Small-scale biomass CHP plants in Sweden and Finland

Marianne Salomón; Tuula Savola; Andrew Martin; Carl Johan Fogelholm; Torsten Fransson

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.106

Small-scale biomass CHP plants in Sweden and Finland

Marianne Salomón^*, Tuula Savola, Andrew Martin, Carl Johan Fogelholm, Torsten Fransson

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Abstract

Biomass continues to attract much interest as a renewable, low-CO ₂, and increasingly cost competitive alternative to traditional fossil fuels for heat and/or electric power generation. At the same time, deregulation of electricity markets offer new opportunities for small-scale decentralized power plants (<20 MWe) in an area where traditional centralized technologies mostly dominate. These factors represent a strong driving force for the development of innovative small-scale combined heat and power (CHP) plants based on biofuels. This paper provides an overview of small-scale CHP with biomass as a fuel. A survey of existing plants in Sweden and Finland is presented, along with an overview of major energy conversion technologies under development. Information is provided related to energy taxation along with an outlook on future prospects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4451-4465
Number of pages	15
Journal	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume	15
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.106
Publication status	Published - Dec 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Biomass
Combined heat and power
Low CO emissions
Small-scale

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