From 15 to 18 December 2004, 3rd edition of SAMATEC –Agriculture, Environment and Technology Trade Show– will be held in Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I, Madrid, Spain. It is a professional event gathering all sectors in agriculture where new tendencies and technologies will be present. SAMATEC is conceived to work towards the improvement and modernization of these sectors, achieved through knowledge updating, revitalization of business plans and interchanging projects and means. In short, SAMATEC is aimed to be the promotional platform bringing together all sectors in agriculture.
Contact : AESDESA/SAMATEC C/Maiquez, 12 - Bajo B. 28009 MADRID SPAIN Tel.: +34 91 573 80 36 Fax : +34 91 409 37 97 Email: aesdesa@aesdesa.com www.aesdesa.com
MAISON BOIS Exhibition 1-4 October 2004 - Angers
Come discover the Wood House in Angers The Maison Bois Exhibition is exclusively focused on wood houses and wood in the house. Moreover it offers free access to conferences and a wood house national contest (66 projects presented in 2003). An informed and interested audience (43,000 visitors in 2003), a floor surface of 5,500m², more than 160 national and international exhibitors, this is the Maison Bois Exhibition, first exhibition of its kind in France to be focused since 1999 on wood construction and wood in the house. General public and professional meeting point, the Maison Bois Exhibition of Angers takes place every first weekend in October. When know-how, interest and passion meet together, the dream is already a reality ! For more information, click on www.salon-maison-bois.com
Angers Expo Congrès Route de Paris 49044 Angers Cédex 01 Tel 02 41 93 40 40 Fax 02 41 93 40 50 s.fougeray@angers-parcexpo.com
Atlanbois - www.atlanbois.com La Promotion de la filière bois en Pays de la Loire Nicolas Visier - Managing Director 16 quai Ernest Renaud - BP 70515 44105 Nantes Cédex 4 Tel 02 40 73 73 30 - Fax 02 40 73 03 01 Carrefour International du Bois - 31 Mai - 1er - 2/06/06 - www.timbershow.com Salon Maison Bois - 1 au 4/10/04 - www.salon-maison-bois.com Etats Généraux du Bois dans la Construction - 30/09/04 - www.egboisconstruction.com
When it was first launched in 1998, there had never been a wood energy fair anywhere in the world and ITEBE envisaged the future development of the fair on an international and professional level, as a centre of attraction for the players in an international context.
The situation has changed a lot, the market has grown, other fairs have appeared in other countries or other regions and the WOOD ENERGY fair has found its place. The fair has developed most in the Alsace-Lorraine and Midi-Pyrénées regions. In fact, if the supply is mainly international, the demand , for its part, is mainly local, not to say rural, as revealed by the visitor statistics. The idea of the large-scale regional fair would seem therefore to have prevailed against the original concept. Out of 10600 visitors, 3150 were professionals, which is very gratifying, but the potential is even greater. The growth has been in the numbers of members of the public who are wood energy clients, the same clients who use 85% of wood energy in France.
The Exhibitors The exhibition facility in Lons has about 4050 m² of indoor and about 8000m² outdoor capacity. The result of the sale of space shows a nearly 50% occupancy rate. In view of the fact that the average for trade fairs is between 50% and 60% (for safety reasons and requirements for receiving visitors, the walkway and exit areas represent 50% of the total space available).
Putting them all together, we can count 136 wood energy equipment and service companies at the 2004 edition of the WOOD ENERGY fair in Lons le Saunier. In view of the fact that some exhibitors represent several makes, this is the equivalent of 113 stands. One should note that most of those involved in wood energy are represented in France by a shop or office which tends to „exaggerate“ the proportion of French participation.
Breakdown by activity type:
Forestry and fuel production equipment
49 exhibitors
Boilers, ancillary equipment and services
24
Stoves and insets
27
Barbecues and charcoal
1
Information and press
12
TOTAL
113
The Visitors Visitor numbers totalled 1100 on the Thursday, 2050 on the Friday, 3150 on the Saturday and as many as 4300 on Sunday. This is a total of 10600 visitors for this the sixth in the series: visitor numbers are steady with about 30% of professionals. On the whole, exhibitors were extremely pleased with orders and contacts ranging from 20 to 50 per exhibitor: from that point of view, an exceptionally good result ! – exhibitors considered the amount of business transacted to be excellent at this fair.
Demonstrations and Trips Working with FORETS COMTOISES, ITEBE put on a trip which had 45 participants on Friday April 2, 2004: A visit with explanatory commentary to a shredding facility in a privately owned forest in the district of Arinthod was put on by FORETS COMTOISES: the demonstration included a self-propelled shredder by SILVATEC, removal of the wood chips by hopper tractor-trailer and containerisation of the material. This demonstration was followed by a tour of the Moirans en Montagne district heating plant, one of the European Wood Energy Trail sites: consisting of a 2 000 kW wood-burning boiler using forest chips with a 3200 m heating circuit and a 180 kW wood-burning boiler in a retirement home.
TopThe Talks are online !! For this the sixth Wood Energy fair, ITEBE put on four days of talks for both trade and general public audiences. The subjects dealt with current preoccupations about wood energy: the quality of fuel and equipment, the marketing of wood fuels, co-generation, the development of the industry and the outlook for the new carbon credit market. One thing was new: entry to the 2004 talks was free of charge and around 700 people attended over the four days. Downloads
This Wood Energy Innovations contest which is now well established and which was inaugurated at the fair in Lons le Saunier in 2000, rewarded international prizewinners in the four categories entered : supply equipment, automatic wood-fired heating (including ancillary equipment), cooking equipment (NEW IN 2004), domestic wood-fired heating equipment and automatic wood-fired heating eqipment and wood-fired co-generation equipment. This contest is beginning to aquire the aura of a mark of recognition amongst equipment manufacturers.
At each Wood-Energy Fair, this contest allows the best improvements to modern international heating techniques to compete with one another. The contest was open to any WOOD ENERGY 2004 exhibitor or to any organisation represented by an exhibitor. The equipment will be described in the next edition of the WOOD ENERGY magazine, due out later in 2004.
Each category receives an official certificate signed by the President of the judging panel and the ITEBE President as well as a trophy. The prizes were awarded by Mr Pelissard, the mayor of Lons le Saunier and Antoinette Gilley, Vice-President of the Franche-Comté Regional Council. The prizewinners were chosen by the eight-member panel from The Wallonian Rural Foundation, the Haute-Saône General Council, Cantal Wood-Energy, and the Forestry Districts of France, the National Agronomic Research Institute, a briquette producer and an engineer from the design and consultancy bureau BEST Energetique.
List of 2002 Prizewinners :
Category 1 : Domestic heating- · Lohberger’s “ Tip-Top ” cooking stove · Herz’s Minifire and Firestar boilers, distributed in France by Sbthermique Category 2 : Automatic heating- · Fröling’s EuroPellet boiler · Herz’s Firematic boiler, distributed in France by Sbthermique · Hargassner’s WTH 80-100S boiler Category 3 : Supply · Pandis’s moisture analysing tub, distributed in France by Hargassner · Huet’s junior grab-splitter · Aficor’s vehicle-mounted hauling winch
Spain’s renewables tariffs a « saviour » to all but Biomass In Renewables Energy World – May June 2004 www.renewable-energy-world.com Spain’s new regulation governing electricity tariffs for renewables has been hailed as a saviour by the country’swindn and solar industries and is also welcomed by small hydro operators. However, the flagging biomass industry claims unfair treatment and argues future survival depends on amended tariff levels. The regulation offers two tariffs options, both setting earning ratres for generation over the entire life-cycle of renewables plants –a first in Spain. The first option is a fixed tariff, scheduling diminishing returns for production over the life-cycle. Rates vary for each renewables technology and are sets as a percentage of the electricity sector’s average electricity tariff, or Tarifa Media de Referencia (TMR). […] Biomass producers calculate maximum earnings from the fixed tariff of 0,064 €/kWh. The sector claims the regulation deliberately aims at pushing biomass into the pool market, where earnings can reach 0,067 €/kWh. Renewables association “ Asociacion de Produtores de Energias Renovables (APPA) sees this as precipitous, given that the vast bulk of biomass plant in Spain, now totalling a mere 360 MW, are R&D projects. Sector hopes now lie with promises from the incoming socialist government to amend biomass rates. A new initiative to staret a small scal wood-heating market in the East Midlands in the UK has received a grant from the National Lottery through its Social, Economic and Environmental Development (SEED) Programme. The programe will seek to help farmers produce wood chip and wood pellet fuel local for use in efficient, automatic wood-heating systems.
TopGreat Britain: Experts urge UK to catch up on biomass energy More: http://www.greenprices.com/eu/newsitem.asp?lid=en&nid=802 GreenPrices, please contact Marlon Mintjes or Rolf de Vos, editor +31 30 2808300 or send an e-mail to: mailto:info@greenprices.com
TopTrees to fire UK electricity market In REW n°2/7, March April 2004, p.34 www.renewable-energy-world.com AEA Technology has just announced Biojoule, a new venture with Climate Care, specifically set up to supply wood as a renewable fuel for co-firing in coal-fired power stations. Biojoule'first production plant in east Anglia is now fully operational and producing 15 000 tonnes a year od specially processed wood. Extensive trials have enabled Biojoule to set up and patent a process to produce a dry, low-dust granular wood product that burns well and is easy to handle. Biojoule has successfully burnt this material in four power stations. The Biojoule fuel is processed from virgin wood straight from the forest, which means that Biojoule wood is not contaminated with any waste materials, says the company. It can be delivered daily to power stations. Biojoule is working with the UK forestry industry to offer a UK-grown product, contrasting with imported fuels, which can involve transporting large quantities of unusual watses, such as olive stones or palm nut kernels, over long distances. Marcus Gover, Managing Director of Biojoule comments " The UK electricity supply industry meet its renewable targets or face heavy fines. Biojoule offers a viable wood fuel than can be used as a partial replacement for coal in existing coal-fired power stations. We offer generators locally grown wood fuel, processed so that it can be handled and burnt easily at the power station." The encouragment and development of energy crops is a key part of Biojoule's strategy, and significant investments have already been made. Biojoule is currently recruiting farmers to grow coppice in the vicinity of its proposed processing sites.
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ARBRE short rotation coppice goes to co-firing - UK In Renewables Energy World – May June 2004 www.renewable-energy-world.com The 1500 hectares of short rotation willow coppice originally planted for use in the UK’s abandoned Project ARBRE gasification scheme, in Yorkshire, are now to be co-fired in the 4000 MW Drax plant, a coal-fired plant that provides about 8% of the total electricity to England and Wales. The contract for the delivery of 7000 or more oven-dry tonnes of biofuel was negociated by Renewable Fuels Limited, a specialist biomass fuel supply company. Managing Director Rob Smith sais that “this joint venture is the first major step in creating a real biomass industry in the UK”, and that he looks forward to a substantial growth in energy crop development. The biomass crop will be specially processed for blending into the pulverized coal streams that feed its seix, 660 MW units. UK Governement targets require 25% of all biomass that is co-fired in 2009 to be derived from energy crops, 50% in 2010 and 75% in 2011.
New technology increases biopellet energy content - NORWAY Norsk Pellets Vestmarka AS has developed a new technology for producing a better biopellet Caddet InfoPoint 1/04 p.11 Biopellets are made by drying and compressing raw biofuels into ‘blocks’ with a diameter of less than 20 mm. The processes of drying and compression increase the calorific value of the biofuels compared with their untreated form. Furthermore, the biopellets can be handled using technologies similar to those used for fuel oil. As a result, they have a market in homes, in larger buildings and in district heating schemes. When pellets are produced from wood, wood particle size is of great importance. If the particles are too large, the quality of the pellets is diminished so, in most production processes, hammer-mills or other grinding tools are used to reduce the particle size. The Vestmarka process is different in that the biomass is exposed to hot steam and high pressures in order to soften the wood and break down the fibres. This offers several benefits: There is reduced resistance and, therefore, reduced power consumption during the subsequent pelletisation process. The finished pellets are more compact, which increases their energy content by volume. Recent tests have shown an energy content of 4.9 kWh/kg. Breaking down the fibres releases lignin, a fixing agent present in wooden materials. This alters the properties of the wood, giving the pellets firmness and compactness without the need for additional binding agents. Lignin also gives the pellets their characteristic brown colour (conventionally produced biopellets are white). The finished pellets have a harder surface, reducing the amount of dust raised during transportation and handling. The finished pellets are more resistant to water and therefore easier to store than conventional biopellets. The Norsk Pellets Vestmarka production plant has a production capacity of 6 tonnes/hour. Actual production is currently 3 tonnes/hour. The plant is situated close to the Swedish border, allowing pellets to be distributed in both Norway and Sweden. Sweden is the biggest market for biopellets in Europe, using 550,000 tonnes/year. Norway has a much smaller market but, last winter, the Norwegian authorities sponsored the use of small-scale pellet stoves, an initiative that is expected to increase pellet use in Norway. For more information, please contact Rune Brusletto at Norsk Pellets Vestmarka (rune@norskpellets.no). http://www.caddet-ee.org/public/uploads/pdfs/news_bulletin/153-300304015035-infopoint1_04.pdf
European pellet conference in Austria : Success of wood pellets event indicates positive future In Renewables Energy World – May June 2004 In Sustainable Energy Ireland's Renewable Energy E-Update Thursday 11th March 2004 The european wood pellet, held in Wels, Austria alongside the World Sustainable Energy Days in march, attracted over 850 participants from Europe and beyond, with notable interest from the Baltic States and Russia. It indicates a very positive future for the wood pellets industry, with an estimated market potential of 4-5 million tonnes and thousands of new installations. More than 50 companies presented pellets technology and services at the trade show accompanying the event. Speakers from pellet manufacturing and marketing organizations from across Europe presented market trends and promotion, training, standardization activities. The increasing interest and developments in the Irish market ensured an Irish attendance that included pellet technology manufacturers, stove retailers and energy consultants. A number of other events were held as part of the World Sustainable Energy Days, including a ManagEnergy Workshop on the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive. To view the video recordings of this workshop:http://www.managenergy.net/conference/build0304.html (from March 12).
Royal Commission says Biomass energy should be encouraged - British Pellet Club agree! Press release. 14th May 2004 Government advisers have criticised the UK government for neglecting the way biomass could help to tackle climate change. The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution says farm and forestry waste, specially-grown crops and urban plant trimmings could provide heat and power. There are bureaucratic obstacles to overcome with regards to existing UK Building Regulations and definitions of fuels and appliances permitted within smokeless zones. With the formation of the British Pellet Club there is now a coherent association to focus the motivation of the industry and communicate with government offices and agencies to overcome these difficulties. The recently published Royal Commission report has highlighted that we must take every opportunity that biomass can offer to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. The British Pellet Club welcome their conclusion and aim to do everything in their power to pave the way for a growth in the use of wood pellet fuel. The British Pellet Club (BPC)is the trade association for the UK Wood Pellet Industry. The Club was formed in 2003 to promote the widespread use of wood pellet heating and to encourage excellence within the UK wood pellet industry. The BPC is a not for profit company limited by guarantee which:
promotes wood pellets as a form of heating in the UK
is a central representative body representing the wood pellet industry to Government departments and agencies, Parliament, the European Commission and Parliament and other relevant organisations.
provides information to the industry and its customers to ensure high standards of fuel, appliances and installation
provides a forum for the exchange of non competitive information within the wood pellet heating industry
The British Pellet Club is managed by the National Energy Foundation, an educational charity promoting renewable energy and providing impartial information and advice. NEF also undertakes research and consultancy as well as projects and education. For more information on wood fuels, renewable energy general matters and the British Pellet Club contact: Saffron Myhill Hunt, National Energy Foundation, National Energy Centre, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8NG Tel: 01908 665555 E mail saffron@greenenergy.org.uk E mail: bpc@greenenergy.org.uk web: www.logpile.co.uk
Herbert Ortner – ÖkoFEN Heiztechnik, Austria “We would like to congratulate you on the Bois Energie 2004 Exhibition in Lons le Saunier where we exhibited our product range. The organisation was perfect, visitor interest very high and we received many good contacts … we look forward to many more such successful Exhibitions in France …”
Jean Paul Galland – GF SERVICES, France “GF Services registered many high quality contacts which confirm the interest of this exhibition. This is a particularly friendly event and we intend to participate in follow up events … ”
Giovanni Trentin – Palazzetti, Italy “The Lons le Saunier exhibition fulfilled our expectations in terms of visitor numbers, that’s why we set up two stands (one inside the park under the responsibility of BONNIN and the another one outside) in order to manage at the best the different types of customers: private individuals or professionals. The contacts established on the stand have allowed our dealer to make many sales after the exhibition. ”
Pascal Léon – UCFF, Groupe Coopération Forestière, France “This exhibition is completely in line with our approach to forestry pellets production and with our involvement in the wood energy field. Our presence in the Wood Energy Fair had a double purpose: to confirm to the heat administrative operators our development in this sector and to communicate to the deciders and the general public, in order to raise some barriers concerning the hot wood energy subject. We can confidently state that the objectives have been reached.”
Chris Rhodes – Talbott’s, United Kingdom “We set up more contacts with people in the trade, research departments, the NFO,… furthermore, the presence of biomass providers is reassuring for the wood energy field. ”
Guy-Cédric Galéa – JOTUL France “… moreover, the general public visiting the fair during the week-end was numerous and properly targeted. We do not visit a “bois énergie” trade fair without having a particular interest in this matter …”
Wood chip licence Babcock and Wilcox Volund has signed a license agreement that gives JFE Engineering Co the right to use, sell and co-develop Babcock and Wilcox Volund's wood chips updraft gasifier technology, which they are used at their full-scale test plant in Barbore, Denmark. The technology can be used in hight-efficiency CHP plants that use biomass in the form of wood chips. REW n°2/7, March April 2004, p.28 www.renewable-energy-world.com
TopCHP Plant commissions biomass fuel-handling system Slough Heat & Power Limited have commissioned a new biomass fuel handling system for their 100 MWe combined heat and power system. Installed by Redler, the system feeds a range of renewable fuels including wood chips and pelletized waste-derived fuel into the two 92 MWt circulating fluidized bed boilers at the site. The system can handle 200 m3/hour of wood chips and is also designed to handle a range of other biomass-derived fuels. REW n°2/7, March April 2004, p.29 www.renewable-energy-world.com
Biomass co-firing - an efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Sustainable Energy Ireland's Renewable Energy E-update Monday 9th February 2004 Co-firing or the combustion of different fuels, provides one option for emission reduction. This study promotes biomass as a fossil fuel replacement and reviews the combustion technology, fuel handling and planning implications for power production. The study was produced by the European Bioenergy Networks (EUBIONET) and is available from the Renewable Energy Information Office. http://www.b2bsoft.ie/reiobooks/irish-energy/booksindex.jsp or contact the office on 023-29146. Cost 5 EURO
L’hebdomadaire professionnel de la filière bois, Le Bois International, vient de réaliser la compilation des « Cahiers du bois énergie » n° 11 à 24. Ces « Cahiers » sont des dossiers, écrits et réalisés avec le concours de l’Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie (Ademe) et de Biomasse-Normandie, dans lesquels sont présentés les techniques et matériels de production et de combustion du bois énergie, ainsi que de très nombreux exemples de réalisations françaises de chaufferies collectives et tertiaires, industrielles et individuelles, fonctionnant avec des plaquettes forestières déchiquetées, des granulés de bois ou des bûches. Ces cahiers constituent une formidable source de connaissances et de renseignements sur la filière bois énergie à la disposition des élus locaux en charge de bâtiments collectifs ou sociaux, d’installations hospitalières et sportives, gérant des espaces forestiers, et des gestionnaires de locaux et de bâtiments à usage public et collectif. « Les cahiers du bois énergie, n° 11 à 24 » sont disponibles, au prix de 20 euros TTC + 3,50 € de port l’exemplaire, auprès de : Le Bois International, BP 523, 42007 Saint-Etienne Cedex 1 Tél 04.77.74.33.99 Fax 04.77.93.11.26 Site internet : www.leboisinternational.com
Statistiques énergétiques françaises La note de conjoncture énergétique de mars 2004. Liste de diffusion Nouveautés énergies et matières premières, diffusé le18/05/2004 http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/energie/statisti/pdf/conjoncture.pdf Le bilan des énergies renouvelables en France en 2003. Ce document concerne le bilan des énergies renouvelables en France en 2001, 2002 et 2003, en distinguant les productions thermiques et électriques ainsi que les consommations primaires et finales. Ce bilan est également présenté sous forme de tableaux synthétiques pour l'ensemble des productions en métropole et dans les DOM par filière.http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/ Les principaux indicateurs économiques généraux (évolution facture énergétique, cours dollar, indépendance énergétique etc.) ont été actualisés pour l'année 2003. http://www.industrie.gouv.fr/
2003 Eurobarometer of renewable energy Sustainable Energy Ireland's Renewable Energy E-Update Thursday 11th March 2004 The 2003 Eurobarometer (EurObserv'ER Barometer) is a well-known and established tool produced by the Observatoire des énergies renouvelables. It is a tool for monitoring the different renewable energy sectors in Europe. Assisted by its partners, O. Ö. Energiespaarverband, Eufores, Eurec Agency and EC BREC, Observ'ER has already ensured five years of monitoring of the sectors in all their economic, energetic, public policy and future forecast dimensions. It offers a survey of the dynamics of eight renewable energy sectors: Wind Energy Barometer, Photovoltaic Barometer, Solar Thermal Barometer, Geothermal Energy Barometer, Micro Hyraulic Barometer, Biogas Energy Barometer, Wood Energy Barometer, Biofuels Energy Barometer. This publication comes highly recommended by the Renewable Energy Information Office. To download a copy visit www.sei.ie/reio.htm
Pellets conference on 13 May in Utrecht online As you know AEBIOM organised a pellets conference on 13 May in Utrecht. We had more than 80 participants, almost all coming from companies having a business interest in pellets. All large pellets equipment producers were also present in the VICTAM exhibition. The presentation of the speakers are now available on the AEBIOM web site, worth to visit as the presentations were of high quality. European Biomass Association - AEBIOM Croix du Sud, 2 bte 11 (local C 101) 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) Phone and fax : + 32 10 47 34 55 e-mail : jossart@ecop.ucl.ac.be Mobile : + 32 478 77 36 09 http://www.ecop.ucl.ac.be/aebiom/
Aree protette, energia e biomasse Ecoenergie Periodico di analisi energetico ambientale : Le applicazioni delle fonti energetiche rinnovabili nelle aree naturali protette. Anno II n°4 - gennaio 2003. Autori : Mario Gamberale, Luca Rubini , Carmelo Spitaleri Editore : ISES Italia Caratteristiche : 17 x 24 cm, 32 pagine. Contenuto : La politica di conservazione della natura. Le aree protette. Produzione e uso dell'energia nelle aree naturali protette. Le fonti rinnovabili nei parchi. Biomassa per termici. Fotovaltaico. Solare termico. Eolico. Mini-hydro. Il protocollo d'intesa tra Ministero Ambiente, Enel, Legambiente e Federparchi. Il decreto del Ministero dell'Ambiente.
