At 2019 Expobiomasa, edit a magazine with all the information of the fair and of the biomass sector.

• Calendar of Events from Expobiomasa.
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• Plano of the fair.
• All information about the sector in Spain

BANDIT CHIPPERS, the American brand specialized in forestry machinery and recycling becomes represented by MYCSA.

Each Bandit machine is built by a specialized team that uses cutting-edge technology, traditional manual assembly and the ability to adjust to the demands and needs of each client. Associated with ARJES equipment, another brand represented by MYCSA, offers combined solutions for wood and waste treatment.

In addition to the American firm, it has incorporated three new brands: TEREX, KIVERCO and NORDMANN EQUIPMENT. Get to expand the product catalog, offering solutions for the demolition, crushing, screening and waste treatment industries, being able to cover the entire range of equipment necessary for any activity related to recycling.

Galicia is entering a time when the resources of the mountain charge a new value. Climate change requires reducing fossil fuel consumption, which encourages the take-off of alternatives such as the use of residual forest biomass for energy production. In two years, Galicia will quadruple its installed biomass consumption capacity, from the current 476.000 tons to 1,7 million tons, according to the report of the timber chain presented by the Axencia Galega da Industria Forestal (Xera).

If one considers that the Galician mountain produces between 1,5 and 2 million tons of logging remains every year, the conclusion is clear. The remains of short will soon become a coveted resource in the bush. The first step of demand will rise in early 2020, when the biomass electric power production plant that Greenalia is assembling in Teixeiro (Curtis, A Coruña), which is expected to consume more than 500.000 tons of remnants of remains, enters into operation. felling

This project will be followed by different initiatives of the forestry industry to increase its consumption of logging debris and by-products of its manufacturing process. The board factories have planned replace your current fuel cogeneration system with biomass, with which they generate heat for their industrial process and electricity for the network. That change, together with the increases in consumption of Ence Navia and those that Ence Pontevedra may undertake, will bring about an increase in the installed capacity to use the residual biomass of another 700.000 tons in 2021.

The equation is completed with the biomass power plant that Forestalia is raising in El Bierzo and that will theoretically supply part of its demand in the Galician market from 2020, as assessed in the Xera report, in which it is calculated that the total demand for Galician forest biomass for energy uses can be around 2 million tons in 2021.

This chimney of the Cordoba firm BRONPI has 22kW of heat output and a yield of 76% is able to heat a 170-meter house through underfloor heating among other systems.

It is also characterized by having:

• Clean Crystal System
• Overpressure Security System System.
• Metallic interior made of cast iron and steel.

With firm steps, Naturpellet continues to increase its sights and the company has already begun its works to expand its production by 50%, which will allow it go from 40.000 to 60.000 tons.

Naturpellet registers a meteoric boom in the last five years. Pallet Tama, the parent company, started as a very small company. As the sawmill grew, there was no clear exit to the generated sawdust, a by-product that they used to sell. «We could find ourselves in a scenario of high profitability for the sawing or that it was a problem to sell it, so we came up with a pellet plant to use that byproduct ourselves, process it and give it an outlet in a market that was already breaking out, ”reviews the company's director of communication, María José Tapia.

Naturpellet It opened its sales period in May and in June it had already committed all the tons planned to produce until May 2020. Part of this is explained by the boom in biomass, thanks to greater ecological awareness and the impact of CO2 emissions. Circumstances help, as Castilla y León has one of the most important forest masses in Europe. It is a precious fuel for absolutely local heating, which pays taxes, and the savings with a biomass installation is more than 50% compared to diesel.

Manitou was at Expobiomasa, a unique fair on biomass, presenting its wide range of machinery solutions that the company has for the different needs of the sector.

MLT telescopic handlers. With it you can carry out all kinds of work: recovery and loading of materials, straw handling, etc. Among its main qualities stands out the enormous performance it brings to any job.

TMM self-transporting trucks, Truck - Mounted Mast: they offer a nominal capacity of 2 or 2,5 tons and a mast that reaches 3,9 meters high. These trucks stand out for their versatility and maneuverability.

Industrial forklifts. Easy to use and maintain machines that are characterized by their high levels of comfort, visibility and safety.

The Finnish brand SAMPO-ROSELEW, recently incorporated into the wide range of AG GROUP forestry equipment, was present in this edition, with its latest innovations.

• Forest loader trailer, from 10 to 14 tons. Ideal in size and maneuverability. Designed for young sections of dense forests.
• Wood processing, 4 and 8 wheels. Optimized for higher performance, at lower consumption.

AG GROUP is also an importer of the NHS, RABAUD, MAXWALD forest brands.

According to the data collected by the AVEBIOM Biomass Observatory for more than 10 years, we have already exceeded 300.000 biomass heating equipment installed. The majority are small appliances, stoves and boilers of less than 50 kW for domestic heating. Thanks to its operation instead of others fueled by fossil fuels, we avoid the emission of more than 4 million tons of CO2 per year.

We estimate that there are more than 10.500 MW installed, which represents 12% of all heating systems in the country, including single-family homes, housing blocks and, increasingly, distributed heat networks. Our expectation is to get closer to the 13.000 MW installed by the end of 2020.

In addition, this year, we have definitely promoted an important project: the certification of biomass installers. Since June 2019 we have the first certified companies and little by little they are joining more.

With the iBTc seal - Certified Thermal Biomass Installer - we intend to support to the consumer the companies that professionally execute the installation, operation, maintenance and repair of biomass thermal installations.

Heat networks

Currently, biomass heat networks exceed 400 facilities, which is also the most widely used technology for this solution.

We have been present at the last World Climate Summit, COP25, advocating precisely the enormous advantages of biomass heat networks to empower the energy consumer and fight against climate change.

Upward pellet consumption

The biomass alternative to generate renewable heat, both domestically and industrially, has penetrated society. And to this has contributed fundamentally the stability and lower price of solid biofuels against the volatility of fossil fuel prices.

With the data from the last report of the Biomass Price Index prepared by AVEBIOM, we see that domestic pellet prices remain below € 300 / tonne.

Domestic pellet consumption strengthens and in 2019 we will reach a new production record with more than 700.000 tons.

100% of the ENplus certified pellet used in Spain comes from sustainably managed forests, which guarantees the growth of new trees instead of the trees used.

More than 65% of the wood that grows every year in our forests is not touched, which increases the carbon stock. And of the 35% of wood that is used only 10% becomes pellets. The consumption of pellets in 2018 fixed pollution of 3 million cars in Spanish forests.

Economy of the sector

Our forecast of turnover in 2019 for the solid biomass sector (thermal, electric and traditional wood) is around 1.550 million euros, of which around 60% correspond to its most modern facet, which operates with equipment of advanced technology and high quality biofuels.

The solid biomass sector already employs in Spain more than 18.400 people directly, to which we would have to add another 36.000 indirect jobs, basically related to the supply of biomass and in rural areas punished by depopulation.

This year, the twelfth edition of Expobiomasa has also been celebrated. We are very satisfied with its development and results, the best of its entire trajectory. This year the quality of the offer of the exhibiting companies has been enormous, and the number of professionals we have received and the volume of business generated have far exceeded the figures of the previous edition.

Impulse policies are needed

I believe that the necessary promotion of photovoltaic, wind and storage solar technologies must be linked to biomass. To take advantage of all the potential that biomass can provide, Spain urgently needs an ambitious development plan, both for thermal and electricity generation.

The development of both sectors is necessary and synergistic since this will increase the efficiency and profitability of forest exploitation. Contemplating the use of biomass within forestry planning would guarantee the supply of biomass in the face of an increasing demand.

Javier Díaz, President of the Spanish Energy Valuation Association of Biomass, organizing body of EXPOBIOMASA.

Specialists in machinery for lifting and transport, for years they have been offering equipment to convert the biomass found in forests and mountainous areas into biofuels. They are also specialists in equipment to sustainably process the wood that nature offers and for this it is necessary to use the appropriate machinery in each phase.

GANDINI forest chippers and crushers, which is a leading manufacturer in the field of production of wood chippers and crushers, with more than 50 years of experience and a wide range of equipment for the production of wood chips from trees and forest debris of all kinds.

PINOSA firewood processors, which offers a range of machines of different sizes for cutting wood and converting it into energy.

CRANAB forest cranes, a Swedish brand of forestry machinery with a long tradition of manufacturing special cranes for harvesters and stationary cranes, although in recent years it has developed two models of foldable forest crane for truck-mounted: 12 and 18 tons. Y TAJFUNS & LIV forest cranes, a Slovenian firm, with a wide range of models, powers and versions.