Training week materials
From 3rd to 7th October 2011 two training weeks on establishing woodfuel supply chains were organised by VTT in Jyväskylä (Finland) and BIOENERGY 2020+ Wieselburg (Austria). In total 27 forest owners, wood fuel users and forest managers from France, the UK and Slovenia attended the Austria training and gained inside knowledge in the field of woodfuel harvesting, processing and supply as well as sustainable combustion technologies and successful business models for utilising biomass. Meanwhile, a group of 15 forest owners and forestry professionals from Latvia and the UK attended a similar training period in Jyväskylä region, Central Finland.
Below the training material for both the Finnish and Austrian training can be downloaded:
Session 1: Welcome and Introduction
Session 2: The biomass production chain
Session 3: Business concepts
Investment calculation for biomass heating plants, Christa Kristöfel and Rita Ehrig, BIOENERGY 2020+
Investment calcualtion for biomass heating plants - Austrian example, BIOENERGY 2020+
Case studies of wood fuel supply businesses in Austria
Forest management and wood fuel supply – from forest to biofuel, Martin Schober, Machinery Service Austria
Session 4: Developing business ideas
Input presentations from Austrian experts:
Session 5: Woodfuel projects in the target regions
Face-to-face presentations:
Other materials:
Wood biomass conversion calculator in English, Austrian Energy Agency
Wood fuel supply model contract, Erwin Rotheneder and Rita Ehrig, BIOENERGY 2020+