Net environmental impacts of low-share wood pellet co-combustion in an existing coal-fired CHP (combined heat and power) production in Helsinki, Finland

Jáchym Judl, Sirkka Koskela, Timo Korpela, Niko Karvosenoja, Anna Häyrinen and Jari Rantsi

Energy, 2014, vol. 77, issue C, 844-851

Abstract: The EU's energy sector depends heavily on fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change. This is why climate mitigation targets for energy production have been set, including an increased biomass use requirement. In Finland, biomass is commonly utilised but its capital, Helsinki, is still dependent on fossil fuels. With the ambition of becoming climate neutral by 2050, Helsinki is testing, inter alia, low-share wood pellet and coal co-combustion in a CHP (combined heat and power) plant.

Keywords: Climate change; Combined heat and power; Wood pellet co-combustion; Screening LCA (life cycle assessment); Fine particles dispersion model; Environmental impacts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.068

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