The Asian Wood Pellet Markets

Roos, Joseph A.; Brackley, Allen M.

doi:10.2737/pnw-gtr-861

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“…China is expected to significantly increase the utilization of biomass in power and heat generation units (Roos & Brackley, ) albeit exclusively from local agricultural and forestry residues (Cocchi et al ., ; Pöyry, ). In our simulations, we expect competition for the EU in terms of tradable solid biomass most likely to emerge in Japan and South Korea where new policies are expected to increase the local demand for solid biomass.…”

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Global solid biomass trade for energy by 2020: an assessment of potential import streams and supply costs to North‐West Europe under different sustainability constraints

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The expected use of solid biomass for large-scale heat and power production across North-West Europe (NW EU) has led to discussions about its sustainability, especially due to the increasing import dependence of the sector. While individual Member States and companies have put forward sustainability criteria, it remains unclear how different requirements will influence the availability and cost of solid biomass and thus how specific regions will satisfy their demand in a competitive global market. We combined a geospatially explicit least-cost biomass supply model with a linear optimization solver to assess global solid biomass trade streams by 2020 with a particular focus on NW EU. We apply different demand and supply scenarios representing varying policy developments and sustainability requirements. We find that the projected EU solid biomass demand by 2020 can be met across all scenarios, almost exclusively via domestic biomass. The exploitation of domestic agricultural residue and energy crop potentials, however, will need to increase sharply. Given sustainability requirements for solid biomass as for liquid biofuels, extra-EU imports may reach 236 PJ by 2020, i.e., 400% of their 2010 levels. Intra-EU trade is expected to grow with stricter sustainability requirements up to 548 PJ, i.e., 280% of its 2010 levels by 2020. Increasing sustainability requirements can have different effects on trade portfolios across NW EU. Excluding pulpwood pellets may drive the supply costs of import dependent countries, foremost the Netherlands and the UK, whereas excluding additional forest biomass may entail higher costs for Germany and Denmark which rely on regional biomass. Excluding solid biomass fractions may create short-term price hikes. Our modeling results are strongly influenced by parameterization choices, foremost assumed EU biomass supply volumes and costs and assumed relations between criteria and supply. The model framework is suited for the inclusion of dynamic supply-demand interactions and other world regions.

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Global solid biomass trade for energy by 2020: an assessment of potential import streams and supply costs to North‐West Europe under different sustainability constraints

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“…The CE enables the evolution from traditional business models to circular business models, thereby overcoming barriers and taking advantage of opportunities through improved competitiveness, cost savings, or transformation to circular value chains, including in the banking sector. (Li et al, 2010;Mentink, 2014;Ormazabal et al, 2018;Roos & Brackley, 2012;Salvioni & Brondoni, 2020)…”

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“Old” financial instruments in “new” circular models: Applied environmental accounting in the banking sector for reporting in a circular economy

Marco-Fondevila,

Benito-Bentué,

Scarpellini

2023

Rev. contab.

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The role of commercial banks and financial institutions has been described as crucial for the circular economy since they are key actors in financing companies and projects. The facilitating potential of some financial instruments managed by the financial sector has not been studied in connection to extending the circular economy in the environmental accounting framework. Particularly, the renting contracts service, which has been associated with more sustainable performance, shows interesting circular characteristics for servitization and the sharing economy. By studying the details of renting contracts of a financial institution over 18 years as a case study in Spain, this research demonstrates how this type of service, applied to vehicles, can render important benefits in terms of use of resources, environmental impact, energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions. Measuring these quantitative impacts and reporting about them is important from an environmental accounting basis and in the framework of the European Union taxonomy for sustainable finance. The results obtained from the stakeholders’ perspective highlight the pivotal role of existing financial instruments and the need for new metrics for reporting linked to the servitization of the economy as a specific circular issue. This paper contributes to the academic literature by bringing empirical results to a still recent line of research. For practitioners, we provide innovative metrics for circular economy in the financial sector, and for policymakers, this research highlights the wider role of financial institutions in promoting circular economy within the sustainability framework. El papel de los bancos y las instituciones financieras ha sido calificado como crucial para la economía circular, como actores clave para financiar empresas y proyectos. El potencial facilitador de algunos instrumentos financieros gestionados por el sector financiero no ha sido estudiado en relación con el fomento de la economía circular en el marco de la contabilidad medioambiental. En particular, el servicio de renting, que se ha asociado a un rendimiento más sostenible, muestra interesantes características vinculadas a la economía circular y a la servitización de la economía. Analizando en detalle los contratos de renting de una entidad financiera durante 18 años como caso de estudio en España, este estudio demuestra cómo este tipo de servicios, aplicado a los vehículos, puede aportar importantes beneficios en cuanto al uso de recursos, impacto ambiental, eficiencia energética y reducción de emisiones de carbono. Medir cuantitativamente e informar acerca de estos impactos es relevante para la contabilidad medioambiental en el marco de la Taxonomía Europea de finanzas sostenibles. Los resultados obtenidos desde la perspectiva de los stakeholders destacan el papel fundamental de los instrumentos financieros existentes y la necesidad de nuevas métricas para el reporting vinculado a la servitización de la economía como un tema circular específico. Este trabajo contribuye a la literatura académica proporcionando resultados empíricos a una línea de investigación aún incipiente. Para los profesionales, se aportan métricas novedosas para la economía circular en el sector financiero, mientras que, para la definición de políticas de sostenibilidad, esta investigación pone de relieve el amplio papel de las instituciones financieras en la promoción de la economía circular.

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“…Begitu pula dengan energi panas yang didukung oleh letak geologis Indonesia yang merupakan jalur vulkanik (ring of fire). Selain itu ada pula energi biomassa yang merupakan sumber energi yang diperoleh dari dalam bahan organik seperti hutan dan pertanian (Roos & Brackley, 2012). Di negara maju, energi biomassa banyak digunakan untuk pembangkit tenaga listrik sebagai alternatif dari bahan bakar fosil (Sidabutar, 2018).…”

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Briket Olahan Limbah Organik Sebagai Solusi Affordable Alternative Energy Dalam Upaya Mencapai Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Muhammad,

Shaleh,

Usman

et al. 2023

JPPL

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The increase in people's lifestyles raises problems of energy and waste crises. The energy crisis occurred due to a rise in energy demand due to the 4.0 industrial revolution era. Meanwhile, waste problems arise as a result of public consumption. This study aimed to create a product formulation for biomass briquettes with organic waste as the primary raw material. This study used the Experimental Design Completely Randomized Design (CRD) method with four formulations. The first formulation (V1) with the composition of rice husk: dry leaves: sawdust: cardboard, respectively 10:6:0:4, V2 (10:6:4:0), V3 (10:6:2:2), and V4 (10:2:6:2) Briquette quality testing uses four assessment indicators, namely shrinkage, ash content, combustion rate, and flame initiation time. The results showed that the composition of V2 briquettes was the best formulation with a shrinkage value of 92.52%, ash content of 7.48%, combustion rate of 0.0049 g/s, and flame initiation time of 2m 48s. Based on the research results, the Briquette V2formulation can be an affordable alternative energy solution to overcome the energy crisis in the world.

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The Asian Wood Pellet Markets

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Global solid biomass trade for energy by 2020: an assessment of potential import streams and supply costs to North‐West Europe under different sustainability constraints

Global solid biomass trade for energy by 2020: an assessment of potential import streams and supply costs to North‐West Europe under different sustainability constraints

“Old” financial instruments in “new” circular models: Applied environmental accounting in the banking sector for reporting in a circular economy

Briket Olahan Limbah Organik Sebagai Solusi Affordable Alternative Energy Dalam Upaya Mencapai Sustainable Development Goals 2030

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