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Agricultural BiomassOntario’s Potential
Nick Betts
Outreach Coordinator
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Assoc.
One Stone Road West |!Guelph, Ontario
519.826.4219 | [email protected]
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Agricultural Biomass
The Crops
The Products & Markets
The Ontario Projects
The Potential
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The Crops
Rhizome Grasses
- high yield
- wood-like qualities
- high cost to establish
- higher quality soil needed
Seeded Grasses
- “marginal” land crop
- fibre uses
- lower yield
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Rhizome Grasses
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Miscanthus
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Harvest Practices
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Harvest Practices
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Seeded Grasses
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Harvest Practices
Photos: Don Nott
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Harvest Practices
Photos: Don Nott
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Switchgrass
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Ontario Tallgrass
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The Products
Photos: The Grower, EERE US DOE, University of Guelph, Pellet Mill Guide
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“1.5m2 PELLEMATIC SMART also makes additional use of flue gas heat and increases the efficiency to approx. 106%. Condensing
technology reduces emission levels!to 4 mg/MJ. !“
Household, Institutional, or Community Heat
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DevelopingBio-Composite Markets
Bio-Composite Plastic
Bio-bins
Flower pots
Auto parts
Bio-Composite Fibre Board
Furniture
Construction materials
Wall tile and panels
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Bedding
Photo: farmcentre.com
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Unique Bedding Features- “dust free”
- high absorbency
- high yield/acre ratio
- low decomposition rate
- low nutrient capacity
- no yearly replanting: “green”
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The Markets
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EUROPEAN
MARKET
Wood pellet costs
Germany "240 ($312)
Denmark "340 ($442)
FOB (free on board) prices industrial pellets
SE USA harbours: "112 ($146) /tonne
W. Canada harbours: "98 ($128) /tonne
Int’l Shipping Costs (freight & unloading)
2011: $50 (US)
Western University FOB price for farmers ($100 net/acre), plus pelleting ($38), transport ($30), Shipping ($50 - WSED number)
Miscanthus: $98+$38+$30+$50=$216
Switchgrass: $112+$38+$30+$50=$230
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Ontario Markets?
Coal
Natural Gas
Miscanthus Pellets
Wood Pellets
Switchgrass Pellets
Heating O
il
Propane
Diesel
Ethanol/Gasolin
e
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Ontario Markets?
Coal
Natural Gas
Miscanthus Pellets
Wood Pellets
Switchgrass Pellets
Heating O
il
Propane
Diesel
Ethanol/Gasolin
e
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Energy Cost at Consumer’s Gate ($/GJ)
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Ontario Markets?
Coal
Natural Gas
Miscanthus Pellets
Wood Pellets
Switchgrass Pellets
Heating O
il
Propane
Diesel
Ethanol/Gasolin
e
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
Energy Cost at Consumer’s Gate ($/GJ)
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Potential Rural Energy Market
Schools
Municipal Buildings
Homes
Communities not connected to natural gas
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BeddingCurrently market will follow straw...
- “Premium” hay for horse market? (dust-free, organic)
- Foaling/calving bedding?
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Biocomposites
Challenge:
Carrot, Sticks, Tambourines
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Market Development and Sustainability
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Legal Measures
FinancialMeasures
InformationActivities
“sticks”“carrots”
“tambourines”
Market Development and Sustainability
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Example from Upper Austria biomass heating initiative
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