Biomass for Polana region

Slovak NGO SF project

 

Slovak NGO CEPA (Friends of The Earth Slovakia) decided in 2003 to realise the renewable energy development project in region were huge biomass potential was not used yet and were coal was the predominant fuel resource.

 

Polana region

 

Steps realised so far:

•         Preparation of project intention starts at 2003

•         Investigation of interests on community level

•         Provisional analysis (energy audits, studies)

•         Information exchange, comunication with responsible persons on communal level

•         Co-operation with expert organisations

•         Technical proposal for biomass heating plant

•         establishment of cooperative organisation "Bioenergia Bystricko"

•         Project proposal - Financial part

•         Public procurement - selection of supplier

•         Project preparation and application for funding from Structural funds (Operating plan Basic infrastructure, Measure 2.2) in 2006. Project approved but not financed.

•         Project updating for new programing period in 2008.

 

 

 

Ultimate goal:

·        To increase the level of economical self sufficiency at rural communities through the utilisation of local biomass in public buildings.

 

Specific goals

•         To reduce expenditures for heating at public buildings and to use local resources for communal development

•         Modernisation of heating plants in 9 villages

•         To reduce CO2 emissions (the total CO2 emissions will be reduced by approximately 8.5 thousand tons in 10 years).

•         To encourage other rural regions with similar renewable energy potential to use their local resources.

 

 

Biomass potential in the region

 

Due to its unique location in central Slovakia with large forest area around including several wood processing industrial facilities there is a huge biomass potential. Annual waste wood resources in region are estimated as following

 

Sawmill waste

5000 t/yr.

Wood industry wastes

47.340 t/yr.

Low quality wood

10.000 t/yr.

Total annual biomass potential in the region

62.340 t/yr.

 

Municipalities and their heat consumption to be covered by the project

Village

Number of boilers

Total output capacity (kW)

Annual heat production (GJ)

Annual fuel consumption (t)

Hiadeľ

2

155

900

72

Hrochoť

1

800

5 581

713

Kordíky

1

220

1 831

234

Králiky

1

180

1 262

161

Ľubietová

1

600

3 066

392

Poniky

3

570

3 342

414

Riečka

1

150

1 050

134

Tajov

1

180

784

100

Čierny Balog

6

1 485

8 528

1 057

Total – 9 villages

17

4 340

26 344

3 277

 

 

 

 

Hrochot

 

Facilities to be covered by the new biomass heat include Municipal office, Nursery, Primary school – old and new buildings, Gymnasium, Store, Pub Nursery, Old and new curias, Cultural center, Food store, Health center in the village of Hrochot were installed output capacity will reach 1000 kW and the lenght of pipes will be 770 m.

 

 

 

Pipelines in Hrochot

 

 

Lubietova

 

 

Facilities to be heated: Municipal office, Post office

Installed output: 200 kW

 

Facility to be heated: Primary school

Installed output: 300 kW

 

 

Poniky

 

Facility to be heated: Primary school

Installed output: 300 kW

 

 

Project costs

 

Project documentation

7.833.000 Sk

Central wood chip storage facility

26.782.000 Sk

Machinery

17.089.000 Sk

Construction costs of heating plants and pipelines

26.797.000 Sk

Heating plants - technology

58.637.000 Sk

Other items

5.000.000 Sk

VAT

27.006.000 Sk

Total costs

169.144.000 Sk

(5,61 mil. EUR)

 

Expected outcomes

 

à    Modernisation of 17 old heating plants providing heat for 42 public buildings (total heat capacity 4,34 MW)

à    Guarantee of long term safe heating source

à    Fuel cost reduction up to 57 % (money will stay in the region)

à    Price of heat reduction for 1 GJ will be less than 17 % in comparison to the largest heat provider in the region

à    CO2 emission reduction by 1.705 tons annually

à    Annual biomass fuel consumption will be fully covered  from local sources (3.129 tons of wood chips + 148 tons wood logs)

à    10 new jobs will be created

à    Utilisation of buildings where its use was restricted during heating winter season due to the bad technical condition of heating plants (very old plants)

à    Regional partnership among villages creates the appropriate model for other similair regions

à    Inspiring example of revival of local economy

à    Alternative to the large centralised energy oriented projects financed through the structural funds

 

Fuel preparation & storage

Expected total annual consumption: 2,160 tons of wood-chips

 

1.   Lubietova saw-mill

·        Wood-chips:   960 tons

·        Sawdust:          400 tons

 

2. Poniky saw-mill

·        Wood scraps:        400 tons

·        Sawdust:                400 tons

 

 

Expected costs of fuel production

 

Average price of fuel

·        Wood-chips:                     ~700 SKK/ton

·        Wood-chips + sawdust     ~550 SKK/ton

 

Investment costs

Exchange rate 1 EUR= 30,126 SKK