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Studytour in Denmark, June 2011

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Sun and rain changed as in a typical Danish summer when Randers, Norddjurs og Syddjurs municipalities and Agro Business Park hosted a study tour for Enercoast stakeholders. Guests from Sweden, Norway and Germany had a diverse trip to some some typical Danish bioenergy supply chains that have proven valuable.

 
The large farm scale biogas plant at the manor Overgaard was impressive with their experiments on adding straw, maize and different industrial waste into the digester mixed with manure. Household waste incineration and woodchips are other typical sources for district heating in Denmark. The market for biomasses is evolving and Verdo is a larger player at the world market of biomasses. Poplars for energy is a new supply chain in Denmark. The Poplers grow fast with good establishment and poplars supply chain for district heating will be the subject of analysis during the last year of Enercoast.
 
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The Enercoast stakeholders could return to their regions with good examples of Danish competencies and we had very good ‘on-the-spot’ transnational exchange of experiences within the biomass-to-energy field.
 

newsflash

The EU currently meets 4% of its energy needs from biomass. If it made full use of its potential, it would more than double biomass use by 2010 (from 69 mtoe in 2003 to about 185 mtoe in 2010) – while complying with good agricultural practice, safeguarding sustainable production of biomass and without significantly affecting domestic food production“ (Biomass Action Plan SEC(2005) 1573). As part of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan the biomass objectives seek to attain “a diversification of Europe’s energy supply, increasing the share of renewable energy by 5% and reducing reliance on imported energy from 48 to 42% (offering) direct employment for up to 250-300 000 people, mostly in rural areas.