The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass

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Autor(a) principal: Carneiro, P.
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19563
Resumo: Biomass based power plants are one of the few renewable energy sources (RES) units that may be used as base load technologies, contributing also to the reduction of external energy dependency and of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The availability, heterogeneity and cost of the resource are however important barriers to the effective development and spread of these technologies. This paper aims to make a contribution to the evaluation of biomass power plants based on dedicated energy crops. The particular case of Portugal is analyzed and the strategic, environmental and economic interest of the project is evaluated under the present RES support schemes. The results suggest that the value of the assumed Feed-in Tariff (FIT) may not be enough to attract private investors’ interest for these projects. The need for the creation of a specific FIT for this kind of biomass is highlighted and may be justified both by the perceived project risk and by the expected strategic and environmental value of these investments.
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spelling The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomassBiomassStrategic analysisProject evaluationElectricity generationFeed-in tariffScience & TechnologyBiomass based power plants are one of the few renewable energy sources (RES) units that may be used as base load technologies, contributing also to the reduction of external energy dependency and of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The availability, heterogeneity and cost of the resource are however important barriers to the effective development and spread of these technologies. This paper aims to make a contribution to the evaluation of biomass power plants based on dedicated energy crops. The particular case of Portugal is analyzed and the strategic, environmental and economic interest of the project is evaluated under the present RES support schemes. The results suggest that the value of the assumed Feed-in Tariff (FIT) may not be enough to attract private investors’ interest for these projects. The need for the creation of a specific FIT for this kind of biomass is highlighted and may be justified both by the perceived project risk and by the expected strategic and environmental value of these investments.This workwas financed by: the QREN e Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors, the European Union e European Regional Development Fund and National Funds- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under Project FCOMP-01- 0124-FEDER-011377 and Project Pest-OE/EME/UI0252/2011.ElsevierUniversidade do MinhoCarneiro, P.Ferreira, Paula Varandas2012-082012-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/19563eng0960-148110.1016/j.renene.2011.12.020http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09601481info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:54:19Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/19563Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:53:50.400153Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
title The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
spellingShingle The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
Carneiro, P.
Biomass
Strategic analysis
Project evaluation
Electricity generation
Feed-in tariff
Science & Technology
title_short The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
title_full The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
title_fullStr The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
title_full_unstemmed The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
title_sort The economic, environmental and strategic value of biomass
author Carneiro, P.
author_facet Carneiro, P.
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
author_role author
author2 Ferreira, Paula Varandas
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carneiro, P.
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Biomass
Strategic analysis
Project evaluation
Electricity generation
Feed-in tariff
Science & Technology
topic Biomass
Strategic analysis
Project evaluation
Electricity generation
Feed-in tariff
Science & Technology
description Biomass based power plants are one of the few renewable energy sources (RES) units that may be used as base load technologies, contributing also to the reduction of external energy dependency and of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The availability, heterogeneity and cost of the resource are however important barriers to the effective development and spread of these technologies. This paper aims to make a contribution to the evaluation of biomass power plants based on dedicated energy crops. The particular case of Portugal is analyzed and the strategic, environmental and economic interest of the project is evaluated under the present RES support schemes. The results suggest that the value of the assumed Feed-in Tariff (FIT) may not be enough to attract private investors’ interest for these projects. The need for the creation of a specific FIT for this kind of biomass is highlighted and may be justified both by the perceived project risk and by the expected strategic and environmental value of these investments.
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