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Philip Peck

Philip Peck

Senior lecturer

Philip Peck

Organisational frameworks for straw-based energy systems in Ukraine and Western Europe

Author

  • Yuliya Voytenko
  • Philip Peck

Summary, in English

Ukraine (UA) has large biomass potentials, and faces broad needs for energy security enhancement, agricultural sector revitalisation and environmental improvement. Cross case study analysis is applied to nine straw-fired installations in UA within a conceptual framework developed by the authors. The analysis yields three distinct straw-based frameworks for organisation and action including ‘small scale local heat production’, ‘small scale local straw production for fuel sale to municipality’, and ‘medium scale conversion and district heating’. Ukrainian case is then compared to countries with more advanced bioenergy sectors, i.e. Sweden (SE) and Denmark (DK). Individual business entrepreneurship qualities and knowledge are found crucial on small and medium scale. Straw use on large scale requires substantial and consistent support from the National government. Barriers to the expansion of bioenergy in UA include low access to technology and funding, lack of knowledge on bioenergy funding schemes, and bioenergy in general. The outcomes of the paper are transferable to various contexts on the condition that local specificities are taken into account.

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

98-107

Publication/Series

World Bioenergy 2010 Proceedings

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Swedish Bioenergy Association

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • bioenergy management
  • developing countries
  • logistics
  • non-technical barriers to bioenergy
  • straw

Conference name

World Bioenergy 2010: Conference & Exhibition on Biomass for Energy

Conference date

2010-05-25 - 2010-05-27

Conference place

Jönköping, Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-91-977624-1-0