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Case Study: Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland

Case Study: Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland. Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia Interviews Farm cases (3) Tentative notices from interviews. Regions. Oulu. Northern Ostrobothnia. Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia. 5700 farms in 2006

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Case Study: Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland

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  1. Case Study:Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia Interviews Farm cases (3) Tentative notices from interviews

  2. Regions Oulu Northern Ostrobothnia

  3. Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia • 5700 farms in 2006 • average field area 40 ha / farm • average forest area 61 ha / farm • 35 % of farms have dairy cattle, on average 21 cows / farm

  4. Interviews • Interviews have been done in 39 Farms • 26 farms had activities in energy wood chain: • firewood production (15) • energy wood (stems) (6) • wood chips (3) • heating entrepreneurs (8) • energy contractors (8) • 13 farms were related only to energy crops or biogas

  5. Interviews • Lines of Production of Farms related to Energy Wood • milk production 13 • crop production 13 • forest production 8 • other 8 • 14 farms had forest 100 ha and over

  6. Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (1) • A Farm • dairy farm with 44 dairy cows and young stock • field area 117 ha • forest area 70 ha

  7. Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (2) • Heating • Private limited company • step: heating plant produce heat to school center (2003) • step: district heating plant and network (2007) • step: heat production to local food processing industry ???

  8. Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (3) • Chipping • Farm’s business • wood chips to heating plant • raw material from local wood industry, and farm’s own forest • services for other farms • chipper and transport equipment

  9. Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (4) • Other Ideas • to produce biodiesel for farm’s own use • to produce wood pellets or briquettes • to produce biogas • Farmer has confidence in the increase in bioenergy sector during next decades

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