Potential of energy wood resources and technologies for their supply in Tihvin and Boksitogorsk Districts of the Leningrad Region

Published Date
Biomass and Bioenergy
October 2010, Vol.34(10):1440–1448, doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.04.007

Author 

• Vadim Goltsev ^,
• Ján Ilavský
• Timo Karjalainen
• Yuri Gerasimov

• Finnish Forest Research Institute, Yliopistokatu 6, FI-80101, Joensuu, Finland

Received 6 March 2008. Revised 15 March 2010. Accepted 16 April 2010. Available online 11 May 2010. 

Abstract

The Leningrad region adopted a concept of energy sector development in 2003. The concept considers wood to be one of the main sources of bioenergy. Precise calculations of the energy wood availability for Tihvin and Boksitogors districts of the Leningrad region have been carried out to facilitate the development of bioenergy in the region. Energy wood availability was calculated according to three scenarios. In scenario Actual, based on actual cut, available volume of energy wood is 424,000 m³yr⁻¹. Realization of scenario Available, with full utilization of annual allowable cut, would increase the volume of energy wood up to 637,000 m³ yr⁻¹ or by 50%. Utilisation of entire annual allowable cut and intermediate fellings in scenario Potentialwould increase available volume of energy wood up to 774,000 m³ yr⁻¹ or by 83% compared to scenario Actual. The required quantity of machines and workforce to supply available volumes of energy wood in scenario Potential is almost two times higher than that of scenario Actual.

Keywords

Energy wood

Availability scenarios

Productivity

Supply systems

Wood chips

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