With the summer wildfires both experts, professionals and environmental groups are reminding us that Forest and land management is essential To protect them against fire. The problem is to make them profitable so that private owners, in the hands of those who are half of the forest mass can face their maintenance.

Forest biomass is one of the main resources hidden by forests and, although its use has increased in recent years, there is still room for margin. “The forests of Catalonia grow every year three million cubic meters, and we barely extract 1,2 millions, that is, we only take advantage of the 40% of its capacity of growth ”, explains Adriano Raddi, of the Technological Forestry Center of Catalonia (CTFC).

"The problem of not taking advantage of this resource is that a very dangerous biomass load is generated," Raddi warns. This reality collides with the negative connotations that logging has. “Here the problem is not deforestation, as in the Amazon, but the uncontrolled forest growthe ”, clarifies the expert.

The new machines have integrated the TimberMatic Maps application. Thanks to it, it is possible to know the route followed by the processor and the batches attached with the exact location of each trunk. In addition, the operators of the different machines that work in the exploitation know the situation of the rest in real time and can mark on the map difficult areas or that they should avoid, or insert any appreciation on the ground.

The data exchanged between the machines is updated through a cloud service that allows plan the work routes within the mountain, which can be done by the machine itself thanks to artificial intelligence or manually programmed by operators.

This results in a optimization of the method of realization of the works of cut and removes, providing like this a greater performance and a reduction in the costs of exploitation.

GUIFOR will be present at Expobiomasa

The ECOcond system is a new development of HERZ for the particle reduction and for the efficiency improvement of the facilities.

The results of the incorporation of ECOcond have the following advantages:

• Saving of fuel up to 10% by condensation technology.
• Efficiency increase General with reduced dust emissions: the separation efficiency is approximately 50%.
• Low maintenance costs of the flue gas condenser: few mechanical components.
• Corrosion resistant stainless steel heat exchanger ➠ LONG LIFE
• Low energy consumption
• There are no disposal costs for ashes from the electronic filter (condensate can be easily channeled to the sewer system)

The separation efficiency of an electronic filter is often linked to full load operation. The design of the HERZ ECOcond allows efficient separation even in partial load operations, in the start and shutdown phases.

LACUNZA launches two innovators wood inserts fruit of his motivation for innovation and for responding to market needs. Wood inserts create a unique environment that goes beyond the environmental savings and sustainability that a wood appliance provides.

The wood insert Adour It allows you to enjoy the home like never before since it unites a series of differentiating elements that no other device gathered until its launch. One of its main benefits is its measure, which offers the possibility of installing it in any existing open home. In addition, it offers greater vision of fire thanks to the position of the turbines in the back, turbines that can also be stopped to offer total silence. On the other hand, it has 2 air outlets to channel with cast iron nozzles, a single lever with which the air inlets can be controlled and an external ductile intake that makes it a watertight device. Other of its many benefits are its easy installation, thanks to its removable smoke outlet from the inside, and its adjustable feet adjustable anywhere.

The new wood insert Nickel, on the other hand, it is a novelty among LACUNZA inserts since it is the first wood-burning apparatus with double face of the company. Thanks to its design, you can enjoy the fire like never before and give a modern touch to different rooms at the same time.

From the year 2022, the European Union will only accept stoves, stoves and wood burning fireplaces that comply with Ecodesign regulations. This standard will require greater energy efficiency in all products, lower emissions of CO and other uncontrolled pollutant gases.

The singularities and dynamism of the domestic pellet market, which this year will record a new record production in Spain to exceed 700.000 tons, has advised the holding of an international conference to analyze its characteristics, among which the contrast between the frequent symptoms of saturation followed by high demand intervals.

Pellet production domestic in Spain, which has tripled from 2012, has evolved based on the progressive increase in demand, which has recorded record sales figures since 2014 and that this year will reach 650.000 tons.

These are some of the arguments they will address representatives of the entire value chain, in order to analyze trends and establish forecasts, in the first edition of the International Domestic Pellet Market Conference (CIMEP), convened by the Spanish Biomass Energy Valuation Association (Avebiom), to be held within the framework of EXPOBIOMASA'19 next September 25, in Valladolid.

“CIMEP will be a meeting point where forecasts for Spain will be known, as well as market trends in purely producing countries (such as Portugal, Russia, Canada and Poland) and in the main consumers and importers, such as Italy and France” , as explained by the president of Avebiom, Javier Díaz.

CIMEP will talk about the raw material, the situation of the national and international market and the evolution of the pellet consuming facilities, topics that international reference experts will address.

Specifically, the two most important factors in the evolution of the pellet market will be analyzed. On the one hand, the raw material, to which a block will be dedicated in which the different agents will be represented: forestry companies, administration and forest owners. And, on the other, the installations that consume the pellet, both in Spain and in Europe.

As noted by the president of Avebiom, for professionals in the pellet sector "it is important to know the trends, both in the national and international pellet market, as they set the pattern of their activity forecasts." Above all, he added, "the forecasted imports from Portugal and other producing countries to Spain, as well as planned exports to Italy and France."

The evolution of the national market

The national production of pellets, which slightly exceeded the 200.000 tons in 2012, has evolved steadily, exceeding the figure of the 400.000 tons in 2014, until approaching the 600.000 tons in 2018.

According to Avebiom and Apropellets estimates, the national pellet production, which has reached record numbers since 2012, will exceed 700.000 tons this year and will be expected to be around one million tons in 2021.

This progression responds to a consumption behavior that shot up in 2012 to almost 400.000 tons, although it slowed down in 2013, to grow steadily from that year to 2018, in which sales figures approached 600.000 tons. According to Avebiom and Apropellets data, 2019 sales will be around 650.000 tons.

Export capacity to the 299.000 MWh network

Thus, after energizing the line, the next step will be to start the new boiler with biomass and, with the steam produced, feed and synchronize the turbine that gives the plant an export capacity to the 299.000 MWh network, enough for the Electrical consumption needs more than 55.700 people.

The main objective of this last stage of the project is to verify and verify, not only the main equipment, but also the auxiliary facilities such as compressed air systems, cooling towers and electrical and instrumentation systems, among others. It is, therefore, a phase that will last for several months, depending on the evolution and results of the different operations that must be carried out.

Biomass agricultural and residual forest

In addition, for its operation the plant will consume agricultural biomass and residual forest from the agricultural crops of the surroundings and the Huelva mountain. In this way, it will help reduce uncontrolled burning in the field and will help reduce the risk of forest fires, among other social and environmental benefits.

The start-up of the 46 MW plant at the end of the year will raise the installed capacity of the Huelva energy complex from Ence from 91 to 137 MW, which will also increase its production capacity to more than 890.000 MWh per year.

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