Javier Díaz, president of Avebiom: "We are not talking about theoretical possibilities, but about real and immediate savings for families and institutions that already use biomass".
The stability of biomass prices, in clear contrast with the progressive increase in the cost of heating oil, which has risen by 35% in the last two years, has led to a significant increase in the savings that the use of biomass represents. as a heating fuel, which at the moment can be up to 66% compared to diesel costs.
According to the president of the Spanish Association of Energy Valorization of Biomass (Avebiom), Javier Díaz, "we are not talking about theoretical possibilities, but about real and immediate savings for families and institutions that already use biomass to heat their homes or buildings for collective use; and we are talking about a certain expectation for those who plan to substitute diesel for biomass in the short term, because the latest increases in the price of oil can no longer be considered as simple conjunctural upswings. "
According to the calculations carried out by Avebiom, the cost of 2,35 kilograms of wood chips supplied at home, equivalent to one liter of heating oil, represents a saving of 66%; that is, 0,486 euros per liter of diesel). The price of diesel has risen from the 0,547 euros per liter of May of 2016 to the 0,741 euros registered last May's 15.
In the case that olive bone is used, the price of 2,19 kilograms (which is the energy equivalent to one liter of diesel), the savings is 0,362 euros per liter of diesel (the 49%). And if the biomass used is pellet, the equivalent cost (1,96 kilograms) represents a saving of 38% (0,280 euros per liter of diesel).
The latest data from the Avebiom Price Index, referring to the last quarter of 2017, reflect the stability of the price of pellets, olive stones and wood chips in their different formats for sale to the final consumer (in bags or in bulk, served at home by tanker trucks). In the case of the pellet, which is currently the most demanded fuel, the evolution of the bag price of 15 kilograms has been reduced by an average of 3,37% in the last three years.