Vertical integration of local fuel producers into rural district heating systems – Climate impact and production costs

Kimming, M.; Sundberg, Cecilia; Nordberg, Åke; Hansson, Per‐Anders

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2014.11.037

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“…Besides with an increase of profitability, small but positive, there are additional positive impacts in the local economy. New economic activity and jobs can be created both in the agriculture and in the collection and exploitation of the biomass [27].…”

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confidence: 99%

Biomass District Heating Systems Based on Agriculture Residues

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This paper presents a methodology for analyzing the regional potential for developing biomass district heating systems combining forestry biomass and agriculture residues as fuel. As a case study, this methodology is applied to the continental region of Spain. With this analysis the potential for the implementation of biomass district heating systems based on the use of agriculture residues is applied to 501 rural municipalities in Spain. The renewable forestry biomass and agriculture residues resources availability is analyzed and the biomass required for heating is assessed. The results of applying the methodology show the interest of the combination of biomass sources in a relevant number of municipalities with estimated Internal Rate of Return (IRR) values above 10% and for the analyzed region an IRR mean value of 4.3%.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomass District Heating Systems Based on Agriculture Residues

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“…Some studies [82] find that current biorefineries used for biogas production can be profitable, while others conclude that this is not the case without subsidies or sanctions [77,80]. Another option is cooperation between farmers to enable slightly larger local refineries [77], to integrate farmers into heat supply chains, and introduce more local fuel producers using crops and residues for heating, thereby reducing both GHG emissions and district heating prices [83]. However, the removal of straw residuals from fields for energy production can decrease the soil organic carbon content when not ploughed back into the soil [83].…”

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confidence: 99%

Synergies and Trade-Offs for Sustainable Food Production in Sweden: An Integrated Approach

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The production of food can have large impacts on sustainable development in relation to various socio-ecological dimensions, like climate change, the environment, animal welfare, livestock epidemiology, and the economy. To achieve a sustainable food production system in Sweden, an integrated approach that considers all five of these dimensions, and all parts of the food production chain, is necessary. This paper systematically reviewed the literature related to food production in Sweden, especially in association with resource distribution and recycling logistics, and identified potential sustainability interventions and assessed their effects according to the five dimensions. Participation of stakeholders across the food production chain contributed with the focus of the literature search and subsequent synthesis. In general, there were synergies between the sustainability interventions and their effect on climate change and the environment, while there often were trade-offs between effects on the economy and the other dimensions. Few interventions considered effects on animal welfare or livestock epidemiology and few studies dealt with resource distribution and recycling logistics. This indicates that there is a need for future research that considers this in particular, as well as research that considers the whole food production chain and all dimensions at once, and investigates effects across multiple scales.

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“…As prosumers, industrial and individual consumers can both produce their heat and sell excess heat to the grid. Several studies have suggested that prosumers could have a notable impact on increasing the efficiency of the DH network [23], [24]. Paiho et al identified opening DH markets for prosumers as one of the most influential aspects of tackling the challenges affecting energy production and energy efficiency that were presented in the EC's communications [17].…”

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confidence: 99%