Operational Group: Automated pilot silo project for supplying biomass (forest chips)
- Type Operational group
- Execution 2017 -2020
- Assigned Budget 20.000,00 €
- Scope Autonómico
- Autonomous community Cataluña
- Main source of financing PEPAC 2014-2020
- Project website https://ruralcat.gencat.cat/documents/20181/5394834/INICIAL+PILOT+GO+2017_016_S…
The Operational Group is developing a project to address the limitations posed by the distribution of forest chips and to optimize the Celrà production center.
The project aims to design and project an automated silo for supplying forest chips that will reduce transportation costs beyond the current distribution area. Improvements in management and logistics will contribute to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
Furthermore, the project provides a consolidated and stable source of forest chip consumption, which boosts the sector and puts a product that has so far been undervalued on a par with energy. The project also helps boost rural areas, as this is where the raw material is found.
- Build an innovative prototype for the supply of forest chips
- Have an Executive Project.
- Have a demonstration location.
- Turnkey installation of the demonstration silo
- Analysis of the operation of the demonstrative prototype.
- Confirm that the quality and technical specifications of the fuel in stock within the silo are maintained.
- Evaluate the level of satisfaction of logistics operators. Who loads the silo.
- Evaluate the level of satisfaction with the local distribution network. Who unloads and delivers to the end customer.
- Evaluate the degree of satisfaction of end customers.
- Optimize the distribution of forest wood chips
- Reducing the carbon footprint in the biofuel value chain.
- Anticipate the increase in competitiveness of the company promoting the solution.
- Impact and Dissemination of Project Results.
- Plan for the ability to create jobs in the region where the silo is installed.
- Plan to create new local market niches thanks to the silo installation.
- Analysis of the relevance of the technology at the international level.
As general conclusions for the use of biomass as fuel, we can say:
- That we have a reduction in GHG (greenhouse gases).
- We are reducing our dependence on foreign energy by improving security of supply and internalizing our energy bills.
- That we improve sustainable forest management of forests.
With the SISE system specifically, we conclude that:
- We guarantee the regularity and consistency of supply.
- It is common for the supply of wood from the forest, combined with the 9-month drying period, to not coincide with the demand for wood chips in a given territory (mostly during colder periods).
- The biomass arrives at the final customer's silo with:
- Smaller CO2 footprint.
- Quality guarantees.
- Fast order delivery response.
- This encourages an increase in the number of potential customers who would otherwise not consider biomass as a fuel, thus bringing us closer to achieving the country's renewable penetration targets.
- Quality biomass is coming across the country.
- We obtain real-time chip quality and consumption data, providing knowledge previously unknown outside of academia.
- We have more reliability in a non-seasonal supply.
- Coordinator/entity name: Sala Forestal SL
- Coordinator/entity email: salaforestal@salaforestal.com
- Sala Forestal S.L
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