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What was Residues to Revenues 2009?ﾠ
It was the best attended FIEA technology series in many years. Bioenergy and options for forest products companies to diversify their current operations, to learn about new and developing markets and some of the technologies that have been developed to turn wood wastes into a revenue stream obviously struck a chord with the sector. Over 350 persons from the industry in New Zealand and Australia participated in this series.
Bioenergy using wood as an alternative energy source is getting a huge amount of attention - internationally and much closer to home.ﾠIt's being called "fibre-fever".ﾠDriven by rising fuel prices, climate change concerns and ambitious Government targets to increase the use of forestry-derived biomass for energy, the role of forests is rapidly changing - from principally supplying logs to being an energy source.ﾠ
Australia and New Zealand both have a substantial biomass resource in the form of post harvest residues from the forest and wastes from wood processing and manufacturing operations. Forest products companies worldwide are investigating the economics and feasibility of procuring, harvesting, handling transporting and integrating mixed residue streams from harvesting operations.ﾠPoor decisions relating to transport and processing equipment, or matching the various components of the fuel supply chain, will lead to unacceptably high costs and poor quality of the delivered fuel.ﾠ
Those involved in utilising wood wastes to generate on-site energy will tell you about the difficulties associated with the fuel size, shape and handling characteristics of wood wastes.ﾠThe fuel resource is generally heterogeneous in nature, which results in problems in handling, segregating and storage of the fuels.ﾠ
Selection of boiler and combustion equipment suited to the local wood resource, designing proper fuel sizing, treatment and handling systems along with the site layout of storage systems and the transfer of the various fuel streams to the storage facilities and to the energy plant are all critical decisions being made by wood processing operations.ﾠﾠﾠ
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Residues to Revenues 2009 provided updates on;ﾠ
- Biomass resources: potentials, quantities, measurements methods, qualities and properties for forestry feedstock
- Fuel production, logistics and technologies: production, pre-treatment, procurement, transport and logistics
- Developments in combustion and boiler systems
- Innovative options for by-product utilisation
- Combined Heat and Power Production (CHP): power plant and small scale technologies and systems for CHP production
Who attended?
- Bioenergy users and producers
- Forest fuel producers
- Fuel and heating entrepreneurs
- Traders of forest fuels
- Scientists
- Technology developers
- Machine developers
- Wood, Pulp and Paper companies
- Heat and power producers
- Power plant and heating companies
- National and Local Authorities
- Forest owners/managers
- Logging contractors
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