Building Energy Opportunity with a Supply Chain Based on the Local Fuel-Producing Capacity

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2018
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Abstract
Studying and modeling plants for producing electric power obtained from vegetal wood cellulose biomass can become an opportunity for building a supply chain based on the local fuel-producing capacity. Focusing on energy-producing technologies, such as pyrolysis or gasification, the present work assessed the amount of vegetal biomass that may be used as fuel, both in terms of actual availability and supply price, in the Province of Rieti (Italy). The aim is to draw up a supply plan that has an intrinsic relationship with the local area. The results confirmed a production of 24 MW of project thermal power and 4 MW of project electric power. The ensuing plant was then studied following current norms about renewable energy, environmental consistency, and atmospheric emissions. An economic analysis of the cost investment was also carried out, where the total return is approximately of 19%. The results exposed that plant costs are acceptable only if short-supply chain fuel is purchased. The costs of generating energy from agroforestry biomass are certainly higher; however, the plant represents a significant territorial opportunity, especially for the economic sectors of agriculture and forestry. The employment effect plays a central role in the concession process, which is relevant for the interaction among renewable energy production and agriculture. The environmental impact of a biomass plant from agroforestry residues can be measured exclusively on atmospheric emissions: the plant must be placed in industrial areas without any landscape or naturalistic value.
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Authors Flavio Andreoli Bonazzi;Sirio R.S. Cividino;Ilaria Zambon;Enrico Maria Mosconi;Stefano Poponi;Andreoli Bonazzi, Flavio;Cividino, Sirio R.S.;Zambon, Ilaria;Mosconi, Enrico Maria;Poponi, Stefano;
Journal sustainability
Year 2018
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10.3390/su10072140
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https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2140
Keywords
biomass sustainable development energy supply chain

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