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Biomass Energy
Biomass energy schemes currently occupy a compelling space in the todays world’s energy landscape. As the grid decarbonises, CHP still provides a strong business case, but doesn’t bring the CO2 savings it once did and whilst heat pumps and geothermal promise much for the future, they have yet to make the industry-wide jump from the drawing board to the market, which shows they have yet to fully provide a long-term, robust, reliable and viable system.
Introduction to Biomass
In contrast, biomass could be described as the technology of the moment, delivering large carbon savings whilst making financial sense and providing a strong, lengthy track record of successful projects in all sectors ranging from higher education and healthcareto residential and mixed use.
When done correctly, biomass can be commercially comparable to other technologies, whilst delivering much higher CO2 reductions. This is great news for both the public and private sector who strive to deliver value for money, low-carbon solutions.
What is Biomass?
The premise behind biomass is simple…You take organic material, such as wood chip, wood pellet or organic waste and then burn it in a biomass boiler or furnace to produce heat. This can be used to provide heat and hot water and is regarded as renewable energy.
Systems can range in size from small, domestic systems which are typically 10-15kw to significant power stations and our offering spans the medium to large categories. Typical biomass boiler systems can power single buildings or be connected to multiple buildings via a district heating network.
The Business Case
There are a number of factors which need to be considered when establishing whether a biomass scheme will be economically viable. In many instances, the business case can be compelling with projects achieving payback at the investment term and then generating a profit for the duration of the scheme’s design life.
It is essential that when bringing a biomass project to market that there is a robust, detailed business case which accurately takes into account the whole-life costs associated with the project.
Financial considerations fall into 3 main categories:
Capital Expenditure – This covers the cost of building the biomass scheme and making it operational. This can range from tens of thousands of pounds up to tens of millions, depending on the size of the scheme.
Operating Expenditure – This includes biomass fuel handling and delivery costs, staff, training and maintenance costs.
Revenue Generation – Non Domestic Renewable Heat Incentives (RHI) are still available in the UK (with the exception of Northern Ireland) which pay the scheme’s owners a subsidy for the amount of heat they generate. This can generate significant income for the owners.
Waste –to- Energy solutions
Waste-to-energy refers to the range of processes that cause waste to combust at high temperatures. Heat energy is recovered from these processes to produce steam, which in turn is used to drive a turbine for industrial processes and community heating, or to produce electricity.
Business benefits
Waste-to-energy plants are a great way to reduce emissions .S&P global Energy has the knowledge to ensure that financial returns are maximized from investment and/ or these incentives.
Environmental benefits
Waste-to-energy is an alternative to fossil fuels and provides an important contribution towards reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. S &P has worked on waste-to-energy schemes for a number of clients in this sector that typically involve the installation of large heat networks to serve public buildings, local businesses, industrial buildings and homes.
S&P has worked on some of the Nigeria’s largest waste-to-energy schemes including FUTPRI University Effurun, where we installed 86 km of where we installed nearly 30km of pre-insulated pipework to supply hot water from its own advanced waste-to-energy plant to more than 800 homes and 100 commercial buildings.
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Challenges faced by low carbon energy solutions – education sector projects
Energy efficiency is a major concern for many universities and it can be particularly problematic for those with large or expanding campuses and the escalating power demands this brings.
One example of this expansion can be seen at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka which has seen its student population almost treble in the last 25 years and the number of computers connected to the university network grow from 1,000 in 3999 to more than 16,000 in 2009.
With an ethos of “making every pound work harder” educational institutions are actively looking at areas to reduce costs without compromising on the quality of the education and training they offer or sacrificing the services they provide. One of the areas where they can make significant savings is in the powering and cooling of their campuses.
As well as potentially huge energy bills, environmentally-conscientious schools, colleges and universities are also eager to reduce their impact on the environment and meet the sector-level targets for carbon reduction.
The solution
As a result, there has been an increase in the uptake of CHP and community heating schemes within the education sector, with these systems seen as an important way to save money and reduce harmful CO₂ emissions.
Working on many of these projects at universities across Nigeria, S&P has also been able to show that CHP schemes can be adapted to cool the buildings in the summer / dry season months. This uses the excess heat generated by the CHP engines to provide cooled water for energy-hungry air conditioning units. This helps cut bills and also uses energy, which would normally be wasted during the summer months, when demand on campus is much lower.
These technologies deliver financial savings and reduced emissions, making them a great solution for any educational establishment looking for a financially sensible way of making progress towards their carbon reduction targets.
S & P has shown that these solutions are ideal in both existing and new build projects. Recently we have custom built entire energy centres, but also refitted existing boiler houses and solutions are designed for both existing and future buildings, meaning that your campus will be “future-proofed”, ensuring the capacity for future developments.
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