A method is presented, which estimates the potential for power production from agriculture residues. A GIS decision support system (DSS) has been developed, which implements the method and provides the tools to identify the geographic distribution of the economically exploited biomass potential. The procedure introduces a four level analysis to determine the theoretical, available, technological and economically exploitable potential. The DSS handles all possible restrictions and candidate power plants are identified using an iterative procedure that locates bioenergy units and establishes the needed cultivated area for biomass collection. Electricity production cost is used as a criterion in the identification of the sites of economically exploited biomass potential. The island of Crete is used as an example of the decision-making analysis. A significant biomass potential exists that could be economically and competitively harvested. The main parameters that affect the location and number of bioenergy conversion facilities are plant capacity and spatial distribution of the available biomass potential.

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Aessessment of biomass potential for power production: a GIS based method

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Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology

Biomass energy in industrialised countries—a view of the future

A life cycle assessment of advanced biofuel production from a hectare of corn

A comparison of pipeline versus truck transport of bio-oil.

The opportunities for biomass exploitation in Europe as an energy crop to replace food production are described. Annual energy crops could offer farmers a financial return similar to that from food production, where benefits from the higher productivity of the C4 crops are available. These crops can be converted to a variety of fuel products of which bio-oil, generated by flash pyrolysis of biomass, is particularly attractive due to its high energy density. The bio-oil can be used as a fossil fuel substitute for combustion and electricity generation. The range of possibilities for electricity production in centralised and decentralised facilities are summarised and cost estimates provided for a number of the main products.

G. Grassi

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The opportunities for electricity production from biomass by advanced thermal conversion technologies