Options of biofuel trade from Central and Eastern to Western European countries

Dam, J. van; Faaij, André; Lewandowski, Iris; Zeebroeck, B. Van

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.11.006

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“…Various studies have shown that long-distance international transport by ship is feasible in terms of energy use and transportation costs (e.g. Sikkema et al, 2010a, Magelli et al, 2009van Dam et al, 2009) but availability of suitable vessels and meteorological conditions (e.g. winter time in Scandinavia and Russia) need be considered.…”

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Opportunities and barriers for international bioenergy trade

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“…1,10,11 Note that the base scenario already considers feedstock as one of the most important criteria. Th e scenario considered an increased weight of the main variable feedstock.…”

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“…Some articles review this subject by means of cost models of production and supply chains. [8][9][10][11] However, the available literature related to production and supply chain decisions consider specifi c regions or are more focused on quantitative cost models. Trade-off s of both quantitative as well as qualitative aspects of global production location decisions and analysis of various scenarios have not been described in great detail in the literature currently available.…”

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“…A second market type is that of mediumscale consumption of bulk pellets in district heating such as in In general, international biomass to bioenergy supply chains off er various confi gurations. Various international supply chain comparisons have been published analyzing costs and sustainability aspects 9,11,[14][15][16]. Biomass is produced at a site close or distant to the end-user.…”

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Analysis of the global production location dynamics in the industrial wood pellet market: an MCDA approach

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Junginger

2011

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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Industrial wood pellet demand and international trade have been growing rapidly, requiring producers to build new production facilities. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the trade-offs of different wood pellet production locations across the world within the next ten years and to improve the quality and viability of future wood pellet production location and supply chain decisions. To this end, a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) was performed. This approach enabled assimilation and synthesis of both qualitative and qualitative data of a comprehensive set of regions in which lies its originality.The following characteristics were indicated and assessed: feedstock (availability, competition, and pricing), investment climate, electricity prices, market potential, and logistics. Analysis of various scenarios resulted in a preference for Northern American, Austrian, Belgian, and German regions based either on superior feedstock pricing or logistic position, complemented by a stable investment climate. However, a scenario of high demand of ocean freight quickly diminished the performance of Western Canada and the USA, Brazil, and Chile. Austria, Belgium, and Germany remained most volatile for feedstock shortages. Overall, Austria, Estonia, Czech Republic, and Sweden seem more robust to perform well in different scenarios, which may prove crucial to limit risk exposure in an emerging market. Some more remote regions with huge feedstock potential (e.g. Russia) depend on the investment climate and logistical feasibility of these regions.

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“…Another aspect that is being approached in the literature regards the economic effects of implementing biofuels: the designing of supply and delivery chains for biofuels, the analysis of liquid fuel market, the optimization of field positioning the production plant [44][45][46][47], policies of supporting the usage of liquid biofuels [48], the efficiency of investments in the biofuel domain [49][50][51][52][53], etc.…”

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Heuristic Methodology for Estimating the Liquid Biofuel Potential of a Region

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This paper presents a heuristic methodology for estimating the possible variation of the liquid biofuel potential of a region, an appraisal made for a future period of time. The determination of the liquid biofuel potential has been made up either on the account of an average (constant) yield of the energetic crops that were used, or on the account of a yield that varies depending on a known trend, which can be estimated through a certain method. The proposed methodology uses the variation of the yield of energetic crops over time in order to simulate a variation of the biofuel potential for a future ten year time period. This new approach to the problem of determining the liquid biofuel potential of a certain land area can be useful for investors, as it allows making a more realistic analysis of the investment risk and of the possibilities of recovering the investment. On the other hand, the presented methodology can be useful to the governmental administration in order to elaborate strategies and policies to ensure the necessity of fuels and liquid biofuels for transportation, in a certain area. Unlike current methods, which approach the problem of determining the liquid biofuel potential in a deterministic way, by using econometric methods, the proposed methodology uses heuristic reasoning schemes in order to reduce the great number of factors that actually influence the biofuel potential and which usually have unknown values.

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Options of biofuel trade from Central and Eastern to Western European countries

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Opportunities and barriers for international bioenergy trade

Opportunities and barriers for international bioenergy trade

Analysis of the global production location dynamics in the industrial wood pellet market: an MCDA approach

Heuristic Methodology for Estimating the Liquid Biofuel Potential of a Region

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