Wolfsgraben bei Wien (OTS) - A comprehensive study by the research organization Bioenergy 2020 and the Working Renewable Energy Vienna / Lower Austria as part of the program climate: is active to the conclusion that, the switch from oil to wood pellets a CO2 reduction of 97.6 percent result. To come to this conclusion, the study authors, the CO2 balance of domestic pellet production have a closer look.
The data basis for this came from eight pellet production facilities in Austria, around 50 percent of the total domestic production . Cover analyzed precisely, the raw material base, the electrical energy consumed in pellet production, the heat used to dry the wet wood chips and the energy required to transport the pellets to the final customer. Since in all plants to the drying of sawdust with biomass energy, CO2 emissions are produced only by the pellet production (on average 18 kg of CO2 per tonne of pellets) and the transport of the pellets to the final customer (an average of 14 kg per tonne of pellets). This results in the production and delivery of one tonne of wood pellets a total of 32 kilograms of CO2 emissions. 490 liters of heating oil, which have the same energy value as a tonne of wood pellets and share, whereas 1323 kg of CO2.
the words of Dr. Christian Rakos, Managing Director of proPellets Austria: "The potential for CO2 reduction in the heat is enormous, as the recent study by the Renewable Energy Working Group clearly shows. This is a clear message to the national and international decision-makers to advise just in Cancun on ways to combat climate change. "
proPellets Austria is the Association of Austrian pellet industry and represents more than 60 Austrian companies from the pellet production, pellet trade, production of boilers and the supply industry. proPellets Austria is a member of the European Biomass Association AEBIOM pellet and the European Council.
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Dr. Christian Rakos
proPellets Austria
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