Biomass
Biomass is a widely spread term, used in order to describe the recently created biologic materials which can be used as energy sources. Therefore, biomass includes wood, crops, algas and other plants, but also agricultural and forestry residues. As follows, biomass can be defined more specific, in terms of various final appropriations: heating, energy generation or transport (electricity).
This is why the „bioenergy” term is used in order to appoint the biomass energy systems which produce heat and/or electricity; the term of „biofuel” defines the liquid fuel used in transportation.
At the same time, bioenergy can be used also for cooling, through absorbtion ice-boxes which are based on the same principle as as the freezer.
Biomass can be considered a form of stocking solar energy, taking into account that solar energy is „caught” in green plants through photosynthesis process.
Biomass contains plenty of stock energy, used more and more on commercial purposes. These sources of energy are renewable, easy to stock and neutral regarding the CO2 emissions, which means that they are also eco. Biomass includes biologic waste products, such as agricultural and forestry residues, but also organic energetic cultures, such as rape.
Biomass’s potential in Romania has been estimated at 7.594.000 tonnes per year, representing about 19% of the total primary energy consumption in 2000. Biomass includes: forestry waste products and fire wood (1.175.000 t), sawdust and other wood waste products (487.000 t), agricultural culls (4.799.000 t), biogas (588.000 t), urban house waste (545.000 t). (Source: Arrested Development – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Balkans). Geographically speaking, the most suitable areas for increasing biomass’s potential are the forests, the Carpathians and the UnderCarpathians (90% of the wood used for heatinng and 55% of the wood residues come from these areas).
Electricity: the power stations based on biomass function on the same principles as any thermal power station, the difference being made by the fact that these ones use materials that can’t be used differently, which often represent an environment issue (for example, the sawdust resulted from wood processing).
Heat: the power stations based on biomass described above can supply also thermal energy for the local communities. This type of power stations are called cogenerating power stations (they produce both electricity, and heat). Smaller heating systems can be used in order to warm up a living place.
Heat/electricity: organic materials can be processed in special installations for fermentation, the result obtained being the biogas (gas which contains mainly methane), which can be further used in obtaining thermal and/or electric power.
Project’s advantages:
- Minimizing the addiction to the traditional energetic resources
- Reducing gas emissions
- Cleaner climate
- Providing thermal power at low prices
- Thermal power for the industry
- Developing and supporting the agricultural sector
- Generating electric power from renewable resources
Partnership proposal for producing green energy based on biomass
S.C. MENTOR GROUP Holdings srl suggests multiple particular methods for developing and financing greenfield projects aiming to produce green energy from renewable resources - Biomass, through the subsidiary members of the consortium. In order to develop this sector, S.C. MENTOR GROUP Holdings srl has created a successful mechanism composed by two leading companies.
Mentor Finance – investment fund activating in Europe, specialized in investments for Eastern Europe, and top financial broker, which has accomplished financial solutions totalizing € 3,5 mld during the past 2 years. For more information visit: www.mentor-finance.com
MGH Energy – is specialized in developing and managing the projects of producing green energy from renewable resources, ensuring all the steps starting with preparing the financing file and obtaining the authorizations and ending with the project’s management and maintenance. For more information visit: www.mghenergy.com
Taking into consideration the possibility of developing a partnership, SC MENTOR GROUP HOLDINGS srl is ready to analyse the possibility of financing/developing greenfield projects for producing green energy from renewable resources by creating joint ventures.
