Availability and Sustainability of Biomass Including specific large biomass projects

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2 Availability and Sustainability of Biomass Including specific large biomass projects Dr. Ir. Yves Ryckmans Dipl. Ing. Patrick Savat LABORELEC Sustainable Process Technologies Combustion and Biomass VGB Congress Power Plants 2012 Mannheim 10-12/10/2012 LABORELEC

3 GDF SUEZ Group 90.7 billion in 2011 revenues. 1 st company in the utilities sector worldwide (Forbes Global 2000) 11 billion invested per year over GW of installed power production capacity (*) 219,100 employees throughout the world incl. 62,400 in electricity and gas and 156,700 in energy services and environmental services researchers and experts in 9 R&D centers (*) Including 100% of the capacity of GDF SUEZ assets at 31 Dec regardless of the actual holding rate. 3

4 A balanced power generating mix 4

5 A LARGE SHARE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY 15% 5

6 GDF SUEZ Biomass Activities Europe (Belgium Netherlands Poland) GDF-SUEZ CFPP (CO-)FIRING BIOMASS POWER PLANTS SITE + % biomass UNIT Hardcoal Biomass CAPACITY Green power DATE MWe products ton ar/year MWe COD UNIT Olive cake Belgium RUIEN UNIT Wood dust % UNIT Wood chips gas Wood milling Belgium MaxGreen RODENHUIZE 60% --> 100% UNIT Wood pellets Belgium AWIRS 100% UNIT Wood pellets Netherlands GELDERLAND UNIT Wood pellets % --> 20% Poland POLANIEC 10% --> 15% 7 UNITS 1575 Wood chips Agri biomass Green Unit % wood-20% agri Biomass EUROPE (BE + NL + POL) 25% Essentially imported Essentially local origin

7 Biomass fired: past, actual, future 7

8 Major firing and co firing technologies 8

9 100% pulverized coal 100% pulverized wood! 9

10 RODENHUIZE 4 : THE WHOLE STORY From light green to Max Green 10

11 MAX GREEN Facts and Figures INSTALLED POWER FUEL CONSUMPTION PER YEAR AVOIDED COAL AVOIDED CO 2 PER JAAR GREEN ELECTRICITY PER YEAR 200 MW e WOOD PELLETS TON TON TON MWh equivalent to: families INVESTMENT 125 M OPERATION TIME EMPLOYEMENT 500 man.years 11

12 Dust SO 2 NO x MAX GREEN Very low emissions! Max 15 mg/nm 3 2 Generally much lower, because capture by ESP: - Designed for coal with more ash than wood (oversized) - Upgraded during unit conversion (electrical part, flow pattern) Permit: 75 mg/nm 3 2 But SO 2 emissions negligible due to +/ absence of S in clean wood According to Flemish legislation: 195 mg/nm 3 2 Permit: Max 90 mg/nm 3 2!!! Consequence: need for secondary measure SCR DeNOx! But strong reduced catalyst lifetime due to free alkali s in wood Challenge for SCR designers and catalyst manufacturers! NH 3 : Max. 7 ppmv (BREF) 12

13 MAX GREEN PROJECT Detail 13

14 MAX GREEN Major boiler modifications 24 new biomass burners 400 mg/nm 6%O 2 12 new BFG burners 8 OFA s additional sootblowers new BFG preheater (GAVO) partial replacement of the evaporator boiler efficiency +/ unchanged 14

15 SAFETY About Explosions 15

16 SAFETY ATEX is the guideline 16

17 SAFETY Overview measures 17

18 BIOMASS IDENTIFICATION 18

19 ORIGIN OF WOOD PELLETS Market share GDF SUEZ: ~10% Capacity GDF SUEZ today: 1,7 million ton/y versus 16 million ton/y world capacity in 2011 Capacity GDF SUEZ tomorrow: 2 million ton/y and more? GDF SUEZ used 3,0 million ton wood pellets between 2009 and 2011 GDF SUEZ has about 50 suppliers located in the whole world 19

20 Verification procedure: from wood to power 20

21 GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE SUPPLY CHAIN BRITISH COLUMBIA GHG balance 71 % Sea transport Transport raw -8% Wood pellets British material Columbia -1% CANADA Transport final product - 4% Energy use pelletisation - 12,00 % electricity - 4,00% primary energy GHG emissions sea transport = ± 650 km with a truck In Belgium green certificates are granted in function of the net fossil energy or greenhouse gas savings, taking the whole supply chain into consideration 21

22 GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE SUPPLY CHAIN EUROPE GHG balance 87 % Sea transport -2,5% Wood pellets BALTIC EUROPE Transport final product 0% Transport raw material - 0,6 % Energy use pelletization - 9 % electricity - 0,9% primary energy GHG emissions sea transport = ± 200 km with a truck In Belgium green certificates are granted in function of the net fossil energy or greenhouse gas savings, taking the whole supply chain into consideration 22

23 Initiative Wood Pellet Buyers (IWPB) PARTICIPANTS Big utilities in Europe all operating large scale biomass plants DONG, DRAX, RWE/Essent, EON, GDFSUEZ Inspection companies CONTROL UNION, BUREAU VERITAS/INSPECTORATE, SGS Wood pellets associations: EPC, WPAC, USIPA Technical advice and support: LABORELEC Journalist for public reports on the meetings: ARGUS MEDIA 23

24 IWPB: Objectives and Needs Objectives facilitate trade between utilities through uniform contracting essential for covering long term contracts for large plants Similar legal requirements Common specs for industrial pellets draft Common sustainability principles Needs for sustainability Make biomass acceptable and therefore tradable Fulfill conditions to get green support Cover corporate risk assessment versus public opinion and NGO s Get access to broader market in more difficult countries Insure feedstock for large biomass power plants For more information wood pellet buyers iwpb/ 24

25 BIOMASS SUSTAINABILITY Principle Clarification Cramer NL (NTA 8080) Corbey NL RED EC UK OFGEM Belgium (LBE) GHG Positive CO2 balance of total biomass 1 BALANCE supply chain (against conventional) IWPB EU 2 3 CARBON STOCKS BIO- DIVERSITY Production of biomass not impacting high carbon stocks in vegetation & soil X No production of biomass at protected or vulnerable biodiversity X 4 SOIL Soil (quality) is maintained or improved X X X 5 WATER Water not exhausted and water quality maintained or improved X X X X maintained or improved 6 AIR Air quality is maintained or improved X X X X 7 SOCIAL Preserve food- and local biomass applications from unfair competition X X X LOCAL Production of biomass contributes to 8 WELFARE local prosperity X X X X 25

26 ISSUE: STABLE Green support Example of Flanders (B) Value green certificates Green certificates % for co firing Bf Before % 100% firing MaxGreen 89% 100% firing i after % Co firing after % 26

27 CONCLUSION: Biomass Project Review STANDARD Strategic fit Market demand Regulation and legal system Fuel sourcing Technology Environmental impact Social limpact HR / project management Ethics SPECIFIC Regulation for green energy Explosion (ATEX) and fire risks Fuel sourcing sustainability Political and public acceptance 27

28 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION 28

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