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Presentation on the Biomass Opportunities in Tipperary including case studies on Nenagh Leisure Centre and Thurles Leisure Centre.
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Wood for Fuel
The Opportunity for Tipperary
• Tipperary Imports €85 Million for Coal and Oil for
heating (€582 per person).
• Tipperary could produce a sizeable share from existing
forestry and new forestry on marginal land.
• Every €1M decreases imports and creates 20-25 local
sustainable jobs.
• Wood for fuel currently employs ~ 46 people in
Tipperary.
• 6.4% of heating supplied currently in Tipperary by wood
(mainly medite 75%).
National
Nenagh Leisure Centre Biomass
Heat load in kWh 900,000
Biomass cost €42,903
Equivalent oil cost @80c/ litre €91,043
Saving (biomass only) €48,140
Capital Cost €203,165
SERVE EU Grant €80,000
CO2 Saving in Tonnes 207
• Contract: Design, Supply & Install plant & supply all heat & operate & maintain
Case Studies
With SERVE EU Grant Aid
Simple Payback in Years 2.6
10 Yr NPV €367,000
10 Yr IRR 69%
Without Grant Aid
Simple Payback in Years 4.2
10 Yr NPV €290,035
10 Yr IRR 32%
Key Innovation
• Contracts
• Design Build Operate Contract
• Contractor pays for all oil, maintenance, chip
etc.
• Single heat supply contract fixed at 4.2c/kWh
for 3 years
• All losses, breakdowns covered by contractor
• Chip / pellet supplied locally.
Nenagh Leisure Centre Biomass
Case Studies
Thurles Leisure Centre & Source Arts Centre
Heat load in kWh 1,500,000
Biomass cost €47,000
Equivalent LPG cost @55c/litre €115,000
Saving €68,000
Capital Cost €160,000
DoTTS Grant €135,000
CO2 Saving in Tonnes 400
• Contract: Design, Supply & Install plant & supply all heat & operate & maintain
Case Studies
Thurles Leisure Centre & Source Centre DH
With DoTTS Grant Aid
Simple Payback in Months 6
10 Yr NPV €496,000
10 Yr IRR 194%
Without Grant Aid
Simple Payback in Months 30
10 Yr NPV €377,035
10 Yr IRR 59%
Case Studies
Coolbawn Water Treatment Plant (EE & RE)
Net Heat load in kWh 140,000
Biomass & EE ESCO cost for first 7 years €16,000
Equivalent Oil Cost €18,000
Saving over first 7 years of ESCO €20,300
Capital Cost to client €0
BEW Grant 35%
CO2 Saving in Tonnes 47
• 7 yr Contract: Design, Supply, Finance & Install plant & supply all heat & operate &
maintain (Energy efficiency and Renewable Energy)
Case Studies
• 600+ stoves installed in EU SERVE project
• Opportunity for Domestic Wood for Fuel Business
• Current Supply 2000 Tons annually (€120 per pallet
~0.75T)
• Purchase forestry ~€35/ wet ton (€70/Dry tonne)
• Customer 4c/kWh Vs Coal at 6c/kWh (pallet)
• 2 direct jobs, +transport, +forestry, +indirect etc.(~4)
• Sells via Stakelums and petrol stations.
• Displaces 1000T coal; Est~ €250k
Case Study
Barry Grace Firewood Nenagh
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Annual Heat Supply Cost (Oil vs Biomass)
Annual heating cost – Biomass
Annual Heating Cost Oil
63% savings,
3 year payback
• Annual savings are €1.3M
• Was: €2.5M on imported oil,
• Now €1.1M on local biomass,
• Full time jobs supported: 46
Current Status*
* Excludes Medite
• Clear business case for Wood for Fuel Vs Oil
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Where’s the opportunity?
• Domestic: Logs
• Cheaper than coal for energy
• Need to provide high quality product
• Commercial scale:
• Nursing homes, Hotels, Pools 100kW-500kW
• Wood pellets or chip
• Industrial Scale:
• Medite, Dairies, steam/ heat boilers.
• Forestry logs, large scale operation
• 50% Norwegian homes heated by wood logs.
• 65% Swedish heat supplied by biomass.
• 5% in Ireland
• <2% in Tipperary excluding Medite (6.7% inc.)
If Tipperary increases to :
• EU average 15% 191 jobs €7.65M
• Top 10: 20% 400 jobs €20M
• Top 5: 45% => 827 jobs €33M
What’s the opportunity?
Where’s the opportunity?
• DCENR likely to introduce a subsidy for renewable heat
for large installations
• Careful design, engineering and contracts needed.
• Tipperary LA’s/ LIT have led the way with innovative
Contracting models
• Industrial/ commercial:
• Buy heat not fuel.
• Careful where risk/ reward balance is.
Fuel Availability
• Forestry Sector not optimised for small private forestry
• Substantial thinning's not exploited
• Fuel/ wood available but not being brought to market
• Results in poor supply-chain
• Credit required to bolster supply chain inventories for
value.
• Market needs more demand to stimulate supply
• Sector maturity needed.
• Access to finance
• Support to district heating infrastructure for high density
heat use
• Further awareness needed of the savings.
• Additional support such as greater feed in tariffs –
coming soon.
• Training for the sector
• Planting of more biomass
• Significant establishment grants for forestry but
demand requires stimulation
Required actions
• Encourage local biomass for Jobs
• Big heat use on oil = wasting money
• Domestic stoves using wood should be encouraged.
• Local wood energy is competitive, sustainable and
supports local jobs.
• We grow food not import it. Energy should be no
different.
Conclusions
• Tipperary Energy Agency
• Craft Granary
• Church St
• Cahir
• Co. Tipperary
• Ireland
• Paul Kenny
• CEO
• T: 052 7443090
• F: 052 7443012
• E: [email protected]
• W: www.tea.ie