Biomass CHP - benefits at local/regional level
Krzysztof Gierulski, EC BREC, Poland
Presentation at: managEnergy Workshop on Renewable Energy Good practice at local and regional level 1 July 2002, Brussels, Belgium
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Summary
The set of activities promoting best EU experience with biomass combined heat and power (CHP) CHP technologies to the Polish market has been implemented by EC Baltic Renewable Energy Centre (EC BREC/ RES-OPET Poland) and OPET Sweden and OPET Arctic (Merinova, Finland) in 2000 - 2002 under the OPET Network.
Promotional campaign for conversion to biomass CHP with a transfer of successful EU experience in this field to Poland. The set of promotion activities were implemented by EC BREC (Poland), OPET Sweden and Merinova (Finland) in 2001 - 2002 within the EU OPET Network supported by ENERGIE Programme of the European Commission. It helped to identify 3 sites with total capacity (heat+electricity) around 60-70 MW, who have got opportunities for conversion to biomass CHP in the coming 3 years. The campaign has been important to stimulate the development of biomass CHP especially in existing the municipal district heating sector in Poland.
Key words: solid biomass, combined heat and power, promotion campaign
Results
In 2001 Following successful promotion of the international seminar on opportunities to convert to biomass CHP in Poland around 50 organisations mainly from northern Poland attended the first state of the promotion. The next step of a study tour to southern Sweden included 8 participants with presumably highest interest in converting their local plants.
In 2002 a guidebook for investors in biomass CHP (in Polish) has been printed using materials received from various OPETs (200 copies) and some articles in local and international press (Bioenergy International No. 3 May 2002) have been published. A practical training course on conversion to biomass CHP was attended by 10 pre-selected organisations mainly from existing larger district heating companies from various parts of Poland.
Over the period of 2 years a number of potential biomass CHP conversion projects have been identified, with at least 3 plants having opportunities to be converted within coming 3-4 years. The latter's total capacity may reach 60-70 MW (electricity and heat).
The project of such behavioural/dissemination type is by nature long-term oriented in sense of actual economic impact. It is has been monitored that among the participants of the events and direct promotion organised by ECBREC and OPET Sweden at least at 3 sites feasibility studies for conversion to biomass CHP have been initiated. The expected total value of these new investments would exceed 140 million Euro.
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