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Total costs and benefits of biomass in selected regions of the European Union - BioCosts

Abstract

In the BioCosts project, representative biomass-to-electricity and biomass-to-transport-service fuel cycles located at different sites within the European Union have been evaluated concerning their environmental and economic performance. Each case study was compared to a fossil-fuel fired reference case. The case studies examined comprise: utilisation of forestry residues in the Naessjoe circulating fluidized bed combustion plant, Sweden, versus the use of Polish coal in the same plant; utilisation of forestry residues and short-rotation coppice for industrial combined heat and power production in Mangualde, Portugal, versus the use of fuel oil in an engine generating heat and power; production of biogas from manure slurry for municipal combined heat and power generation at Hashoej, Denmark, versus the use of Danish natural gas in the same engine; gasification of woody biomass for combined heat and power generation in Vaernamo, Sweden, and Eggborough, UK, versus the use of coal in the Naessjoe plant mentioned above and a UK power plant; production of cold-pressed rape-seed oil and its use in a cogeneration plant at Weissenburg, Germany, versus the use of diesel fuel in a similar engine; production of rape-seed oil methyl ester and its use for goods transport in Germany, versus the use of diesel fuel  More>>
Authors:
Almeida, A de; Costa, F B; [1]  Bauen, A [2] 
  1. Coimbra Univ. (Portugal). Inst. de Sistemas e Robotica
  2. London Univ. (United Kingdom). Div. of Life Sciences; and others
Publication Date:
Nov 01, 1998
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
VF-UE-98-7
Reference Number:
SCA: 299000; 093000; PA: SWD-99:007070; EDB-99:029517; SN: 99002056105
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Nov 1998
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; EUROPEAN UNION; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CONVERSION PLANTS; COST; DUAL-PURPOSE POWER PLANTS; COGENERATION; MANURES; METHANE; GASIFICATION; SYNTHETIC FUELS; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; WOOD
OSTI ID:
317033
Research Organizations:
Vattenfall AB, Stockholm (Sweden)
Country of Origin:
Sweden
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1100-5130; Other: ON: DE99725912; CNN: Project VF-48900; JOR3-CT95-0006; TRN: SE9907070
Availability:
Also available from: Vattenfall Support AB, Dokumentservice, biblioteket, SE-162 87 Stockholm, Sweden; OSTI as DE99725912
Submitting Site:
SWD
Size:
144 p.
Announcement Date:
Mar 22, 1999

Citation Formats

Almeida, A de, Costa, F B, and Bauen, A. Total costs and benefits of biomass in selected regions of the European Union - BioCosts. Sweden: N. p., 1998. Web.
Almeida, A de, Costa, F B, & Bauen, A. Total costs and benefits of biomass in selected regions of the European Union - BioCosts. Sweden.
Almeida, A de, Costa, F B, and Bauen, A. 1998. "Total costs and benefits of biomass in selected regions of the European Union - BioCosts." Sweden.
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title = {Total costs and benefits of biomass in selected regions of the European Union - BioCosts}
author = {Almeida, A de, Costa, F B, and Bauen, A}
abstractNote = {In the BioCosts project, representative biomass-to-electricity and biomass-to-transport-service fuel cycles located at different sites within the European Union have been evaluated concerning their environmental and economic performance. Each case study was compared to a fossil-fuel fired reference case. The case studies examined comprise: utilisation of forestry residues in the Naessjoe circulating fluidized bed combustion plant, Sweden, versus the use of Polish coal in the same plant; utilisation of forestry residues and short-rotation coppice for industrial combined heat and power production in Mangualde, Portugal, versus the use of fuel oil in an engine generating heat and power; production of biogas from manure slurry for municipal combined heat and power generation at Hashoej, Denmark, versus the use of Danish natural gas in the same engine; gasification of woody biomass for combined heat and power generation in Vaernamo, Sweden, and Eggborough, UK, versus the use of coal in the Naessjoe plant mentioned above and a UK power plant; production of cold-pressed rape-seed oil and its use in a cogeneration plant at Weissenburg, Germany, versus the use of diesel fuel in a similar engine; production of rape-seed oil methyl ester and its use for goods transport in Germany, versus the use of diesel fuel in the same fleet of trucks; production of ethyl tertiary butyl ether from sugar beets and sweet sorghum for transport applications in France, versus the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether from fossil sources for the same purpose 130 refs, 25 figs, 42 tabs. Research funded in part by the European Commission in the JOULE III programme}
place = {Sweden}
year = {1998}
month = {Nov}
}