Status of Bioenergy in Croatia Workshop International cooperation in the Field of Bioenergy October 22-23, 2013 Boris Ćosić, dipl. ing., University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (UNIZAG FSB)
University of Zagreb - FSB University of Zagreb 60000 students Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (UniZG-FSB) 1600 students 120 lecturers Energy concerned teaching & research (~50 rsrch) Department of Energy, Power Engineering and Environment Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair, Chair of Turbomachinery, Chair of Fluid Mechanics, Chair of Ecology and Water Treatment Technology (+ 2 laboratories) Department of Thermodynamics, Thermal and Process Engineering Chair of Technical Thermodynamics, Chair of Thermal and Process Engineering (+ 2 laboratories)
Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair 7 lecturers + 4 postdocs + 10 PhD students Research funding 25% funding from Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Sport; Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship; Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund of the Republic of Croatia 35% funding from EC (FP7 + IEE + IPA, 10 active projects) 40% funding from industrial contracts (HEP, AVL, etc.)
Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair HAWE (FP7) - High Altitude Wind Energy JoRIEV (FP7) - Improving capacity of Jordanian Research in Integrated Renewable Energy and Water supply DISKNET (FP7) - DIStributed Knowledge-Based Energy Saving NETworks ADRIACOLD (IPA) - Diffusion of Cooling and Refreshing Technologies using the Solar Energy Resource in the Adriatic Regions GERONIMO II_BIOGAS (IEE) - A focussed strategy for enabling European farmers to tap into biogas opportunities 4-DH (Danish Ministry of Science) - 4th Generation District Heating Technologies and Systems Preparation of bylaws in the area of renewable energy sources and cogeneration Legislation preparation for biofuels Multicriterial optimisation of Energy Systems
Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair WIND SOLAR GRID H 2 RES 3.0 WAVE HYDRO GEO- THERMAL BIOMASS FOSSIL FUELS STORAGE Hydrogen Reversible hydro Batteries Heat LOAD Power Hydrogen Water Heat DESALINATION H 2 RES Energy planning tool Developed together with IST
How to Achieve Energy Independency? More efficient use of energy Local production of primary energy Croatia has only renewables except small reserves of natural gas, but not enough
How to Achieve Energy Independency?
Final Energy Demand in Croatia- Strategy
Final Energy Demand in Croatia According to Legislation
Decoupling is possible Danish case
Why Renewable Energy Sources? Security of energy supply Import dependence from 50% to 70% by 2030 Employment and regional development policies Deindustrialization and trade liberalization Boosting growth and jobs by meeting our climate change commitments Mitigation of global warming Environmental protection Sustainable development
Energy - climate package 2008 20-20-20 till 2020 20% RES 10% biofuels Energy neutral buildings from 2018 20% CO2 emission reduction 20% more energy efficiency Energy neutral buildings from 2018
New RES Directive Western Balkan countries RES obligations by 2020
New RES Directive New installed and decommissioned power capacity in EU, 2012 [MW], EWEA
New RES Directive EU electricity generation installed capacity net change, 2000-2012 [GW], EWEA
Next step 2030 Green Paper "A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies 40% lower GHG emissions by 2030? 30% RES by 2030?
Towards 2050 80% lower GHG emissions by 2050 Decarbonising power RES 40%-100% + nuclear + CCS Buildings energy neutral from 2018 Electrification of transport Four pillars of Post carbon society Renewable Energy Buildings as Positive Power Plants Energy Storage Smart grids and Plug-in Vehicles
RES in Croatia Electricity from RES until 2020 1200 MW installed capacity of wind power plant (2000 MW until 2030), 140 MW installed capacity of biomass fired power plants (420 MW until 2030), 40 MW installed capacity of waste power plant (60 MW until 2030), 20 MW installed capacity of geothermal power plant (30 MW until 2030), 45 MW installed capacity of solar power plant (250 MW until 2030), 100 MW installed capacity of small hydro power plant (140 MW until 2030) 300 MW installed capacity of large hydro power plant
RES in Croatia - Biomass Biomass for heating Potential is recognised 36 PJ until 2020 (today 13 PJ) Pellets and briquettes instead of firewood (logs) Fuel for CHP units Fuel for district heating systems
Agricultural biomass Wheat straw Corn stover Forest residuals Biomass potential and cost Small branchs and stumps (wood chips)
21. Regional energy potential of wheat straw and possible clusters in 1000 GJ, (biomass energy potential in PJ, electricity production GWh, max size of Power plant in MW)
22. Regional energy potential of corn stover and possible clusters in 1000 GJ, (biomass energy potential in PJ, electricity production GWh, max size of Power plant in MW)
23. Location for biomass power plants with capacity of 100.000 t/a of wood chips, collecting radius for selected location, and potential of forest residues in Counties
24. Location for biomass power plants with capacity of 200.000 t/a of wood chips, collecting radius for selected location, and potential of forest residues in Counties
25. Location for biomass power plants with capacity of 100.000 t/a of wood chips, collecting radius for selected location, and potential of forest residues in Counties
Macro location in Croatia for large PP
Biomass cost at plant location Biomass cost: n [ C ( )] B + TP Ui KBi GC = i= 1 PB GC: Average price of biomass at plant location, ( /ton) CB: Price of biomass, ( /ton) TP: Biomass transport cost, ( /ton/km) Ui : Distance between administrative center of county and plant location, (km) KBi: The total amount of biomass delivered from counties, (ton) PB: Annual fuel consumption of power plant, (ton)
Lokacije 100.000 t wood chips 200.000 t wood chips 300.000 t wood chips EURO/t Biomass cost at plant location Collecting Collecting radius, km EURO/t Collecting radius, km EURO/t radius, km Belišće 39,13 48 42,23 81 44,23 95 Osijek 39,50 60 42,00 80 45,68 120 Zagreb 39,13 42 41,03 60 43,52 80 Velika Gorica 38,98 38 40,61 60 43,49 80 Sisak 39,10 45 41,33 70 43,63 95 Glina 38,95 50 41,13 65 44,33 95 Slavonski Brod 41,18 70 42,93 80 44,49 95 Udbina 41,13 85 46,56 120 47,98 140 Karlovac 40,90 55 42,19 75 44,13 90 Vukovar 40,00 50 43,20 100 47,60 140 Biomass cost at forest road ~35 and transport costs are 0,1 /t/km
Biogas potential in Croatia
Solid biofuels production in Croatia
Current situation in Croatia CHP Biomass power plant Biogas power plant 6,74 MW Biomass (forest residues) CHP 7,14 MW Biogas CHP
Project registered in the Ministry of Economy 243 MW of biomass power plants 90 MW of biogas power plant
Electricity produced from RES
Biomass power plant Installed capacity < 300 kw 0,172 Installed capacity > 300 kw <2 MW 0,165 Installed capacity > 2 MW and > 5 MW 0,159 Installed capacity > 5 MW ~0,07 Biogas power plant Feed in tariffs for RES electricity Installed capacity < 300 kw 0,177 Installed capacity > 300 kw <2 MW 0,167 Installed capacity > 2 MW and > 5 MW 0,156 Installed capacity > 5 MW ~0,07 Feed in tariffs ( /kw)
Prior authorisation Environmental impact assess. Towards 2050 License for electricity generation Provisional connection author. Location permit Connection contract Authorisation Prior decree on priviledged producer status Final connection authorisation Contract on grid usage Building permit Building, commissioning, trial operation Contract on purchasing electricity Operation/use permit Decree on the priviledged producer status Authorisation institutions: TSO/DSO HERA MoELE Market Operator MoEPPPC or county offices
Power Engineering and Energy Management Chair Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 2002 (INCO FP5), 2003,..., 2011, 2012, 2013 www.sdewes.org
Thank you for your attention!!! Boris.Cosic@fsb.hr