Crop Production Waste Projects in Russia

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AbstractThe results of calculations of the energy potential of crop production waste for municipalities of the Krasnodar Territory are presented in this article. The analysis was carried out for the main agricultural crops such as cereals, sunflower, and corn. The results show a significant amount of potential of the region in comparison with other agricultural regions of the South of Russia. The spatial distribution makes it possible to determine the localization of the most promising areas for the use of crop waste for energy production. The global use of bioenergy has reached almost 60 EJ, accounting for 10% of the world’s total energy production. However, the plans of the world’s leading bioenergy associations are even more ambitious: for example, the reference point for the development of bioenergy in Europe until 2030 is the Graz Declaration (2017), one of the main goals of which is to halve the use of fossil fuels by 2030 and replace it with energy from biomass. In practice, the implementation of these goals in the EU is carried out by a number of research and innovation programs, the largest of which is the Horizon 2020 program, for the implementation of which about 80 billion rubles were allocated in 2014–2020. In 2016, the project of this program has ended Euro Pruning, in 2019, the project was completed in January 2019, and the current project was launched Agro Bio Heat. The aim of this project is to ensure the widespread use of agricultural plant waste for energy production in the European Union. Within the framework of the projects, estimates were made of the amount of plant residues, including agricultural waste, pruning of perennial plants (orchards, olive groves, and vineyards), agricultural processing waste (olive seeds, nut shells, etc.), which accumulate in large volumes in rural areas. Efficient logistics schemes for short and reliable biomass supply and use are being developed use it as fuel. Logistics solutions include harvesting, transportation and storage of agricultural waste. It is expected that the energy use of agrobiomass will have a positive social impact on the regions, namely, it will create additional jobs and prevent the outflow of young people from rural areas.KeywordsPlant biomassAgrobiomassHydrogenHydrogen economy