Energetic utilisation of wood in northwest Russia Prof. Dr. VLADIMIR PETROV Institute of Forest Economics, St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy.

Energetic utilisation of wood in northwest Russia

Prof. Dr. VLADIMIR PETROVInstitute of Forest Economics,

St. Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy

Dipl.- Oec. ANTON ORLOVChair of Forestry and Forest Products of Eastern Europe

Institute of International Forestry and Forest ProductsTU Dresden

16th September 2010

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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Russia’s Energy Strategy

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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.

Rank*123456789

10111213

The planned 'Wood Products Priority Investment Projects to 2018'

ProductPulpSawn timber

* The rank is calculated on the basis of production volumes (m³, m², t)

Particle boardSpecial paperOSBFibreboard (MDF)

PaperCardboard

Glued timberWood chips

Carpentry productsPellets and briquettes

Veneer and plywood

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Northwest Russia

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~10% of the territory of Russia

~10% of the total Russian forest area

~10% of Russia’s GDP

•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

Dendromass potential of northwest Russia

Theoretical potentialТechnical potential

Actual potential

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Theoretical dendromass potential

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Theoretical potential

=

Stemwood volume of the stand

+

Wood residues

(branches, crowns and roots)

(m3 / a * region)

100%

Theoretical dendromass potential of the

northwest Russia: 170 million m3 /a

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5,0

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15,0

20,0

25,0

30,0

35,0

40,0

45,0

50,0

Mio

. m3 /a

Total stemwood Wood residues

Theoretical potential (incl. national parks) Theoretical potential (excl. national parks)

Technical dendromass potential of the

northwest RussiaThe 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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Technical dendromass potential of the northwest

Russia: 71 million m3 /a

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2,0

4,0

6,0

8,0

10,0

12,0

14,0

16,0

18,0

20,0

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. m3 /

a Firewood

Wood residues

Industial wood residues

Total

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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Actual dendromass potential of the

northwest Russia: 29 million m3 / a

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1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

6,0

7,0

Mio

. m3 /

a

Firewood

Wood residues

Industrial wood residues

Total

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The annual allowable cut is the maximum permissible volume of wood harvested per year.

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Utilisation of the annual allowable cut in the northwest Russia (%)

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Source: www.bioenergyinternational.com, 2003; 2009/10

Pellet production Europe & northwest Russia

Price trends for pellets: Europe / Germany / Russia

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Pellets

Oil

Nat. gas

Source: C.A.R.M.E.N., Lesprominform, 2009

Pellet production project in the Leningrad Region

Capacity: 1 million t /a

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Raw material requirement: 3 - 4 million m3 / a

Summary

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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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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

E-mail: [email protected]

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

E-mail: [email protected]