1. Energetic utilisation of wood
in northwest Russia
Prof. Dr. VLADIMIR PETROV
Institute of Forest Economics,
St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy
Dipl.- Oec. ANTON ORLOV
Chair of Forestry and Forest Products of Eastern Europe
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products
TU Dresden
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Prospects for the energetic utilisation of wood
Dendromass potential of northwest Russia
Pellet production in northwest Russia
New pellet plant in the Leningrad Region
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3. Russia’s Energy Strategy
The Energy Efficiency Programme will run until 2020 and provide for an increase in the proportion of renewable resources from 1% to 4.5%.
The Forest Exploitation Incentives component of the Priority Investment Projects will incentivise the flow of capital into the Russian forest industry.
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5. Northwest Russia ~10% of the territory of Russia
Area
Population
Forest land
Volume of mature and overmature trees
1.7 million km2
13.5 million
85.1 million ha
4.4 billion m3
~10% of the territory of Russia
~10% of the total Russian forest area
~10% of Russia’s GDP 5
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6. Dendromass potential of northwest Russia
Theoretical potential
Тechnical potential
Actual potential
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7. Theoretical dendromass potential
100%
Theoretical potential =
Stemwood volume of the stand +
Wood residues
(branches, crowns and roots)
(m3 / a * region)
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8. Theoretical dendromass potential of the northwest Russia: 170 million m3 /a
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9. Technical dendromass potential of the northwest Russia
The technical potential for the energetic utilisation of dendromass consists of the following components:
firewood
wood residues (only branches and tree tops)
sawmill and plywood residues
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10. Technical dendromass potential of the northwest Russia: 71 million m3 /a
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11. Actual dendromass potential of the northwest Russia
Restrictions
Ecological (W)
Economic (P)
Conditions
(W~W1)
(P>0)
“W” is a parameter describing an ecological situation before and after resource extraction
“P” - profit should be >0
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12. Actual dendromass potential of the northwest Russia: 29 million m3 / a
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13. Utilisation of the annual allowable cut in the northwest Russia (%)
The annual allowable cut is the maximum permissible volume of wood harvested per year.
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14. Pellet production Europe & northwest Russia
Source: ; 2009/10
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15. Price trends for pellets: Europe / Germany / Russia
Oil
Nat. gas
Euros per tonne of wood pellets
Cent per litre oil / Cent per 10 kWh gas
Source: C.A.R.M.E.N., Lesprominform, 2009
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16. Raw material requirement: 3 - 4 million m3 / a
Pellet production project in the Leningrad Region Capacity: 1 million t /a
Raw material requirement: million m3 / a
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17. Summary Good geographical position
Poorly developed network of forest roads
The potential forest increment is limited by the age structure of the forests
Forest management by the state does not involve businesses
There are no mechanisms of support and subsidy
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18. Thank you for your attention!
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Petrov
Institute of Forest Economics
St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy
Institutsky per.5,194021
St. Petersburg
Russia
Thank you for your attention!
Dipl.-Oec. Anton Orlov
Institute of International Forestry and Forest Products
Chair of Forestry and Timber Products of Eastern Europe
Faculty of Forest, Geological and Hydrological Sciences
TU Dresden
Pienner Straße 19
01737 Tharandt
Germany
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