Bioenergy from forests research programme Antti Asikainen, professor Metla

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1 Bioenergy from forests research programme Antti Asikainen, professor Metla Finnish Forest Research Institute

2 Bioenergy from forests research programme Global biomass resources and production of biomass 2. Impacts of intensive biomass production and harvesting in forest ecosystems 3. Biomass harvesting technology, logistics and storage 4. Woody biomass as raw material for liquid biofuels and biorefinging products

3 Bioenergy from forests research programme Consists of 25 research projects over 50 researchers in Metla involved Total funding about 20 M Duration

4 OBJECTIVES To produce basic knowledge on the principles of biomass production for energy use in the forests and peatland To develop sustainable silvicultural methods for energy biomass production in connection with traditional forestry To Improve the mapping and assessment methods for energy biomass resources To develop efficient, new harvesting, processing and transport technologies and logistical solutions for energy biomass To support the creation of entrepreneurship and new business models for bioenergy To study the principles of using woody biomass as a raw material for liquid biofuel production

5 Examples on projects at global, European and national levels

6 Estimation of EU s forest energy resources Annually harvestable amount is 36 Mtoe (about 150 million green tonnes or 187 million m 3 ) Lähde Asikainen et al 2008)

7 National balance of resources and use GIS and forest statistic based estimation of biomass resources use of biomass in heat and power plants balance (resourcesuse) Similar studies conducted e.g. in Spain, Russia, Uruguay and France

8 Impacts of intensive biomass use on forests Impacts on soils Silvicultural treatments and forest management Impacts on growth Surface vegetation Forest fires, insect damages etc. Recreational use of forests

9 Survey methods of bioenergy use Nationwide survey every year plants using wood fuels volumes used by sources sawmill residues forest residues imported wood pellets recycled wood

10 Use of forest chips for energy in Finland 1000 m TWh Pienkäyttö Määrittelemätön Kannot Järeä runkopuu Hakkuutähteet Kokopuu Karsittu ranka

11 Technology transfer to other countries, Case Spain

12 BEE Metla s projects in Europe, joint implementation with VTT and national partners Biomass Energy Europe Harmonization of biomass mapping methods in EU EUWood Estimation of realistic availability of woody biomass for energy COST action: Forest Energy Harmonization of research methods for forest energy harvesting and transport ForestPower Nordic project for efficient wood based energy production

13 Estimation of global forest biomass potentials (Anttila et al. 2009) Borders: ESRI Data & Maps

14 Estimation of global woody biomass potentials for biorefining (Asikainen 2009). Mill. m 3 /a Boost Mobilize Reallocate Biorefining, global Biorefining, EU Heat and Power, Global Heat and Power, EU Source: Röser et al. 2008

15 Cultivation of biomass on organic soils (peat) Cultivation of Sphagnum sp. for enegy including lab. and field experiments Growth n. 200 g/m kg/ha

16 Establishment of large field experiments for follow up Four sites in Finland Treatments virgin forest clear cuts removal of logging residues Impact measurements ground and surface waters vegetation mychorrizae plant growth

17 Contacts prof. Antti Asikainen