Ignace Schops

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Game changers

World Population 1950-2050

10
9,5

Population in Billions

8,3

7
6

4,5
3,7

2,6

7,6

6,8

8,9

3
2
1
0
1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

Year

Source: US Census Bureau

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050

Source: Johan Rockstrm Stcokhom University - 2009

Source: WWF

300
280

CO2 (ppmv)

260
240
220
200
180

800.000

700.000

600.000

500.000

400.000
Age (years BP)

Source: National Climatic Data Center, NOAA

300.000

200.000

100.000

300
280

CO2 (ppmv)

260
240
220
200
180

800.000

700.000

600.000

500.000

400.000
Age (years BP)

Source: National Climatic Data Center, NOAA

300.000

200.000

100.000

400

2013 CO2 Concentration: 400

380
360
340
320
300
280

CO2 (ppmv)

260
240
220
200
180

800.000

700.000

600.000

500.000

400.000
Age (years BP)

Source: National Climatic Data Center, NOAA

300.000

200.000

100.000

400

2013 CO2 Concentration: 400

After 40 more years at the current rate of increase

380
360
340
320
300
280

CO2 (ppmv)

260
240
220
200
180

800.000

700.000

600.000

500.000

400.000
Age (years BP)

Source: National Climatic Data Center/NOAA

300.000

200.000

100.000

Effects of Climate Change

delay of effects
Current warming effect
Emissions up to 1980
Warming still to come
Emissions 1980 - now
also yet to come
Emissions now until the end of energy transition

IMF International Monitory Fund

Make no mistake: without concerted action, the very

future of our planet is in peril Unless we take action
on Climate Change, future generations will be
roasted, toasted, fried and grilled
Christine Lagarde, managing director IMF

2014

En nu ?

Rethinking our behaviour

Before
During

After

Landscape management, the sequel

Integrating policies
Sustainable management of the landscape: multiple
benefits
Economic value for biodiversity
Biomass, the new energy bar
New local energy stations, powered by nature

Think globally,
Think globally, act locally
Act
locally and
and change personally!
Change personally

A Cooperative
Biomasschain

David Borgman MSc

 Biomassalland
- a brief history
Status update
- Landscape management and
harvestplanning
- Contracts
Leasons Learned and challenges

Where?

The region: Salland

 < 2008: Landscape elements poorly

maintained
2008: Agricultural Nature Association,
BBA Forestry Consultans

2010: Biomassalland Feasibility study

Supported by LEADER: Province Overijssel,
Municipalities Gemeenten Olst-Wijhe, Raalte,
Deventer

2012: Cooperative Biomassalland U.A.

founded

Creating added value for Salland and the

cooperative by mobilising regional biomass in a
sustainable manner
Key aspects:
- Financially sound landscape management
- Retaining profits within the region
- Producing renewable heat
- Boosting the quality of the landscape
- All players in the biomasschain win
- Expanding regional employment

- Short chains
- Biomasshubs
- Local players

 Supply:
Conservation agencies (e.g. state forest)
Municipalities
Private land owners (e.g. farmers, private estates)
Contractors
Demand
Farmers, municipalities, businesses, energy
companies
Service providers
Contractors, logistical partners, ANV, BBA

The right amount at the right time

with right specification

Landscapeelement

Measure

Planning

GIS
Database

Fieldcheck

Yearplan

Quantity (m3s /ton)

Sustainability
Measures
Logistics
Harvestingcosts

Long term contracts for

supply and demand

Contracts based on GJs /

Tons

Specifications and Quality

Moisture content
Contaminants
Particle size

 Ambition:
Supply 6.500 ton dm per year in 2020
Potential Salland: 17.500 ton dm per year

Expanding number of members

Harvestingplanning optimaly organized
Ensuring profits remain within the region

4 contracts, 5 members, 2.000

ton dm

 Cooperative businessmodel
key to success
(Independent) coordinator
crucial
Financial involvement
government vital
No Dollar$-signs
Keep it simple!

 Patience, dedication, enthousiasm,

professional approach
Learning by doing: get started!
Tailored to the region
Optimization instead of maximization
Investing profits back into the
landscape and biomasschain

 Expanding number of contracts and members

Expanding BHOP-system
Expanding network of biomasshubs
Keeping a positive businesscase
Future usage of biomass?

Short rotation coppice

Short Rotation Coppice

Fast growing Willow and Poplar
Rotation of approx. 21 years
Harvest every 3 7 years
3-4 year average
Min. 10 tons dm growth per year

Efficient planting and harvesting

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGgRqTG8nM

Short Rotation Coppice

www.biomassalland.nl
David Borgman
david@borgmanbeheer.nl - 0646053741
Afbeeldingen logistiek: MEC Studio, Stichting Probos - Biomassa Stroomlijn - Borgman Beheer Advies

 Biomassalland Logistics
Working with available local
machinery
Minimal investment in new
machinery by BMS
Biomasshubs within 15 kms of
harvesting locations
Transport by truck from hub to
heater

- Short chains
- Biomasshubs
- Local players

 Terrain conditions limit efficiency

Wet conditions
Low volumes per ha/km
Long distances from tree to solid road
Infrastructure (e.g. narrow roads)

 Available machinery limit efficiency

Dedicated machinery adapted to
wet conditions
Speed

 Biomasshubs within 15 km of
harvesting location
Minimazing handling costs
Drying and mixing

 Delivery method crucial for costs

Containers?
Crane?

www.biomassalland.nl
David Borgman
david@borgmanbeheer.nl - 0646053741
Afbeeldingen logistiek: MEC Studio, Stichting Probos - Biomassa Stroomlijn - Borgman Beheer Advies

Oberrosphe
A village is getting rid of oil and gas

Presented by Ulrich Pfeiffer

1

Agenda

Oberrosphe
Initial situation
How all startet...
Feasibility study
Legal form
Motivation
Financing
Row Materials
Implementation
Advantages
After Go-Live
Q&A
Back-up slides

Oberrosphe
Burgwald
(200 km forest )

Oberrosphe
belongs to
Wetter in Hesse

830 inhabitants, 240 houses

School, kindergarten, church, museum, village hall
Social life and voluntary work is established.
Oberrosphe has 22 clubs
Since 2007: Bioenergy Village Oberrosphe

Initial Situation

Unpredictable energy prices

Limited resources of fossil fuel
Climate warming
Natural catastrophes
Dependency on oil exporting
countries

Initial Situation
Can we change anything?

Yes we can! With the

Oberrosphe Citizens Project
Initiated, executed and run by the people of
Oberrosphe
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How all started ...

End of 2005
Discussion among pastor and forester
2006
Presentation of idea at village council
and village-hall meeting
Initiation of the project team and
working groups
Technology
Financing
Legal form
6

Public relation

Feasibility Study
Feasibility study
Executed by an engineering office
pre-financed (16 000 ) by the city of Wetter
and the developing group Region Burgwald

Details
Question forms to all house owners
Each house (of 240) should have the
possibility to be connected
Planning of the pipeline network (7 km)
Planning of the loacation for the heating plant

Result:
The project is profitable with at least 120 houses
connected to a wood chips fired heating plant
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Legal Form
Why a registered cooperative?
Every member has the right of codetermination
Every member has one vote
undepending of the numbers of shares
Cooperative union supports in legal and
tax matters
Not profit oriented, profit is distributed
to the members
No additional payment liability
8

Legal Form
Foundation of a cooperative in Feb 2007:
Bioenergiedorf Oberrosphe eG
85 members (117 at go-live)
Management board 3 members
Supervisor board 9 members
Everybody is working voluntarily

Motivation
Motivation for joining the
cooperative

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Contribution to climate protection

Beeing energy autarcic
Keep the money local
Longer-term saving money

Motivation
Reasons for not joining the
cooperative

No money (6 000 to 12 000

needed)
Building association offered cheap loans

Oil heating is very new

Offer to buy heatings up to 15 years old

Dont trust the project

Face-to-face meetings organized

11

Problems among people

One very active unfair opponent

Financing
Investment 3.8 Mio.

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Own capital
Government grant
EU grant
Dept capital

0.7 Mio.
0.2 Mio.
0.8 Mio.
2.1 Mio.

Raw Material
What can be used?
All trees growing arround
Waste wood
Branches and crowns
Cap timber
Trees and bushes cut from roadsides

Raw material aquisition

Various vendors for wood
chips
Green waste gathering
place
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Raw Material
Do we have enough wood?
Burgwald forest
Woodland area: 20 000 ha (200 km)
Solid cubic meters per year: 130 000 scm
Wood chip fired heating plant needs
about 2 500 scm

14

Implementation

Start of construction: April 2008

6 Months implementation time:
Pipe net
Heating plant
Storage hall
Go-live: Oktober 2008

15

Advantages
Contribution to climate protection
Yearly reduction of the CO2-emission
saving 300 000 l heating oil => 900 t CO2

Advantages for each household

16

No costs for heating maintenance and repairs

No fees for the chimney sweeper
No fees for oil tank inspection
No savings for new oil fired heating boiler
(depriciation)
No dependecies on oil and gas prices
Cellar space for boiler and oil tank is free
No noise and oil smell
Increase the value of the propertiy

Success Factors
Success factors
Motivated project team
Strong leader team driving the people and pushing
the project forward
Feasibility study
Competent engineering office
Support of authorities
Subsidies
Legal form cooperative
Volunteers keeping the plant running
Social events (X-mas party etc.)
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After Go-Live
Power Generation
2008: 77 kWp Photovoltaic
modules on the roofs of the
power plant and storage hall
2009: 78 kWp Photovoltaic
modules on rented roofs in
Oberrosphe

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After Go-Live
2012: A farmer builds a biogas plant for electric power
generation with CHPs (combined heat and power) and
feeds the waste heat into Oberrosphes heating plant.
That halves the usage of wood chips
The boiler can be shut down from May to September

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After Go-Live
2015: Foundation of a cooperative
BioEnergieService Marburger Land e G
Cooperation of 7 bioenergy villages
Centralized purchase of wood chips
Common use of machines and services
Disposal of ashes
Exchange of experiences
2008 to 2015: members from 117 to 128
2016: 3 more members in planning
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Thanks for your attention

Q&A

21

Backup Slides

Backup Slides

22

Legal Form
Cooperative details

1 Share: 500 Euro

At least 12 shares had to be subscribed
No additional payment liability
Period of cancellation: 24 months to
the end of the business year
Earliest cancellation 5 years after
joining

23

Technical Details
Facility
Area: 10 000 m2
Volume of
Storage hall: about 3000 m3
Bunker:
about 55 m3

24

Technical Details
Heating Plant
Wood chips fired boiler
850 kW (reduction
to 700 kW in 2015)
Heat recovery from
smoke gas 70 kW

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Smoke particle collection by cyclone filter

Electrostatic filter for fine dust
Oil boiler for peak load and outages and maintenance
Buffer storage for 15 000 l of heated water

Technical Details
Pipe Net
Plant

Stretched village
Long distances
Pipe net 7 km
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Technical Details
Hydraulic system:
Four output regulated pumps
pump hot water through the
pipe net
System and net pressure is
controled by a pressure
stabilizer
Rohstoffe
... Wichtige
Daten
Monitoring of the system
by internet
and mobile
...
Fire protection: fire water tank 100 000 l
27

Technical Details
Transfer Station
The transfer station seperates
the plant net from the house net

Each house has a transfer

station with
heat exchanger
heat meter
controler

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Rohstoffe ... Wichtige Daten

...

Contact
Bioenergiedorf Oberrosphe eG
Hans-Jochen Henkel, Friedhelm Koch, Hans Bertram
Am Katzler 17,
35083 Wetter-Oberrosphe
Tel.: 06423-2871
E-Mail: info@bioenergiedorf-oberrosphe.de
Internet: www.bioenergiedorf-oberrosphe.de

For English speakers:

Ulrich Pfeiffer
Tel.: +49 6423 7507
E-Mail: ulrich.pfeiffer.oro@gmail.com

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Martin Gaber
Waldverband Steiermark GmbH

Contents today:
Initial situation
Problems of costumers and farmers
The solution Biomass Trade & Logistic centre
Best practice: BLTC Leoben

Initial situation:

Styria is rich of forest 61,4% of the total area

1.006.000 ha forest area

increase of living room stoves because of

the rising prices of fossil fuels

Many farmers were producer of wood

fuels, manly split logs and woodchips
No coordination and cooperation between
the producers

Customer problems:
Problems of the customers

Customer problems:
Problems in quality und secure

of supply

Costumer problems:

different methods/models
for sale and measurment

lose or arrange cbm, weight (kg), energy (kWh),

Costumer problems:

different water/moisture content

Quelle: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graf-heizwert-je-kg.gif#/media/File:Grafheizwert-je-kg.gif

Farmers problems:
Problems of the farmers

Farmers problems:
Natural disasters (wind, storm, snow and ice)

Farmers problems:

one purchaser for industry/energy timber wood,

price dumping, monopoly position

The Solution:

Biomass Trade & Logistic centre

What is a BTC:
Regional Biomass trade centres are decentralized market
places for biomass fuels and are used for regional marketing
of quality products. They are selling to
privat people small manufactorer biomass heating plants
A biomass

trade centre is a service station

for wood fuels !

Biomass trade Centres in Styria:

action circle: 30-40 km Radius

for suppliers and custumers

2 Types of BTC:
Way 1: Buying and selling directly on a BLTC

2 Types of BTC:
Way 2: Arranging and organizing of
biomass delivery directly from the farmers

What offers a BTC:

Security of supply

What offers a BTC:

Secured documented control about amount

What offers a BTC:

Secured documented control about quality

What offers a BTC:

Buying and selling with

weight & moisture content (try ton)

What offers a BTC:

the label Biomassehof-Stmk.at

as guarantee for

best quality

QA/QC handbook

Best practice: BLTC Leoben

Owner structure

Over Styria:
14.600 members
305.000 ha member area

100%

In the environment of the BLTC:

1.170 members
37.000 ha member area

Location, Biomass-potential:
catchment area:
~138.500 people
72,3% forest
~ 70% farmers
~ 30% municipality,
Church
5 heating plants
several small
heating plants
action circle: 30km Radius for suppliers and custumers

BLTC Leoben:

nearby the
rural road

good motorway connection

BLTC Leoben:

Location:
total area:

~ 13.000 m

paved area:
storage hall:

~ 11.000 m
~ 2.000 m

technical equipment:
3 chainsaw (1 with an collecting bag)
Weightbrigde (60 to)
dry oven
precision scales (1,2 kg)
telescopic forklift (with 2 paddles and 1 pallet fork)
Office-Container 20 m

IV costs: 120.000 (~30% subsidy)

Products:

Woodchips form
timber:

Woodchips from
slash / byproducts:

P31,5 P63
M25 M35

P45 P100
M40 M55

firewood:

small units:

1m, 50cm,
Bags, 15kg
33cm, 25cm
carton box,
beech unmixed
12kg
mix. Hardwood

Products, custumermarket situation:

woodchips:

woodchips from timber:

heating plants
private custumers

4.000 dry tons

2.500 dry tons
1.500 dry tons

woodchips from slash

7.500 dry tons
only heating plants
(CHP, thermal more than 5 MW)
firewood:

firewood beech
300 m
firewood mixed hardwood
200 m
only private custumers
(average unit: 3.5 m per custumer)

Gasprice in this region is 78 per m all incl.

Barriers:
-

Nearby the area for this BLTC is a housing area, problems with
noise and dust

Authority procedures:
Attest about noise and dust emmisions:
from trucks, chipper, telescopic forklift and other used
maschines
Medical technology attest
Regulation:

soakage system
operating hours for chipper and delivery
closed storage for woodchips (dust)

Thank you, for your attention

Martin Gaber
Waldverband Steiermark GmbH
Hamerlinggasse 3
8010 Graz
M: 0664 / 8846 2548
E: martin.gaber@waldverband-stmk.at
www.waldverband-stmk.at
www.biomassehof-stmk.at