Perspectives for utilisation of forest chips in the Republic of Karelia Vadim Goltsev METLA 26.10.2011 Metsäntutkimuslaitos Skogsforskningsinstitutet Finnish Forest Research Institute www.metla.fi
Why to use forest chips as a fuel? Development of the local economy Energy independence Increased economic effect from forest areas 2
Available volumes of energy wood for production of forest chips in some regions of northwest Russia, m 3 /capita Ava ailable vo olumes of energy wood, m 3 /cap pita 5,0 4,5 4,0 3,5 3,0 2,5 2,0 15 1,5 1,0 05 0,5 0,0 3,6 4,6 Karelia Arkhangelsk region Leningrad region Vologda region 2,2 3,8 Source: Gerasimov, Y., and T. Karjalainen. Estimation of supply and delivery cost of energy wood from Northwest Russia. Joensuu, Finland, 2009. http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2009/mwp123.htm.
Available volumes of energy wood for production of forest chips in the Republic of Karelia, 1000 m 3 /yr 202 252 427 1461 Non industrial wood Stumps Tree tops and branches Defect wood Source: Gerasimov, Y., and T. Karjalainen. Estimation of supply and delivery cost of energy wood from Northwest Russia. Joensuu, Finland, 2009. http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2009/mwp123.htm.
Use of energy wood in the Republic of Karelia, % of the total energy consumption 0,5 12,9 10 1,0 0,9 64 6,4 3,8 gas 52,0 heavy oil coal diesel wood chips firewood peat 22,6 electricity Reference: Bobileva, A. Strategicheskii perehod. Promishlennii vestnik Karelii. 2009, 90. p: 12-14
Analysis of the preconditions for the use of forest chips in the Republic of Karelia + Availability of wood resources, centralised heating networks, the developed wood harvesting sector, attention ti of the local l authorities +/- Regional strategy for the development of the energy sector of the Republic of Karelia 2011 2020 - Lack of financial resources, weak infrastructure, small local market, lack of experience in production and use of large volumes of forest Source of the picture: Bobileva, A. Strategicheskii perehod. Promishlennii vestnik Karelii. 2009, 90. p: 12-14
Analysis of the preconditions for the use of forest chips in Finland + State support, the developed Use of forest chips m3/yr bioenergy sector, the strong local 16 demand, availability of resources, 14 finances, experience, technologies and equipment 12 10 + Exact targets on the development of bioenergy at national and regional 8 levelsl 6 - Complicated logistics of large volumes of forest chips, the risk of competition for biomass between the wood processing industry and the bioenergy industry 4 2 0 2009 2020
Roadmap to develop production and use of forest chips in the Republic of Karelia 1 st stage: Creation/support of local exporters of forest chips; Learning of technologies, accumulation of knowledge, experience and financial resources; Creation of the local bioenergy market 2 nd stage: Increase of forest chip supply for the export and local market; Localisation of production of the equipment
Export of forest chips from the Republic of Karelia to Finland Forest chip supply chain: Raw material round wood Chipping at the terminal Mobile chippers Total transportation distance for the forest in the Republic of Karelia to the power plant in Finland is about 130 km
Forest chip flow from the Republic of Karelia to the Lieksa power plants, Finland Volum me, loose m 3 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 August Sep ptember October No vember De ecember January Fe ebruary March 2009 2010 Time Source: Goltsev, V, M Trishkin, and T Tolonen. Efficiency of forest chip transportation from Russian Karelia to Finland. Joensuu, Finland, 2011. http://www.metla.fi/julkaisut/workingpapers/2011/mwp189.htm.
Factors hindering the export of forest chips from the Republic of Karelia to Finland At the production stage: High prices of imported machinery Lack of experience At the forest chip transport stage: The limitation of the maximal allowable payload of chip trucks in Russia Bad roads Lack of border passing points
Thank you for your attention! ti Vadim Goltsev vadim.goltsev@metla.fi