulghum Fiberfules 2Happy New Year 14Hotab 17LHM Hakkuri Oy 14Pacific Bioen. Corp 5Råsjö Torv AB 4Talloil AB 4TPS AB 17Timberjack 20Victam 14

Editorial contentPellets from Canada 3Pellets from Halifax 4German pellets- producer doubles .. 5Canada: Conference 5UK Pelletmarket 7Kvaerner contracts 7Croatia: University project for biomass 7German Market introduction grants 8BBE reaction 8Russia - Second timber holding company 8Dutch Action Plan 9The Netherlands - Major future role 9Poland New legislation 9First CHP in Irland 10France- Carbon-energy project tenders 10Bundling tested in southern Europe 11Bioenergy in Estonia 12UK Two UK plants 12European Bio Business Forum (EBBF). 13Denmark Test labo-ratory for smallscale 13Norway - Mini cogen for deponigas 13Sweden - CHP 14UK bio-gas plant 15Bois Energie 2003 16Alpenergywood inter-national meeting 17The Middle andEastern Europe 17Sustainable energy 18Calendar 19Erneuerbare energien 2004" 19



On a cold earlywinter daywhile traveling

through Sweden, theconcept of an opportun-ity began to develop inthe mind of a (thoughtto be crazy) Canadianwood pellet producer.

John Swaan the foun-der of Pellet Flame withaid of a Swedish natio-nal living in Canada,went on over a period of5 months to secure acontract to deliver woodpellets from the WestCoast of Canada to theWest Coast of Sweden.

RidiculousMany of the onlookersfrom both within andoutside the industryshook their heads in dis-may, impossible, ridicu-lous, one individualwent on to say, there issomething fundamental-ly wrong with shippingwood pellets from oneside of the globe to theother.

The first shipment ofwood pellets was loadedat the Port of Prince Ru-pert on the West Coastof Canada February1998 and arrived in Hel-singborg the first weekof April 1998.

30 shipmentsThis was to become the

first of (as of this writ-ing) 30 shipments forthe Pellet Flame - PacificBio Energy Corp. Groupof companies. PacificBio Energy Corp. nowship bulk shipments toclients (whom are most-ly power plants) in Swe-den, Denmark, TheNetherlands, Belgiumand the UK.

The size of shipmentshave ranged from as litt-le as 5 000 ton to22 000 ton, a lot de-pends on the shippingmarket and/or the client.

British ColumbiaPellet Flame, which islocated in Prince Geor-ge, British Columbia,Canada began manufac-turing wood pellets in1995. Situated in theheart of BC’s largestsoftwood lumber produ-cing region offers PelletFlame an enormousamount of clean white-wood residue for themanufacture of excellentquality wood pellets.

The market domesti-cally, which is mostly allbagged pellet fuel, wasand is only a small per-centage of Pellet Flame’sannual sales. The quali-ty of the wood pelletsPellet Flame producesfor this market is thesame product they ex-

port overseas, 6 mm pel-let with an energy valueof 5.0 MWh per ton (asper ISO 1928-1995).

Manufacturing andshipping companiesIn order to successfullysecure overseas cont-racts, the delivery (ship-ping) also became PelletFlames responsibility,therefore the creation ofa second company. Therelationship between thegroup of companies is,Pellet Flame is the ma-nufacturer of the woodpellets and Pacific BioEnergy Corp., the ex-port marketing andshipping company.

Growing marketThe result of a very steeplearning curve has deve-loped a very experiencedand dependable compa-ny to handle the manu-facture and deliver (ontime) wood pellets any-where in the world.

Last year Pacific BioEnergy Corp. shipped90 000 ton and expectto ship over 110 000 tonthis year. As markets de-velop and grow, so willPellet Flame and PacificBio Energy Corp, plansto expand their produc-tion capacity is alwayson the go.John Swaan

Pellets from Canada toEurope

Fuel trading

Loading pellets on the Mandarin Moon in the harbour of Prince Rupertnear the boarder to Alaska.

Mount Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rocky Mountains at3954 meter, is on the eastern boarder of British Colombia.

Prince George is situated in the heart of British Columbias largestsoftwood lumber producing region offering an enormous amount ofclean whitewood residue for the manufacture of excellent qualitywood pellets.


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Råsjö Torv on the up and up!The Råsjö Torv Group produces and sells bio-fuels such as sod and milled peat and peatbriquettes, and wood-based fuels like chips,sawdust, wood pellets and wood briquettes.

Råsjö Torv AB is Sweden’s leading supplierof energy peat.

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Naturally!

Pellets from HalifaxFulghum Fibrefu-

els is a subsidiaryof the large Ame-

rican forestry companyFulghum Industries.

Fulghum Industriesruns 19 large wood ter-minals in the USA. If themarket will continue togrow the company plansto establish more pelletplants in those termin-als.

However their firstplant was located inCanada instead, in theregion of Nova Scotia,

60 km north of Halifaxnext to the Mactyra saw-mills.

This sawmill produceslarge amounts of saw-dust and bark. Before itwas a problem with de-position now insteadprovides valuable fee-ding stock for the pelletplant which was builtbeside the sawmill in1999.

The plant has a capa-city of 120 000 tonnes ayear and can be upgra-ded up to 200 000 ton-

nes .Most of the raw mate-

rial is transported direct-ly from the sawmillusing a conveyor. Otherraw material comes bytruck from different lo-cal suppliers. The plantcan produce pellets witha bark content percenta-ge range between 0 and100.

– Security was onemajor aspect when theplant was constructed,emphasis John Colquitt,the president of Fulghum

Fibrefuels ltd.– There are many ex-

amples of damages fromfires and explosions inother pellet plants.

Here the protectionsystem from Grecon isinstalled. The process isalso divided between 6different buildings to mi-nimize the risk of fire.

The pelletizing tech-nology has been delive-red by Sprout Matador(4 presses), other majorsuppliers was Jeffrey(wet hog mill), GTS

(furnace) and MEC (dry-er).

The major part of theproduct is shipped to Eu-rope. The vessels are lo-aded in the big port inHalifax where large silo-buildings were construc-ted first for wheat export.

The pellets are mainlyused in large district hea-ting plants and industriesin Sweden, Denmark andHolland.

Text and photo:Lennart Ljungblom

Göran Westerlundis mainly workingwith the Europeanmarket. He has his office inSweden.

Ilka Juckes, responsiblefor the silos in theharbour showes JohnColquitt the layout ofthe 365 silos. Around30 percent of them isused for pellets storage.

John Colquitt,president of FulghumFibrefuels ltd. showesthe raw material usedfor pellet production.

Bark is transportedusing conveyor directly

to the pellet plant.

The dryer

The pellet presses


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Pellet FlamePacific Bio Energy Corp

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Premium Quality Wood Pellets

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Westerwälder Holzpellets GmbH

In the town of Langenbach in the southwestern Bundesland

Rheinland – Pfalz thecompany WesterwälderHolzpellets GmbH has itsproduction line of pellets.

The company has verygood location not faraway from raw material -as the market is situated inthe southern Ruhrarea -and very closed to Frank-furt area from the east.

The production wasupstarted in January2002 with one pelletpress. Today - only oneyear later - the capacityis doubled up to 40 000tonnes a year.

The production lineconsists also of hammermill and a belt line dryer.

The pellets are produ-ced from sawdust collec-

ted from nearby locatedsawmills and carpente-ries and follows the rulesof the German and Aus-trian pellets standards.

Single family houseowners represent themain group of custo-mers however pellets arealso used for industryproposes and districtheating plants.

Pellets are distributedin bulk as well as pack-ed in the separate bags.

During only one yearthe production replaces20 000 tonnes of oil usedpreviously for the same

proposes as pellets today.Their latest customer -

hotel in Rotnheim - hadaccepted a heat contractin which supplier sellsheat instead of fuel. Thisis done together with Fa.

Heizungsbau Schütz ausBellingen und die Fa.AHU aus Burbach

more info:www.ww-holzpellets.de

www.ahu-pelletsheizung.de)

German producerdouble the production

CanadaBioenergy Confe-rence and Exhibi-

tion June 2&3 2004

The 12th biennial Forest Expowill take place

at the Exhibition Park,in Prince George 3rd,4th and 5th of June The event will beheld in conjunctionwith the well establis-hed Forest Expo. This will round outthe displays of forestindustry equipment,sales and servicecompanies, educa-tional exhibits andother features thatmake Forest ExpoCanada’s top forestindustry trade show. The Bio Energy ses-sions will be basedon four themes tar-geted to specific au-diences:1) Manufacturer andindustry awarenessof bio-energy materi-als, manufacturingand use, includingenergy systems2) Local, regional andnational governmentassessment of poli-cies, technology andcarbon credits3) Academic discus-sion of new environ-mental technologies,sources and benefitsof land use4) Promostion andawareness of bio-energy,and homeheating with bio-ma-terials. Plant Tours willamongst other inclu-de• Landfill Gas Mana-gement Project• Biogas extraction andcombustion system,• Pellet Flame Inc.• CANFOR - Pulp MillCogeneration Projectand Rustad Sawmillinfo: www.forestexpo.

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Fisker Pakkemaskiner A/Sis supplying packaging mach-inery as well as complete pack-aging lines.

Wood pellets in bags ensu-re a simple logistic. The palletscan be stored outside and theproduct can be handled in aneasy way.

The machines are based onthe well known FFS concept,where the bags are FormedFilled and Sealed at the sametime in the machine. Thepackaging material is PE flatfilm on reels.

PE on reel is the most eco-nomic solution to pack pelletsin bags.

We have a lot of experiencewith wood pellets in bags, andare the market leader in Scan-dinavia.

FULLY AUTOMATED PACKAGINGNew micro di-strict heating

system openedin Cankova,

Slovenia

The 18th of Octo-ber 2003 theMinister of en-

vironment spatial pla-ning and energy M.Sc.Janez Kopaè togetherwith Vogrincic Drago,major of Cankova,opened one of thesmallest micro districtheating systems inSlovenia. The boilerwith 800 kW is instal-led in primary schooland will also providethe heat to all publicbuildings in the village.

2nd MEETING OFCEN / TC 246

WG 24

The meeting ofAEBIOM repre-sentatives took

place in the CEN Ma-nagement Centre inBrussels on the 12th ofNovember 2003. Themain topic was focu-sed on estimation ofthe biomass fraction infuels used by compa-nies in the frameworkof the Emissions Tra-ding directive. /MS



www.bioenergyinternational.comMarket

Aker Kvaernerwins boilercontracts in

France, Italy and Sweden9 December 2003 -

Kvaerner Power has re-ceived boiler ordersfrom France, Italy andSweden. The orders areworth 30 million Euos

Kvaerner Power is to

supply a HYBEX(r) po-wer boiler to TembecSaint Gaudens S.A.’spulp mill located inSouthern France. Theboiler will use bubblingfluidized bed (BFB) tech-nology and has a ther-mal capacity of 40 MW.The boiler will burnbark and sludge and it

will be ready for com-missioning in February2005.

TM.E. S.p.A. - Ter-momeccanica Ecologiahas ordered two 32MWth ACZTM (Ad-vanced CombustionZone) power boilers fea-turing bubbling fluidi-zed bed technology for

their waste handlingplant in Calabria inSouthern Italy.

The new boilers will userefuse derived fuel (RDF)and the start-up is plannedfor autumn 2006.Swedish Göteborg Ener-gi AB has ordered a re-build of their existingcoal fired, hot water boi-

ler. The boiler in Goth-enburg city’s Sävenäspower plant will be con-verted to bubbling fluidi-zed bed technology toburn biomass and to pro-duce district heating witha thermal capacity of100 MW. Start-up willbe at the end of 2004.

Terttu Tuominen

New boiler contracts

www.ww-holzpellets.dewww.ahu-pellets heizung.de)

Wood pelletheating hasbegun to

take off in the UK, butthere are a number ofissues that are currentlyhindering its uptake on alarger scale. In particu-lar, the manufacture anddistribution of pelletsand equipment in theUK, the small number ofpeople with experiencein installing wood pelletheating equipment, thelack of compulsory stan-dards for pellet fuel, tax-ation of pellet equip-ment and how the Buil-ding Regulations applyto pellet burning equip-ment.

Few producersThere are currently twomanufacturers of woodpellets in the UK, plusone or two others withthe capacity to producepellets on a small scale.More are looking intodoing so, but are concer-ned about making theinvestment needed wit-hout an established mar-

ket for the fuel once pro-duced.

Imported pelletsavailable

There is currently noestablished distributionnetwork for pellets. Insome cases the equip-ment supplier has had totake on the distributionof bagged pellets tocustomers in order togive the customer theconfidence to buy theequipment. Importedpellets are availablefrom some suppliers, butmany potential custo-mers, already concernedabout the energy ratio ofpellets are further dis-couraged by the pro-spect of having topurchase an importedfuel.

DistributionLoose pellets are onlyavailable to customers ina small area of SouthWales. Distribution ofbagged pellets in the UKshould improve in thenext few months if plans

by members of the CoalMerchant’s Federationto distribute pellets ontheir coal rounds cometo fruition.

UncertantyAs yet there are no UKmanufacturers of pelletstoves and only onecompany that producesa boiler that can be fuel-led using pellets. OtherUK companies are wor-king on developing pel-let equipment but uncer-tainty about what willbe contained in the finalversion of the CENStandard for ResidentialSpace Heating Applian-ces Fired by Wood iscausing delays. In addi-tion, there are currentlyfew individuals with thetraining and experiencenecessary to install pelletappliances.

Pellet standardimportant

The only standard forwood pellets in the UK(pending developmentof the CEN Standard) isa voluntary standard forpremium pellets develo-ped by British Biogen.This standard althoughrelatively well knownamongst the industry isnot so well knownamongst the general pu-blic and there is concernthat customers will inad-vertently use an unsuita-

ble pellet in their appli-ance, thereby damagingit and ultimately givingpellets in the UK a badname.

Unfavourable taxTax is currently paid onthe sale of wood fuelappliances (includingpellet equipment) at therate of 17.5 percent. Ho-wever, solar appliancesare recognised by the taxregime as ’approved re-newable energy techno-logy’ and are taxed at amore favourable 5 per-cent. Work needs to bedone in the UK to ensu-re that wood fuel appli-ances are treated on anequal footing.

Building regulationWood pellets are notspecifically covered inthe UK Building Regula-tions. In default theycome within the Regula-tions that apply to solidfuel appliances resultingin unnecessary additio-nal costs when a pelletappliance is installed. Inaddition, the BuildingRegulations do not al-low a solid fuel applian-ce to be used with sealedsystems without certainsafety measures that arenot suitable for use withpellet boilers.

Positive stepsPositive steps are now

being taken to addressthese issues. Grants arenow available from theUK Government towardthe cost of pellet heatingequipment and a BritishPellet Club is being esta-blished. With the Club,British Biogen and otherorganisations such asPowys Energy Agency(through Glasu, a Lead-er+ project) working onthese issues together it ishoped that real progresscan be made in the shortto medium term so thatthe pellet industry in theUK can really take off.

Further informationabout wood fuelled hea-ting and pellets in theUK can be obtainedfrom www.logpile.-co.uk, the website of theLog Pile project (fundedby DEFRA, part of theUK Government), a Na-tional Energy Founda-tion project to promoteaid the use of wood as arenewable energy.

UK pellet market:

Soon ready to take offStill there are several barriers to beremoved before the UK market forwood pellets heating can take off.Positive steps are now being taken toaddress these issues. Sandra Hayesfrom National Energy Fundationexplains the situation.

By Sandra Hayes,Senior Project Mana-ger, National Energy

Foundation.

CroatiaProject for

biomass activi-ties at the Tech-nical University

of Rijeka

Prof. Dr. Zmagoslav Prelecis responsible

for bioenergy imple-mentation at theTechnical Faculty ofRijeka. The faculty is alsocollaborated with theEnergy Institute Hr-voje Pozar, Zagreb inthe frame of the Na-tional Program - BIO-EN .

Prof. Dr. Zmagoslavduring discussionwith project managerMijo Beronja( compa-ny Energija i Tehno-logija d. o. o.) concer-ning matters aboutthe biomass projectin Drvenjaca - Fuzine,near to Rijeka in Cro-atia.

Text and Photo:Martina Sumenjak



With the Mar-ket Introduc-tion Pro-

gramme for RenewableEnergies the German go-vernment promotes theincreased adoption ofrenewable energies withgrants and interest-bene-ficial credits.

The Programme is fi-nanced by parts of therevenues of the electrici-ty-taxation in the scopeof the Ecotax. For theyear 2003 the budget forthe Market IntroductionProgramme is 190 milli-on Euro. It is planed toincrease the budget forthe coming years to 200million Euro in 2004,220 million Euro in2005 and 230 millionEuro in 2006.

New projects

Since 2000 more than223 370 projects havebeen supported withgrants amounting to 292million Euro which havereleased investments of2,1 billion Euro in total.

In the same periodmajor projects havebeen supported with cre-dits amounting to al-most 289 000 Euro,mainly for biogas plantsand biomass installa-tions.

Support to biomassThe present rules for asupport of biomass pro-jects provide for auto-matically charged bio-mass installations up toand including a capacityof 100 kilowatts a grantof 55 Euro per kilowatt,up to 50 kilowatts atleast 1 500 Euro.

Further requirementsare for installations upto 50 kilowatts a centralheating system and forall installations an effi-ciency of at least 90 percent.

Manual operated in-stallations are presently(2003) not supported bythe programme. Projectswith a planed capacityof more than 100 kilo-watts are generally ableto receive interest-bene-ficial credits with a par-tial acquittal of 55 Europer kilowatt and maxi-mum 250 000 Euro perinstallation from thepurse of the Kreditan-stalt für WiederaufbauKfW.

The accumulationwith other support pro-grammes is up to 40 per-cent of the total invest-ment sum also possible.

For biogas plants acredit of KfW-resourcesis available as well, in-stallations with a capaci-ty up to 70 kilowatts re-ceive additionally a par-tial acquittal of 15 000Euro per installation.

Municipal projectsexempted

The German BioEnergyAssociation (BBE) de-murred that with pre-sent rules especially bio-gas-plants and biomassinstallations with ancapacity from 100 kilo-watts upwards wouldnot receive satisfactoryincentives for a continu-ous market develop-ment.

BBE criticises as wellthe exemption of muni-cipal bioenergy project-applications in the Mar-ket Introduction Pro-gramme as there is espe-cially in communes ahigh potential for the ef-ficient use of bioenergyresidues.

Further on the volumeof the programmewould not reflect thereal revenue of the taxa-tion of electricity produ-ced with renewable ener-gy installations and the-refore has continuouslyto be adjusted in theyearly budget negotia-tions of the government.

Manual and munici-pal projects will be

includedAt present the rules forthe Market IntroductionProgramme for Renewa-ble Energies are beingamended in which seve-ral terms shall be enhan-ced.

The draft was submit-ted to the Europeancommission for adop-tion. Till then the dead-line for applications un-der the terms of the pre-sent rules has been ex-tended from October15th to December 31st2003.

According to BBE-in-formation it is conside-red to enable manualoperated biomass instal-lations the support ofthe programme as wellas municipal projects.

– If this will be confir-med two essential de-mands of BBE would berealised, says Bernd Gei-sen, executive directorof BBE.

Thomas Seigmund

– The increase of thecompensation amountsshow the right direction,but are still not farrang-ing enough, says HelmutLamp, chairman of theBBE. In principle thetwo additional compen-sation levels, the techno-logy-bonus and the fuel-

bonus would accommo-date with BBE require-ments. But the limitationof the bonuses to instal-lations up to 200 kilo-watts would be in realterms only relevant forbiogas plants as the po-wer generation with bio-mass starts to become

economic from 500 kilo-watts onwards andwould even with thesubmitted increase ofthe compensationamount not becomecost-effective. As a resultfor biomass plants eve-rything would remainunaffected. The financi-

al incentive for the eli-gible use of forest-resi-dues in the relevant mar-ket of biomass powerplants from 500 kilo-watts up to 20 mega-watts is not strongenough in the presenteddraft.

Thomas Seigmund

The German Market Introduction Programmefor Renewable Energies is one of the Germangovernment tools to promote the developmentwith grants and benificial credits. Newamendments will increase the possibilities forbiomass.

BBE reaction to proposed amendments of GermanRenewable Energy Sources Act:

– Right direction, butthat is not far enough

Incentives

The German Bio-Energy Associa-tion (BBE) em-

braces the draft in itsbasic approach, but stillsees the need for changeand amount correctionto mobilise the huge bio-mass potential to econo-mic conditions.

Market Introductiongrants in Germany

RussiaSecond biggertimber holding

company

R ussia’s se-cond biggesttimber hol-

ding company Che-repovetsles has cont-racted GFA Terra Sys-tems to carry out a pi-lot FSC-certificationproject. Cherepovets-les - is one of the big-gest timber harvestingand processing com-panies in the North-West of Russia. Its forest enterprisesare located in seven di-stricts of the Vologdaregion on the territoryexceeding 835.000 ha. The company sellsannually more than 1,2millions cubic meter ofround timber. Che-repovetsles exportstimber to major woodprocessing compa-nies in Finland, Nor-way, Sweden and Ger-many. JSC BelorucheyskyLeskhoz, the fellowsubsidiary of Che-repovetsles, with itsconcession of 389.000ha, was selected to beassessed according tothe FSC Principlesand Criteria The Pre-Audit of Bel-orucheysky Leskhoz isto be conducted to theend of December2003. According to the pro-ject time schedule theMain Certification Au-dit is planned forspring 2004. Workingon the project GFATerra Systems acts inclose collaborationwith Greenpeace Rus-sia , WWF Russia, theFSC National WorkingGroup Russia and oth-er stockholders. To read more check

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In its Energy Reportof February 2002the Dutch Ministry

of Economic Affairs de-clared bioenergy one ofthe spearheads of it re-newable energy policy.

In the Energy Reportthe Ministry also an-nounced the preparationof an Actieplan Biomas-sa. After extensive con-sultations with stake-holders this BiomassAction Plan ”WorkingTogether On Bio-ener-gy” was submitted toDutch Parliament inNovember 2003.

Bioenergy need todouble in six years

The Biomass ActionPlan (BAP) effectivelyconcludes that the cur-rent contribution of bio-energy in the Nether-lands will need to dou-

Dutch Biomass Action Plan submitted to Parliament:

ble within six years inorder to reach theGovernment’s renewa-ble energy targets for2010. In 2002 thecontribution of bioener-gy amounted to 37 Peta-Joule (PJ) i.e. 77 percentof the total Dutch rene-wable energy produc-tion of 48 PJ. The maxi-mum contribution ofbioenergy in 2010 is es-timated at some 90±7PJ. The largest contribu-tion (54 PJ) would comefrom co-firing biomassin pulverised coal powerplants (34 PJ) and fromwaste incinerators (20PJ i.e. waste fraction ofbiological origin only).The remainder wouldmainly come fromsmall-scale bioenergyplants.

BarriersA number of barriershinder the developmentof bioenergy in theNetherlands.

In the BAP thesebarriers have been detai-led with the aim to helpovercome them. TheBAP spells out actionsthat have to be carriedout jointly with marketplayers and local go-vernments in order to

accomplish a short-termincrease in bioenergyproduction.

Identified Bottle-necks

Bottlenecks have beenclassified in six problemareas: 1. financial sup-port measures, 2. per-mitting procedures, 3.social acceptance, 4. av-ailability of biomass, 5.conversion technologies,and 6. the absence of alevel playing field.

Financial bottlenecksare e.g. the level and du-ration of feed-in premi-ums for renewable elec-tricity and the high con-struction cost of heatdistribution networks.

Permitting proceduresare time-consuming andexpensive due to com-plex legislation and re-gulations for bioenergyprojects.

Poor social acceptan-ce is caused by a lack ofknowledge, both withlocal authorities and ci-tizens, of what biomassis and when and why itis sustainable. This oftenleads to unnecessary ne-gative reactions to bio-energy initiatives.

Availability of bio-mass is insufficient due

to the absence of a bio-mass market, lack ofstandardisation, and ir-regular, discontinuoussupply.

The wide variety inconversion technologiesmakes it hard for inves-tors to make a choiceand for authorities todraft ’fair’ permits.

Differences betweenimplementation, comp-liance and enforcementof legislation amongstEU Member States re-garding e.g. emissionsand waste managementlead to export of Dutchbiomass residues toneighbouring countries.

Working groupsIn all six problem areasfocused actions and atime schedule have beenformulated that in theshort-term should resultin investors realisingmore bio-energy pro-jects.

For the implementa-tion of the BAP the BioEnergie Realisatie Koe-pel, BERK (Bio-EnergyRealisation Platform)has been established. Sixworking groups underthe BERK will tackleone of the identified pro-blem areas each.

Long term planThe BAP covers the th-ree-year period 2003-2005. In 2006 the BAPwill be evaluated. Basedon that evaluation it willbe determined whetherfurther or new actionsare required. In parallelwith the BAP the DutchMinistry of EconomicAffairs has initiated theproject Biomass Interna-tional, one of the fivesubprojects that jointlymake up the project En-ergy Transition to a Sus-tainable Energy Supply.

Biomass Internationalis aimed at the long-term, for the period2010-2030. The short-term Biomass ActionPlan and the long-termbiomass transition pro-ject are supplementarymeasures to support,promote and increasethe implementation ofbioenergy projects in theNetherlands.

John Vos, BTGEnschede, TheNetherlands

Barriers identified

The Netherlandswishes to become a driving for-

ce in the transition toenergy efficiency and re-newable energy. To thisend, the Dutch govern-ment initiated the pro-ject ’Energy Transitionto a Sustainable EnergySupply” in 2002. Over-all objective of the pro-ject is to set in motion atransition that enablesmajor steps towards re-

that has a large-scalechemical and energy-in-tensive industry and thatis an international distri-bution centre, biomass isan appealing option. Atransition to biomasscan be exploited in thechemical sector, the na-tural gas sector, theagro-industry, the trans-port sector and the agri-cultural sector. In thenext decades, biomass isenvisaged to become an

important raw materialboth for energy produc-tion and for transportfuels, products and che-micals. By committingitself to the large-scaleuse of biomass, theNetherlands can play apivotal role in this futu-re ’Biobased Economy’.

Ambitious targetsThe joint vision of morethan 100 Dutch stake-holders on such Bioba-

alising a sustainable fu-ture energy supply. Fivesubprojects jointly makeup the energy transitionproject: 1. Biomass In-ternational, 2. New gasservices, 3. Sustainableindustrial production, 4.R3 (previously: Renewa-ble Rijnmond), and 5.Policy renewal. Of thesesubprojects Biomass In-ternational (BI) has ad-vanced the most so far.

For the Netherlands,

sed Economy was re-cently formulated in thestrategy document ’Bio-mass in 2040: The greendriving force behind aknowledge economy andsustainability. A vision’.The vision document setsambitious targets for thecontribution of biomassto the Dutch energysupply of 3-4%, 9-10%and 30% for 2010, 2020and 2040 respectively.

John Vos

The Netherlands more active in future biobased economy:

PolandRenewable Energy

Bus

In September so-called the ”Auto-bus Energetyczny”

the Polish Energy Busstarted its tour throughPoland.

For two years thebus will drive throug-hout the whole coun-try and promote theuse of renewable en-ergy sources and en-ergy conservation. The initiative of orga-nizing this four wheelrenewable energy in-formation and promo-tion centre has beentaken by some Dutch,Polish and Germanenergy and climate in-stitutions ( Ecofys,B.&S.U., TÜV, KAPEand KESCO Energy).Half of the investmentcosts is covered bythe European Com-mission.

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PolandNew legislation forbiofuels production

Based on thenew legislation that pas-

sed Polish Parliamentin October producersof fuel and different re-fineries in Poland willbe able to add pro-duction of biofuels(biodiesel and bioet-hanol) to their facilities. New legislation willbe valid from1st of Ja-nuary 2004 andfurther it is decidedthat starting from1st ofMay all the raw mate-rial that is used to pro-duce those biofuelsmust be harvested inPoland. DN


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W ärtsilä hassigned anEPC (Engi-

neering, Procurementand Construction) cont-ract to provide a woodfired biomass CombinedHeat and Power (CHP)plant for the joint ventu-re company comprisedof South Western Servi-ces Co-operative SocietyLimited (SWS Group)and Irish Soft WoodsLtd (Grainger SawmillsLimited).

Burning sawmill by-products

This is the first biomassCHP installation to bebuilt in Ireland designedto burn sawmill by-pro-ducts, and WärtsiläBioPower’s first powerplant contract in Ire-

land. The full EPC cont-ract includes the delive-ry of a BioPower 2 CHPplant with a Bio Gratecombustor, steam boilerand steam turbine, thebuilding and connec-tions to the customer’sprocesses as well as anextensive 400m longfuel conveyor systemfrom the sawmill.

Wärtsilä Service hasalso been awarded a fiveyear operation supervi-sion and maintenancecontract for the plant.

Up to 65% moistureUsing by-products fromthe mill in the form ofwood residues (with amoisture content as highas 65%), the CHP plantwill generate both 1.83MW electrical energy

and 3.5 MW of thermalenergy in a single pro-cess. The thermal outputwill be used for dryingof construction timber.

National gridThe 1.83 MW of greenelectricity generated bythe CHP plant will besold to the national gridunder the 6th Irish Alter-native Energy Require-ment Programme (AERVI). AER VI supports

Ireland’s renewable en-ergy targets through thesale of ’green’ or rene-wable electricity in astructured bid price tothe grid.

Under these contractswind, biomass and bio-mass CHP are all cap-ped at different prices.

SWS Group andGrainger Sawmills Ltd.have formed a joint ven-ture company - Indepen-dent Biomass Systems

Limited to develop theproject. Mr.WilliamGrainger, Chief Executiveof Grainger Sawmills says:– This contract will be-nefit the sawmill in anumber of ways, inclu-ding the on site genera-tion of all the sawmillsheat requirements, thesale of green electricityand, potentially also, thesawmills own electricityrequirements.

Maria Nystrand

First CHP in IrlandAn Irish Sawmill has decided to build acombined heat and power plant (CHP) provi-ding electricity to the national grid and heatto the sawmill.

Graingers - one of Irelands largest sawmill operations based in Enniskeane,Co Cork - has expanded rapidly over the past number of years, therebyincreasing the company’s demand for both onsite heat and electricity.

FranceCarbon-energyproject tenders

The sawmill ow-ners havemade a concer-

ted effort to improvethe environmentThe French sawmill in-dustries have setthemselves the task,with the help of theADEME, to save 41000 tonnes of CO2

emissions annuallyand are thereby play-ing an active role in thenational reduction ofgreenhouse gas emis-sions such as theywere stipulated by theKyoto protocol. As part of the car-bon-energy projecttenders scheme star-ted at the beginning of2003 by the NationalTimber Federation(FNB) and the Minsitryof Agriculture Fishe-ries, Food and RuralAffairs, 29 Frenchsawmills have beenselected. They havechosen wood energyto dry their sawn tim-ber both to improvethe quality of their pro-ducts and to take partin the collective effortto reduce greenhousegas emissions. This project tenderin fact aims to assistin the modernizationof sawmills while atthe same time puttinga renewable energysource to use for theproduction of heat.Selection will be ba-sed on environmentaland energy efficiencycriteria. Each projectwill receive financialsupport for investingin a wood-fuelled boi-ler in proportion to theenvironmental bene-fits obtained. The project tender isalready a success; itwill enable an extra


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The bundling met-hod has spreadall over Finland

since the introduction in2000. Currently thereare more than 20 bund-ling systems in opera-tion.

The effective use ofbundling system needsthe rethinking of the en-tire power plant and en-ergy system.

EU projectTo boost the utilizationof the renewable forestenergy in EU, the FOR-ENERGY project wasestablished in 2000. Themain objective of theproject is to develop thewood energy systems, aswell as test and demon-strate this technology inthe different areas andconditions through Eu-rope.

The project started inJune 2001 and will lastthree years. There arethe following partners inthe project:• AFOCEL, France• Austrian ResearchCenters Seibersdorf(ARCS), Austria• CEMAGREF, France• Istituto per la Ricercasul Legno (CNR), Italy• UPM, Finland• Timberjack, Finland(Coordinator)

By the end of 2003,the new energy woodtechnology has been in-

troduced into the follo-wing European coun-tries: Austria, France,Germany, Finland, Italy,Spain, Portugal, Swedenand Switzerland.

Feller BuncherFor the fuel productionfrom the young foreststhe new concept machi-ne was developed.

Timberjack 730 multi-function felling head iscapable to handle treesup to 30 cm in diameter.Several stems can be ac-cumulated in the head atthe same time. This tech-nology has been testedin France, Germany,Finland, Italy and Swe-den.

Tests in variousconditions

Several tests were orga-nized during 2002 th-roughout Europe to eva-luate the actual collec-tion technologies, thatis, harvesting small treeswith accumulating fel-ling heads (Timberjack720 and 730) and bund-ling residues (Timber-jack 1490D slash bund-ler) under varying condi-tions.

The bundling techno-logy was tested extensi-vely both on hardwoodand softwood, after ma-nual and mechanical fel-ling, with dry and freshresidues. The tree spe-

cies tested includedchestnut, hornbeam,oak, poplar, eucalyptus,spruce, pine, birch andmaritime pine.

During the ten-week-test period in SouthernEurope, about 3 500bundles were producedcorresponding 1 500and 1 700 tonnes of col-lected and compactedresidues.

Truck basedA new truck basedbundler together withthe mountain harvesterhas been demonstratedin several sites and hasproven to be very inte-resting new concept forthe production of bio-mass in difficult condi-tions.

Feller BuncherTimberjack 720 and 730accumulating fellingheads were tested withgood results at boththinning and final-fel-ling sites. The tree spe-cies tested were horn-beam, oak, poplar, aca-cias and platanus.

The head works as arobotic grapple reachingthe stems. It is very im-portant that the remain-ing trees are left in thegood condition. Due tothis the head has tomaintain the verticaloperation during wor-

king and for that reasonthe head is equippedwith the leveling auto-mation system.

This kind of machinecan work in dangerousand difficult sites, likeclose to the power lines,or in the steep slopes.With a long reach (typi-cally > 10m), it is pos-sible to move in the for-est as little as possible.

Usually the manual la-bor is not anymore avai-lable for these tasks. Bythe feller buncher themanual work can bemechanized economicalway.

This operation has tobe regarded first of all astaking care of the forestand also as a result ofthis operation the bio-fuel can be obtained.

Lack of infrastruc-ture is a bottleneckThe real bottleneck forthe development of thetested system is the lackof infrastructure inmany countries. In Fran-ce for example, there arevery few power plantsthat could use bundles.However, there is a lotof interest in Spain (th-ree bundling machinesdelivered there already),Austria, Germany, Italy,Portugal, Hungary andSwitzerland.

Arto Timperi

EU project on forest biomass production:

Bundling tested insouthern EuropeThe bundling method was originaly developed

in Sweden and then introduced to the market

by Timberjack in Finland. Now the technology

has been tested in Germany, France,

Spain,Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and

USA. For fuel production from young forest a

new system has also been tested. Read more

about the results.

Bundles from fresh and dry material in France.

Maritime pine bundling in western France

Dry eucalyptus in Spain

Mountainharvester

system

Feller Buncher in France



The EstonianBiomass Ass o c i a t i o n

(EBA) is a non-profitassociation, foundedin May 8, 1998 by 21actors involve in thefield of bioenergy. To-day we are represen-ted by 39 memberscoming to our organi-zation with differentbackgrounds.

Since 1999 the EBAhas been a member ofthe European Bio-mass Association(AEBIOM).

In Estonia the EBAhas been actively in-volved in differentround-tables andworking groups ai-ming at supportingand promotion of re-newables. Our contri-bution can be seen inLong-Term Develop-ment Plan for the Es-

Country profileBiomass in Estonia

tonian Fuel and Ener-gy Sector adopted in1998, which sets aprincipal target toprovide stable andhigh quality energysupply: in its essence itis a forecast to theyear 2005, offeringdevelopment trends toabout 2018.

Representatives ofour organisation havebeen members of theCouncil of RenewableEnergy launched bythe Ministry of Eco-nomic Affairs andCommunications.

The direct output ofthe work is a docu-ment: EconomicallyReasonable Use ofRenewable EnergySources for EnergyProduction. The mainissue indicatedthat:”Our activity isindirectly supported

by national obligationto reach 5.1% shareof renewable electrici-ty in gross consump-tion by the year2010”.

Important link bet-ween the organisationand the public is ourweb-site http://www.-hot.ee/eby.

Our views and posi-tions are regularlypublished in ’EstonianPeat, Renewable Fuelsand EnvironmentalProtection’ and ’Esto-nian CombustibleNatural Resourcesand Wastes’.

Annual conference’Investigation andUsage of RenewableEnergy Sources’, initi-ated by the EBA 5years ago, has becomea popular event inclu-ding more than 150people.

The EBA has parti-cipated and contribu-ted to domestic andinternational projects.Our closest foreignpartners are STEM,SVEBIO, FINBIO andDANBIO if to men-

tion some of them.Our present challengeis REPROMO projectfunded under theALTENER program-me.

Meeli Hüüs

263 000 m3 of sawntimber to be dried an-nually using 82000tonnes of hitherto un-used by-products asfuel thereby replacing17 000 t/annually offossil fuel heating oilequivalent and avoi-ding the annual emis-sion of 41 000 tonnesof CO2. Public subsi-dies provided by theADEME in these pro-jects amounts to 1.4million Euros of a totalinvestment of 26 milli-on Euros. This operation,which will no doubt berenewed and exten-ded in future, is a firstin Europe. It will makeit possible in future totry out and prepare theway for future met-hods of carbon permitexchange and carboncredits. It has also de-monstrated the consi-derable awareness ofthe timber industry tothe problems of clima-te change.

(http://ww.itebe.org)

UKTwo UK plants

authorized to co-fire biomass

Ofgem, the re-gulator forBritain’s gas

and electricity indu-stries, has authorizedtwo power plants toco-fire biomass andcoal, reports newagency Reuters.Innogy’s 475 MWAberthaw plant in Wa-les is planning to co-fire a mix of coal andwood.According to Ofgem,these plants will beable to earn green cer-tificates from such co-firing activities.

Source : RenewableEnergy World.

September -October2003

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• Assessment of developments made to date presenting successfulinitiatives, market evolution and sectorial progress

• Discussion forum for market prospects, reinforced policies andnew renewable energy targets

• European contribution to the International Conference for RenewableEnergies in Bonn (June 2004)

The conference will be held from the 19 to the 21 January 2004at the Berlin Congress Center with the confirmed participation

of Mrs Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the Commission andCommissioner for Energy and Transport and Mr Jürgen Trittin,German Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation andNuclear Safety.

EUROPEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY COUNCIL

Conference Secretariat:EREC – European Renewable Energy CouncilTel.: +32-2-546.19.33 - Fax.: +32-2-546.19.34 E-mail: [email protected]/berlin2004.htm

The Conference is under the high patronage of

Loyola de Palacio, Vice-President of the European Commission

Jürgen Trittin, Federal Minister for Environment,

Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety



A high profileconferencewas organi-

sed in Brussels by theEuropean BioenergyBusiness Forum(EBBF).

It gathered morethan 90 persons from22 countries, out ofwhich 11 came fromthe European Parlia-ment and from theCommission and 10represented AEBIOMassociation.

Most of the atten-dees were comingfrom large companies,engineering/consul-ting firms and re-search organizations.

Twofold goalsThe conference reach-ed its twofold goals;firstly allowed the va-rious stakeholders inthe bioenergy sectorin Europe to engage indirect communicationwith outstandingspeakers from the Par-liament, the Commis-sion and relevant in-ternational organisa-tions, and secondlymade the link bet-ween bioenergy, cli-

mate and financingissues.

EU visionsOutstanding speakershave explained theirvisions, on behalf ofthe European Parlia-ment, the Commissi-on (Directorate Gene-ral for Energy/Trans-port, Environmentand Agriculture),WWF, the EuropeanInvestment Bank andFortis Bank GlobalMarkets.

Eligible to KyotoAdditional informa-tion was given on theway to register bioen-ergy projects to makethem eligible for Kyo-to flexible mecha-nisms, as well as onCEN (European stan-dardisation body) cur-rent work on bioener-gy in the frameworkof the Emission Tra-ding Directive.

The conference wasorganised by EBBF, anon profit organisa-tion created under thepatronage of two in-ternational organisa-tions, the European

93 persons were present, out of which 3 from the European Parliament, 8from the Commission (ENV, ENT, TREN), 10 represented AEBIOM Associ-ation and the rest came from 22 different countries.

PPromotionBusiness forum

From left to right: Rolf Linkohr, member ofParliament, Günter Hanreich, European Commissi-on, DG TREN, Manfred Vohrer, European Bioen-ergy Business Forum, Stefaan Vergote, EuropeanCommission, DG ENV

DenmarkTest laboratoryfor small biofuel

boilers

Danes are keenon straw andwood pellet fi-

red boilers by the TestLaboratory for SmallBiofuel Boilers, DanishTechnological Institute The highest grantsare given to plantswith the best efficien-cy and the cleanestcombustion. Furthermore all thesubsidized plantsmust fulfill certain en-ergy- and environme-nt related minimum re-quirements in order toparticipate in thescheme. In order to obtaingrants the boilersmust be approved atthe Test Laboratory forSmall BiofuelBoilers. Environmental para-meters have now be-come competition pa-rameters along withtraditional ones suchas functionality, dura-bility, design and notleast price. The scheme has ini-tiated comprehensiveproduct developmentamong the manufac-turers.

(http://www.caddet-re.org/news/)

NorwayMini co-genera-

tion based onlandfill gas

A mini co-generation plant,utilizing landfill

gas, has been in ope-ration for more thantwo years in northernNorway. It consists of four gasengines, each with acapacity of 13 kW ofelectricity and 39 kWof heat.

(www.caddetre.org)

Biomass Association -AEBIOM and Car-bonfix e. V., a NGOactive in climatechange.

The presentationsslides and papers fromthe conference are av-ailable on the AE-BIOM web site:www.ecop.ucl.ac.be/aebiom.

Secondconference

Proud of this success-ful conference EBBF is

encouraged to orga-nise a second confe-rence next year, andwill try to put evenmore focus on crea-ting better relations-hip between partici-pants and Europeandecision makers.

See you next year !Jean-Marc Jossart

Dr Manfred Vohrer,EBBF Chairman hadin the opening speachpresented the impor-tance to attend theEBBF conference forthe business people.

Dr. Dan Asplund,AEBIOM - Presidentstressed also the impor-tance of a better integ-ration of the Europeancommon AgriculturalPolicy and the Energypolicy.

Dr. Rolf Linkohr, MEPand President of theEuropean Energy Fon-dation explained in hispresentation the Euro-pean Parliament ac-tivities how to doublethe share of bioenergy.

Günther Hanreich, EC- DG Transport andEnergy Director NewEnergies and DemandManagement wasexplaining the ECinitiatives to increasebioenergy production.

Mr. Michael Ruoff, EUpolicy consultant spokeabout Common Agri-culture Policy andAgricultural BiomassProduction in Europe.

Mr.Andreas Grunwald,European BioenergyConsult, Freiburg, ga-ve very precise infor-mation about Regist-ration and Certifica-tion of Projects.

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Centralised biogas technologyis now alive in

the UK. The Germancompany, Farmatic Bio-tech Energy ag, and itsUK subsidiary FarmaticBiotech Energy UK Ltdhas completed the firstlarge scale co-digestionin the UK, based inHolsworthy, Devon(South West of Eng-land).

The plant started ope-ration in 2002 (underthe new IPPC Regula-tions) and has since May2003 taken in food was-te (under the new Ani-mal By-Product Regula-tions).

Manure and foodwaste

The plant is taking inmanure from 25 farmersand food waste fromfood processors in theSouth West of England.The capacity of the plantis 146,00 tonnes peryear, 80% manure and20% food waste. Theplant, which is the firstin the UK, was granted50% capital grant by EUand the English ministryfor food and agriculture(DEFRA).

Delay because ofFoot and Mouse

diseaseHolsworthy Biogas Ltdwas established in 1998and has since 2001 beena joint-venture betweenfarmatic and the localpartners in Holsworthy.

The beginning was alittle complicated andcertainly very challen-ging for the first CADplant in the UK.

Construction startedin February 2001 a fewweeks before the out-break of Foot and Mou-se disease with the Hols-worthy area as one of

the most effected in theUK. The result was thatthe farm infrastructurewas delayed and the di-alogue with relevant Re-gulatory officers redu-ced due to restricted ac-cess movements.

Furthermore, the Bri-tish Government put inforce stricter regulationsfor food waste, whichmeant that when theplant was put in opera-tion it was not allowedto take in food waste.

Animal by-productsThis changed in Maythis year when the newEU Animal By-ProductRegulation was put inforce.

The result was thatanimal by-productsshould be treated accor-ding to new strict EUrules and for low riskmaterial (Category 3)one of the few options isto a biogas plant withpasteurisation at 70 ºC

for one hour. The Hols-worthy plant was al-ready built to this stan-dard so the plant startedtaking in animal by-pro-ducts from the first dayof the new regulation.

The other positive ef-fect of this regulation isthat there are no cheapalternatives, which me-ans that HolsworthyBiogas can now charge ahigher gate fee than ex-pected in 2001.

Biogas CHPThe biogas used forCHP (combined heat &power) has an electricaloutput of 2.1 MW.

The electricity is soldaccording to a NFFOcontract (Non FossilFuel Obligation). This isa very attractive cont-ract where the price is5.93 p/kWh (2003) andis linked to the retail pri-ce index for a 15 yearperiod.

The heat is expected

First large scale bio-gas plant in the UK

to be used in a new di-strict heating schemeplanned for 2004.

The bio-fertiliser is re-turned to the supplyingfarmers as a liquid bio-fertiliser to substituteraw slurry and mineralfertiliser.

There is expected tobe a significant cost sa-ving by the supplyingfarmers on their fertili-ser bills up to £10,000per annum, dependingon method of applica-tion.

New plantsFarmatic expects a num-

ber of new plants to bebuilt in the next 5-10years, and the companyhas already been awar-ded one new contractwhere the capital grant(to support economicsof using mainly agricul-tural input) is alsoagreed in principle.

For this project as wellas for other new projectsthe electricity has to besold according to thenew ROC scheme (Re-newable Obligation Cer-tificate).

The value of ROC’sdepends on the marketand is related to the ex-

pected number of ROC’scompared to the obliga-tion according to theGovernment targetswhich is 10% in 2010but is expected to be in-creased to 20 % in2020.

Municipal solidwaste

Besides the more tradi-tional co-digestion con-cept of manure and foodwaste, farmatic has alsoimplemented one of thefirst Mechanical Biologi-cal Treatment (MBT)concept plants where in-ert material such as plas-tic, glass, metal, etc isseparated and sent forfurther processing whe-reas the organic fractionis anaerobically digestedat the biogas plant.

The company has alsostarted a number of pro-jects in Germany basedon MSW (MunicipalSolid Waste) and farma-tic is already involved ina number of potentialprojects in the UK basedon this concept wherefurther reprocessing andremanufacturing ofsome of the inert materi-al such as mixed plasticis included within thewhole facility.

This significantly re-duces disposal rates aswell as allowing maxi-mum uptake of truly re-newable energy usinglocal and readily availa-ble biomass.

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Bois Energie 2003 in Cahor

Fast transport of stemsdownhill in mountainsforests

Effective woodhandlingsystems

The market for wood stovesis really large in France

Frederic Douard,manager of ITEBE

explains the situation

The informationstand of ITEBE

Hectic work in thelocal ITEBE office

during the exhibition

Short conferences was heldin the exhibition area.

The cheff fromTullikkivi feeds thevisitors withpizzaslizes etc.

Mobile chippers

Mobile chippers

Feeder for pellets

Intensive discussions

In 15 seconds the cover canbe removed so Palazzettipellet stove can be easilycleaned.

This thin magic stoverotated while burningand made a real niceimpression.

Another magic stove.A thin water layer isrunning on the surfaceof the stove and givesnot only a nice effectbut also extra humidityin the room.

Two very interestingcompact and ready torun briquetting units

In November 2003 in the southern part of France -Cahor, 100 km north of Tolouse, ITEBE, the international bioenergy promoting organization, arrang-

ed their yearly, very popular event. The fair had thesame character as their previous events organized inLons Le Sounier or Mullhouse. A concept provenworking well. This event was the first of its kind in thatregion and, as far as one could tell counting the visi-tors, bioenergy have a strong future there. The exhibitors were coming from different countriesnot only France but also Finland, Italy, USA, Denmark,UK, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Sweden andmore. Next ITEBE exhibition will be organized in Lonsle Saunier - north west of France in April 2004.

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On 2nd December a project meeting was organi-sed in Graz, the capital of Styria, where Wolfgang Ji-lek, LEV, Styria, amongst other information presen-ted that in Styria 20 percent of the energy comes frombiomass.

Under the patronage of I.T.E.B.E. the future acti-vities of all partners in ALPENERGYWOOD pro-ject, Interreg III B were discussed.

On the 3rd and 4th of December Austrian orga-nizers Landes Energie Vereign and Landes KammerSteiermark arranged study tours.

The last day, a meeting with more than 100 farm-ers and others was organized. The main topic wasfocused on the efficient and comfortable productionof wood chips for bioenergy in Austria.

Participants from the Alpcountries visited the KWBboilers production in St. Margareten a.d. Raabwith the production of 2 000 boilers per year.

Energeticsituation inthe Middle

and EasternEuropen-Countries

Prof. Dr. Villhelm Riesner organi-

zed 13. Zittau Semi-nar; Energy Situationin the Middle andEastern EuropeanCountries.

The seminar washeld from 6 - 8 Octo-ber 2003 at the Fa-culty of EconomyZittau/Gerlitz, Ger-many. The seminarattended the partici-pants from 12 trans-formations countries:Ukraine, Estonia, Lat-via, Lithuania, CzechRepublic, Poland,Slovakia, Hungary,Bulgaria, Romaniaand Slovenia. The Zittau Seminarstated also the situa-tion that bioenergy inmentioned countriesis very low in correla-tion to their naturalresources

Martina Sumenjak

AlpenergywoodInternational MeetingGraz, Austria, 2. - 5. december 2003

The visit at the biggest pellets producer inAustria the company Leitinger, Preding, with theproduction of 50 000 tonnes per year was veryinteresting.

The organizers of the ALPENERGYWOOD meeting in Graz (left to rightHorst Jauschnegg LKSteiermark, Pedro Segovia, I.T.E.B.E.; Julie Brassoud,I.T.E.B.E.; Marie Maud Gerard, I. T. E.B.E and Horst Scheuer

Photo for the memory from the clocktower, Grass, inromantic fog evening at 2. December

Text and photos:Martina Sumenjak

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www.bioenergyinternational.com EventsNatural Powerfor the WorldRenewable

energy in Berlin

Clen EnergyP o w e r ”(CEP), Inter-

national Trade fair andConference for rene-wable energy, energyefficiency and mobil-ity, is to take placefrom January 22nd to24th, 2004 side byside with the 69th In-ternational GreenWeek at the Fairgro-und Berlin, Germany. The event includesthe main topics ”GreenEnergy”, „Green Cons-truction” and „EnergyEfficiency”. A network of nume-rous associations andmedia is supportingthis latest project ofthe organising compa-ny ”Erneuerbare ener-gien GmbH”. A two-day conferen-ce accompanying thetrade fair offers latestinformation and acomprehensive ex-change of knowledge. Conferences suchas ”Financing Expor-tation in the Field ofRenewable Energy”,„Bio Fuels and Econo-mic Feasibility” and„The Green Roof Top -Solar Power” are or-ganised During 3 days of ex-hibition, expert visitorsand consumers maygather information inthe whole field of rene-wable energy and en-ergy efficiency.

For furtherinformation

visitwww.

energieserver.de.

Three in One” -Sustainable Energy, Energy Ef-

ficiency and Environme-ntal Solutions Expos2003 was held at Olym-pia in London from 21 -23 October.

The event gathered to-gether over 150 exhibit-ing companies and near-ly 3000 visitors.

Many solutions to en-ergy and environmentalneeds were presented,giving the visitors opp-ortunities of improvingtheir knowledge aboutenergy aspects in gene-ral.

Visitors could also att-end the conferenceswhich addressed manyof the issues impactingon UK businesses nowa-days.

The conferences wereorganized by the Rene-wable Power Associa-tion (RPA), the Royal

Institute of British Ar-chitects (RIBA) and En-ergy System Trade Asso-ciation (ESTA) and gua-ranteed senior level dele-gates from a wide varie-ty of the industry sector.Bioenergy Internationalwas also present inOlympia during the th-ree day event and ourmagazine was very po-pular among the partici-pants of both conferen-ce and exhibition.

Next year the 2004Sustainable Energy, Ener-gy Efficiency and Envi-ronmental Solutions Ex-pos will again take placeat London Olympiafrom 19 - 21 October.

Text and photo:Dorota Natucka

Sustainable EnergyOlympia, London

Exhibition hall was very crowdedduring all three days

Swedish representatives of FulghumFibrefuels, MM Enviloope and VTSwere holding together one stand: fromthe right respectively Göran Westerlund,Håkan Fjäder and Björn Forsberg

Svebio stand was impressing

Jorgen Fink from FarmaticBiotech Energy UK was askedmany questions regarding the

biogas technology.Read more about Farmatic

project on page 15


www.bioenergyinternational.comCalendarErneuerbare

energien 2004"in Böblingen

presents a uni-que variety of

topics

Interested in rehabilitation of old buildings? Geother-

mic? How to sell solarsystems? Setting upbusiness? VentureCapital? Exportationof renewable energy?Waterpower? These are some ofthe topics provided atthe ”erneuerbare ener-gien 2004” in Böbling-en. The international fairand congress informsvisitors with a widerange of topics fromMarch 5th - 7th 2004at the CCB in Böbling-en. The contents of thefair and congress arecovering the wholepalette of renewableenergy and energy ef-ficient rehabilitation Besides the wideoffer of seminars,workshops and sym-posium, there will beroom for personal pro-blems and requests: a all-around energyconsulting for visitorsis getting across solu-tion appendages con-cerning energetic buil-ding rehabilitation,isolation and heatingwith solar and woodenergy. For the fair ”erneu-erbare energien2004”, 250 exhibitors,800 congress partici-pants and around10,000 visitors are ex-pected.

For further informa-tion visit

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2004

January,

19 - 21European ConferenceFor Renewable Energy”Intelligent Policy Op-tions”Berlin, Germanyw w w . e r e c -r e n e w a b l e s . o r g /berlin2004.htmwww.europa.eu. int /c o m m / e n e r g y / r e s /index_en.htm

21 - 23ICORE 2004 - Interna-tional Congress on Re-newable EnergyBangalore, Indiawww.icore2004.com

22 - 24Clean Energy Power2004Berlin, Germanywww.energiemessen.de

23 - 24Wood Pellet and Hea-ting ConferenceFlimwell, E. SussexTel 00441908 [email protected]/logpile

31 - 1 FebruarySustainability Expo2004Christchurch, New Zea-landwww.gosolar.co.nz

February,

5 - 7Renewable Energy andWater Technology FairAguadulce, Almeria,

Spainwww.fenergia-agua.com

17 - 20SMA 20046th Environment Exh.Zaragoza, Spainwww.feriazaragoza.com

March,

1 -3Power-Gen RenewableEnergyLas Vegas, Nevada, USAw w w . p o w e r -gengreen.com

3 - 4European Pellets Confe-renceWels, Austriawww.esv.or.at/pellets04

3 - 5World Sustainable Ener-gy Days 2004Wels, Austriawww.esv.or.at/wsed04

5 - 7Erneuerbare Energien2004Böblingen, Germanywww.erneuerbareenergien.com

23 - 25ENEX-New Energy20047th International Fair ofRenewable Sources ofEnergyKielce, Polandwww.targikielce.pl

31 - 2 AprilGlobe 2004Vancouver, Canadawww.globe2004.com

April,

7 - 9REAsia 2004 - Asia Re-newable Energy Confe-rence and ExhibitionBeijing, Chinawww.gracefair.com

19 - 24Hannover Fair 2004Hannover, Germanywww.messe.de

May,

5 - 7Energetika 20049th International exhi-bition of electrical engi-neering, energy supplyand equipmentRiga,Latvijawww.expo-rasa.lvwww.prima.lv

10 - 142nd World Conferenceand Technology Exhibi-tion on Biomass for En-ergy, Industry and Cli-mate ProtectionPalazzo dei Congressi,Rome, Italywww.etaflorence.itwww.wip-munich.de

11- 13Victam International2004, Exhibition andConferenceJaarbeurs Halls, UtrechtThe Netherlandswww.victam.com

13Pellets for Bioenergy,International Conferen-ceJaarbeurs Halls, UtrechtThe [email protected]/ae-

biomwww.victam.com

25 - 27All-Energy Opportuni-tiesAberdeen, [email protected]

25-27Power-Gen Europé 2004Barcelona, [email protected]

30 - 31World Renewable Ener-gy Forum 2004 - GlobalBenefits and PoliciesBonn, Germanywww.wcre.org

June

1-4International Conferencefor Renewable EnergiesBonn, Germanywww.renewables2004.de

2 - 4World Bioenergy 2004Conference and exhibi-tion on biomass for ener-gyElmia - Svebio,Jönköping, Swedenwww.elmia.se/bioenergyw w w . s v e b i o . s e /worldbioenergy

2 - 3Bioenergy Conferenceand Exhibition 2004At University of NorthenBritish ColumbiaPrince George, BritishColumbia, [email protected]

16 - 1914th KWF Forest Mach-inery and InnovationsGroB-Umstadt, Germa-nywww.kwf-online.de

23 - 252 international Fair ofDevices and Technologi-es for the Wood PelletsIndustry”PELLETS-EXPO”Bydgoszcz, [email protected]

August

28 - 3 SeptemberWorld Renewable ener-gyCongress VIIIDenver, Colorado, USAwww.nrel.gov/wrec

September,

5 - 919th World Energy Con-gress and ExhibitionSydney, Australiawww.tourhosts.com.au/energy2004/

October,

19 - 21Energy ExposSustainable Energy, En-ergy Efficiency and En-vironmantal SolutionsOlympia, London,UKwww.energy-expo.info

21 - 24HolzEnergie 2004Augsburg, Germanywww.holz-energie.de

21 - 24RENEXPO 2004Augsburg, Germanywww.energie-server.de



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