BIOENERGY STRATEGY OF THE LIDZBARK COUNTY– experiences from development

1. BIOENERGY STRATEGY OF THE LIDZBARK COUNTY– experiences from development www.powiatlidzbarski.pl M.Sc. Andrzej Koniecko - Viceprefect

2. Bioenergy Strategy of the Lidzbark County was an answer to the need of creating environmentally friendly forms of economic development. Aims included in the Strategy are convergent with the directions of development stated in previously prepared documents, which are: „Strategy of development of the Lidzbark County for the years 2001 – 2016” and the strategies of particular municipalities. Approving the Bioenergy Strategy can be perceived as implementing the provisions stated in the above mentioned general documents.

3. Energetics is a sector which strongly influences the natural environment due to both,exploiting natural resources and negative impact of processing the energy (especially in case of conventional energetics) on the natural environment. That is why limiting the influence of the energetic sector on the environment should be one of the most important priorities of the activities of the local governments. This sector is of particular interest for local authorities because of the obligation of preparing the projects of guidelines for heat, electric energy and fuel gas supply plans, imposed on municipalities by the Energy Law.

4. This analysis should take into consideration local renewable energy sources existing on the area of the municipality. Bioenergy Strategy may serve as a good basis for creating such a project. Increase in the usage of renewable energetics on a local level may, on the one hand, become a test for combining the stimulation of economic development in concord with the rule of respecting the natural resources and, on the other hand, it is highly desired because of the implementation of the statutory duty of the local government authorities.

5. Lidzbark County is situated in the north-eastern part of Warmińsko – Mazurskie voyevodship (area: 924 square km, population: 45.000). The County consists of five municipalities. Unemployment considerably exceeds 20 per cent. Almost 8.000 hectares of the farmland is the acreage not used, due to various reasons.

6. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES Economic benefits: Non - economic benefits · · Impulse for local Reducing the emission development of carbon dioxide · · Creating new Creating workplaces „proecological” · image of the County The change of energy · payment stream Promotion of the County flows in Poland and abroad · Lower costs of operation · Possibility of gaining external funds

7. Strategy was developed within the framework of „Energy planning on the local level with the consideration of RES (renewable energy sources)” project, in cooperation with EC BALTIC RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTER „ECBREC” Warszawa, British company ESD, Know - How Fund and local governments of the municipalities from the area of the County. Stages of developing the energy strategy: • Setting local priorities and needs ang involving local community in the energy planning process • Identification of the demand for energy • Identification of RES resources, their evaluation and actions aiming at cosideration for energy • Identification of investments and actions.

8. External consultant District Advisory committee Municipal project managers County supervisor Organisational structure for developing the strategy

9. Key element of energy plannig is identification of the demand for energy SECTORS OF ECONOMY HOUSEHOLDS: • Heating of the rooms • Warm usable water • Air conditioning • Electric energy SERVICES / INSTITUTIONS: • Heating of the rooms • Warm usable water • Air conditioning • Electric energy • Lighting INDUSTRY: • High temperature process heat > 300 degrees Celsius • Low temperature process heat < 300 degrees Celsius • Heating of the rooms • Electric energy AGRICULTURE: • Warm usable water • Heating of the rooms • Air conditioning • Electric energy

10. In the years 2001 – 2002 in the Lidzbark County RES met only a small part of energy needs – it was not more than 0,8%(3,6 GWh) of the local energy balance. Renewable energy sources 3,6 GWh Solar Geothermal Wind energy Water energy Biomass energy energy energy 6 plants 0 GWh · 0 GWh, Straw 0 GWh 0 GWh 1,6 GWh · 2 GWh Wood waste · 0 GWh Energy plantations · Using sediments from sewage 0 GWh treatment plant · 0 GWh Agricultural biogas · 0 Biogas from waste dump GWh Total 2 GWh

11. Identification of RES resources: • Solar energy– the potential of using solar energy was counted on the basis of measurement of insolation according to the Polish norm (900kWh\m2). It is 1,5m2 of the collector per each person using solar energy for preparing warm usable water. • Small water plants (MEW) – fixed on the basis of information about the average flow (SSQ) for particular rivers together with the height of water lifting.

12. Wind energy– estimating the potential of using the energy of wind is a difficult task, because it is done in a process of modelling of annual wind measurements on a particular area. We took that on the height of 30 m wind blows with the strength of 4 – 6 m/s. However, it is not the parameter ensuring quick returns of the investment costs. • Geothermal energy – opportunities of using geothermal water are limited, because of the facts that: • The temperature of water is low 34-50 degrees Celsius, and water is deposited on big depth • geothermal power plants are not very competitive on the market in comparison with other energy sources

13. Energy gained from the straw – the usage of straw for energetic reasons is real in 50 per cent of farms of the acreage over 15ha. The production of energy gained from straw should reach in the year 2010 – 40GWh • Energy gained from the wood waste – currently 18,2GWh of energy is gained from wood waste in facilities which are not adjusted to this reason, and the technical potential of the usage of the wood waste is only 19,5GWh (the difference of 1,3GWh)

14. Energy gained from the energy plantations • At the time of developing the strategy in the County there were no energy plantations • The acreage of wasteland and fallow land is 9280ha, 30% of this acreage can be converted into the energy plantations • It has been taken that up to the year 2010 30% of traditional local boiler houses shall be turned into boiler houses using wooden biomass. It will require establishing 800ha of energy plantations • Energy gained from the biogas – it has been assumed that there shall be one biogasworks built on a farm with livestock density over 200 LU.

15. Main strategic objective is: up to the year2010reaching the production of energy gained from renewable sources on the level of 166,6 GWh annually, reaching for the local community maximum of economic, social and ecological benefits coming from the development of renewable energetics and also taking intensive thermomodernisational actions in the County. The strategic objective framed in this way means that the estimated share of the energy produced from renewable sources will in the year 2010 account for 39% of the total energy usage in the Lidzbark County.

16. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 1 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2 Introducing thermomodernisational 166,6 GWh of energy produced from RES annually up to 2010 actions Introducing thermomodernisation together with modernisation of heating Electrical power engineering Heat engineering facilities in buildings 41,8 GWh 124,8 GWh owned by local governments Installation of energy saving Current Current Additionally installed Additionally installed: usage usage street lighting · · 4,2 GWh 0,6 GWh Small water plants Solar collectors 1,6 GWh 2 GW h · · 0,1 GWh 40 GWh Photovoltaics Usage of straw · · 31,5 GWh 65 GWh Wind plants Energy plantations · · 4 GWh 9,3 GWh Waste dump biogas Sediment combustion · · 0,4 GWh 5,9 GWh Agricultural biogas Waste dump biogas Helping housing cooperatives · 0,6 GWh Agricultural biogas · in gaining financial Increase of the efficiency of wood 3,4 GWh combustion means for insulation of the buildings TOTAL 40,2 GWh TOTAL 124,8 Total 74 ,4 GWh

17. Renewable energy sources 24,4GWh Wind Solar Geothermal Water energy Biomass energy energy energy energy 10 water plants · Straw 1 GWh 0 GWh 0,1 GWh 0 GWh 2,66 GWh · Wood waste 4 GWh · Energy plantations 1,6 G Wh · Using sediments from sewage 0 treatment plant GWh · 0 GWh Agricultural biogas · Biogas from waste dump 0 GWh production of pellets 15 GWh

18. Current actions • Production of fuel – briquette, pellet • Geothermy – balneology • Agricultural biogasworks – waste and agricultural produce • Wind power – a plant (23 units) • Modernization of MEW (small water plants) • The interest of MPEC (Municipal Heating Energy Company) in biomass • Educational and training actions

19. Lidzbark Warmiński – boiler house for wood chips

20. Bath with moveable floor

21. The room of boilers

22. Cyclone boilers

23. Boiler house for straw in Orneta

24. Boiler for straw cubes

25. Boiler for straw

26. Boiler house for straw inKłębowo

27. Boiler for straw bales

28. Strategy together with the Small Emission II program can be found on the following website: www.powiatlidzbarski.pl • Prepared by M.Sc. Andrzej Koniecko, Lidzbark viceprefect, on the basis of „Bioenergy Strategy of the Lidzbark District” and his own materials.