MARGARITA DE GREGORIO Rio de Janeiro Biomass Director 30 Sept. - 1 Oct. 2013

UPDATE OF THE SPANISH BIOMASS SECTOR

Spanish and Brazilian Workshop on Renewable Energy

National Association.

More than 500 members → producers, businesses and other associations in the renewable energy sector

Role:

Valid spokesman of all renewable energies in Spain.

Coordinate, represent and defend the interests of the Sector in politics, civil society and to the media.

Participate in the development of Spanish energy and environmental policy.

Representative in: Spanish National Energy Commission

CIEMAT (Center for Environmental and Energy Technology Research)

Committee of Agents of the Electricity Market

Other public entities

Presence in Europe:

Members of: ESHA European Small Hydropower Association

EWEA European Wind Energy Association

AEBIOM European Biomass Association

EGEC European Geothermal Energy Council

EU-OEA Ocean Energy Association

EBB European Biodiesel Board

EPIA European Photovoltaic Industry Association

Lobby EU institutions and European parliaments.

OUR SECTIONS

BIOFUELS

BIOMASS

WIND

GEOTHERMAL (Deep and Shallow)

MARINE

SMALL WIND

SMALL HYDROPOWER

SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC

ENERGY FROM BIOMASS

Spain → combustion, gasificatión and anaerobic digestion.

Main applications → Electricity generation, thermic generation

What’s considered biomass in Spain? ANNEX II – Royal Decree 661/2007

What’s considered biomass in Spain? ANNEX II – Royal Decree 661/2007

What’s considered biomass in Spain? ANNEX II – Royal Decree 661/2007

What’s considered biomass in Spain? ANNEX II – Royal Decree 661/2007

What’s considered biomass in Spain? ANNEX II – Royal Decree 661/2007

HUGE POTENTIAL OF BIOMASS RESOURCES

Agricultural resources

Forestry resources

Livestock farming resources

Agro-alimentary industry resources

OFMSW resources

POTENTIAL AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST BIOMASSES

KEY: mobilization

of stock +

Impulse crop implantation

POTENTIAL OTHER BIOMASS AND BIOGAS GENERATION

Potential – Other biomasses (source: PER 2011-2020)

Potential – Biogas (source: PER 2011-2020)

BIOMASS PROCESSES

SOURCE: Vision for 2030. BIOPLAT

BIOMASS. ELECTRIC GENERATION

Plant of electric generation 18 MW with cereal straw (Briviesca, Spain)

Main technologies of electric generation:

Rankine Cycle

Engines or turbines that use biogas from landfill or from waste water treatment plants

Develop new technologies:

Pyrolisis

Large-scale gasification (BIGCC cycles)

Microgeneration systems (< 3MW)

BIOMASS. ELECTRIC GENERATION

Rankine Cycle

Example: Cogeneration plant with biomass. Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC)

BIOMASS. ELECTRIC GENERATION

Biogas engines and turbines

Biogas turbine

Combustion engine fed by biogas

GASIFICATION

Small-size biomass plants STRATEGIC!!!

GASIFIER:

INTERN COMBUSTION ENGINE:

Consumes the generated gas in the gasifier.

Produces electric energy.

Fuente: GUASCOR

BIOMASS. THERMAL GENERATION

Basic technology: Biomass boilers for the combustion of solid fuels

Pellets Chips Olive stones Dried fruit shells etc

Biomass can feed a heat production system and S.H.W the same way as if it was made with gas or gasoil.

Example scheme. Biomass boiler

BIOMASS. THERMAL GENERATION

Boiler

technologies

According to the type of fuel

According to its technology

• Specific for pellets Small(< 40 kW) and highly efficient. Low cost

• Of biomass 25 – hundreds of kW Fuel switching allowed under certain conditions

• mixed o multifuel Power ≈ 200 kW Support multiple fuels changing quickly and efficiently from one

another

• conventional adapted to biomass

• biomass standard

• mixed

• Pellets to condensation

BIOMASS IN SPAIN

Level of Biomass target achievement in Spain

Renewable Energy Plan 2005-2010 target for BIOMASS: 1,317 MW

Renewable Energy Plan 2005-2010 target for BIOGAS: 250 MW

Renewable Energy Plan 2011-2020 target for BIOMASS: 1,350 MW

Renewable Energy Plan 2011-2020 target for BIOGAS: 400 MW

July 2013 (source: National Energy Commission, CNE)

Biomass: 639 MW installed ► 49% target lacking 638 MW Growth rate: 7 MW/month

Months estimated to reach 100% target: 98 months (= 8 years)

Biogas (b.7): 234 MW installed ► 94% target lacking 16 MW MW mainly from landfill (+ ⅔), not biogas from anaerobic digestion in

biodigester

Spanish Biomass sector in the EU

Souce: Solid Biomass Barometer – Eurobserv’er (November 2011)

SPAIN 3rd position in European ranking by biomass potential

Breeding a number of pigs comparable to Germany

Souce: Biogas Barometer – Eurobserv’er (November 2010)

Solid biomass Biogas

Biomass strategic advantages

CONTRADICTORY !

In Spain biomass resources availability is guaranteed (huge potential). Focused on energy generation (thermal + electricity) biomass brings exceptional characteristics, such as:

ENERGY: dispatchable and economically feasible for the Spanish power system

ENVIRONMENT: wastes recovery (tool against fires, pollution) + reduction of GHG emissions

SOCIETY & ECONOMY: job source + national wealthy source (Spanish industry and technology) + rural revitalization + alternative for cracked economies

Unfortunately nowadays…

The Spanish biomass sector suddenly stops its (Limited) development in Spain, due to:

The Spanish energy sector remain in a state of flux. It has been subject to a number of interrelated market and regulatory ‘shocks’ in recent years that have affected its performance and are also likely to shape future developments

The Spanish electricity market continues to be characterized by complex and increasingly controversial public policy challenges:

27 January 2012 Royal Decree 1/2012, which suspended ‘until further notice’ FiT for newly installed generators of renewable power (the Government decreed a moratorium on renewable energy)

27 Dec. 2012 new Law to introduce 7% tax on all domestic energy production

1-2-2013 FiT de-indexed from Consumer Price Index + Premium = 0 c€

July 2013 drafts/proposals: 8 new Royal Decrees + 5 Ministerial Orders (‘Electric reform’)

BIOMASS PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

835,6 MW → projects BIOMASS plants

12,3 MW → projects BIOGAS plants

SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION

www.appa.es margadegregorio@appa.es

OBRIGADO!!

SPANISH BIOMASS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM Margarita de Gregorio

SECRETARIAT - Manager

The Spanish Biomass Technology Platform –BIOPLAT – is a scientific-technical sectorial excellence and coordination group consisted of all relevant stakeholders in biomass energy sector in Spain. So encompassing biomass in its broadest sense:

• resources

• transformation technologies

• application processing

• sustainability and regulatory framework

Framework in which all sectors involved in the development of biomass work together in a coordinated way to ensure the commercial settlement of this renewable energy enjoys a continuous growth, in a competitive and sustainable way.

MAIN OBJECTIVE

BIOPLAT mainly aims at determining the conditions and at identifying and developing viable strategies for the promotion and sustainable commercial development of biomass in Spain. To accomplish this goal it is necessary:

• To carry out design of technological strategies

• for the settlement of guidelines which boost the sustainable development of biomass sources in accordance with National and European objectives

ESPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

The specific objectives of BIOPLAT are:

• To analyze the current situation of biomass in Spain in all its aspects and to identify needs in R&D.

• To recommend research funding in areas with high relevance to biomass, covering the whole economic value chain, raising awareness and mobilizing public authorities, both at nationally, regionally and locally level.

• To propose strategies and sustainable alternatives, in each particular type of technology, to boost biomass market development and the elimination of existing barriers to enable its implementation.

• To promote coordination between different involved sectors (entities, technology centres, universities, etc.).

• To spread biomass possibilities and in particular the results and recommendations of the Platform.

Spanish Biomass Technology Platform

Biofuels for transport

Biodiesel

Bioethanol

Biogas

Synthetic biofuels and birefineries

Biomass for electricity generation

Combustion

OFMSW

Gasification

Co-combustion

Biogas

Biomass for thermal

generation

Raw materials

Production

Machining and logistics

Organic wastes

Algae

Sustainability and regulatory

framework

Sustainability

Regulatory framework

Traceability

Consultative Education and

diffusion International

relations

Steering Committee Secretariat

Relations with other national

and European Platforms

MEMBERS

• 174 Companies

• 55 R&D Centers and Foundations

• 34 Universities

• 27 Public Entities

• 23 Associations and Cooperatives

• 4 Public Entities of R&D

• VISION for 2030

• State-of-the-art analysis

• Vision for 2020 and 2030:

Previous criteria of sustainability.

Vision scenarios 2020 and 2030.

Strategic objectives.

Technical potential that support the objectives.

Considerations to achieve the objectives.

Expected benefits.

DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED

• Necessity of a clear policy of R&D about biomass:

• Adequate budget.

• Promote the development of national equipments and create conditions that boost the development and biomass markets maturity.

• SRA → Indicates those areas or segments of the biomass sector in which it is considered that R&D investment would be a breakthrough in eliminating the barriers

Each line consists of an action which generally defines the ultimate objective of the research line.

Each action concrete objectives milestones: goals to be achieved in established time periods..

short (5 years), medium (10 years) y large term (15 to 20 years)

A total of 16 strategic research lines, defined and classified in two categories:

• 14 strategic research lines, for the promotion of R&D in biomass sector.

• 2 support to development lines, horizontal actions to every single area in the biomass sector.

STRATEGIC RESEARCH LINES DOCUMENT of BIOPLAT

STRATEGIC RESEARCH LINES DOCUMENT of BIOPLAT

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2015

WEB PAGE: www.bioplat.org

Contents in two languages

Availability of every document produced within BIOPLAT

Twitter Bog

NEW DOCUMENT

• Pellet report:

Unpublished document at national level. • Incipient sector, of high development.

• The report will give basic information about the characteristics and production areas of this biofuel. • It will hold an inventory of pellet production plants in Spain.

Graphic: World consumption of pellets. SOURCE: Andreas Teir, PÖYRY - International Pellet Conference, Cologne, May 2011.

ALGAE WORKING GROUP

INVENTORY of Algae projects in Spain

HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Energy Challenge (version 12 September)

HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Energy Challenge (version 12 September)

HORIZON 2020 – WORK PROGRAMME 2014-2015 Energy Challenge (version 12 September)

MUITO OBRIGADO

secretaria@bioplat.org (+34) 91 307 17 61 www.bioplat.org