Italian best practices and the rule of biomass trade centers for ensuring quality and long term supply Valter Francescato, Massimo Negrin AIEL Italian Biomass Association www.aiel.cia.it
2 Italian Biomass Chain Entrepreneurs Association (joined by 300 companies 2013)... from the forest to chimney Biomass production and logistic Biomass heating and CHP plants In progress.. Gasification group
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4 Forest cover and management in Italy (D. Pettenella, L. Secco dip. TeSAF Università di Padova) Forests in mountain-hilly lands (95%) (11 Mha, low accessibility) Wood annual increment = 36 Mm 3 Harvested wood (2008) = 7.6 Mm 3 /year [21% of increment] 65% firewood 35% timber industry 2 Mha of olive groves and vineyards 10 milion MWh pe [outdoor burnt impact on air quality] Source: INEA 2011, Forest Europe 2011
5 WOOD FUELS CONSUMPTION IN ITALY Wood chips in DH Wood chips in mini DH and boilers Wood chips for big power plants (>10MWe) Economic value 2,3 Bilion / year Logs Dati AIEL
6 The import Source: ETIFOR, 2012 6 th largest importer of wood 2 nd European importer of wood 1 st importer of wood from the Balkans and southern Europe 2 nd European importer of tropical wood 1 st importer of firewood 4 th largest importer of wood chips 1 st importer of wood pellets for domestic use 1 st trading partner for the export of Cameroon, Romania, Bosnia, Albania, Serbia,...
7 Founded January 2013 Requirements for joining the group 1. Security and legality (machines and workers) 2. Retraining courses (1 every 2 years) 3. Attestation of conformity of biofuels (acc. to EN 14961 parts 4, 5) Marketing and monitoring the solid biofuels prices Up to now 50 companies from 13 Regions Massimo Negrin 28 giugno 2013
8 BIOMASS LOGISTIC & TRADE CENTRE High quality wood fuels Ensuring long-term supply Implement marketing strategies costumers Certification of sustainable production process
9 Water content Dimension Ash content Net calorific value Bulk density Mechanical durability (pellets) Laboratorio Analisi BioCombustibili Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali www.tesaf.unipd.it/biofuel Ref. Dr. Andrea Sgarbossa, Dr. Michela Zanetti biofuel.tesaf@unipd.it 28 giugno 2013
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11 Main limits for chips classification in the real life
Marketing the quality www.aiel.cia.it Massimo Negrin 28 giugno 2013
13 BTC CipCalor (LASNIGO Como) www.cipcalor.it 10.000 m 2 of which 1.400 m 2 covered 4.000 t chips + 800 t firewood (P20, P32, P50) Prices: 100 /t cip. A1 - Logs 120-150 /t A1
14 Fix bed down draft gasifier Since June 2013 in operation 2 x 45 kwe 2 x 120 kwth for heating the building and drying logs and chips (A1)
15 BTC - Comunalie Parmensi - Borgotaro (PR) 525 m 2 covered ( 150.000) 3.000 m 2 outdoor storage Seasoned wood outdoor Chipping service 2 times per year 15.000 ha of collective forest (private) property
16 New BTC BETTEGA BIOMASSE (Dolomite Veneto Region) October 5th 2013 New BTC ECODOLOMITI (Dolomite Veneto Region)
17 WOOD CHIPS prices (excl. VAT) Sept. 2013
18 LOGS prices (excl. VAT) Pellets and briq. Transport costs
19 Trend of wood chips prices (2010 2013) Franco biomass plant within 20 km
20 Costs of primary energy (Sept. 2013) LPG (for domestic use) Heating oil Agricultural diesel Methane Pellets in bags Pellet tanker Firewood bulk M20 Wood chips M35
21 Gracias por su atención Valter Francescato, Massimo Negrin AIEL Italian Agriforestry Energy Association francescato.aiel@cia.it negrin.aiel@cia.it Adiós a www.progettofuoco.com