Abstract
This paper focuses on the benefits that can be attained from the correct option of small-scale combined heat and power plant (CHP) relative to fuel availability and sphere of application. The analysis serves as a means of highlighting some of the owners of large-scale farms as well as holders of industrial greenhouses that influence the penetration of small-scale cogeneration plants running on bio-based liquid fuels. The identification of the main influencing factors and their weight is the first step towards the implementation of a more coherent strategy, if the EC (European Commission) and national energy authorities wish for new small-scale cogeneration technologies to have a future in the context of sustainable development of rural Lithuania. Against this background, this paper aims at presenting the technical, environmental and economic aspects of the possibilities of utilizing biodiesel, biodiesel-conventional diesel blends and rapeseed oil in combined heat and power production as an issue for further discussions regarding the formative breakthrough attitude towards a possible path of country's sustainable development.
Highlights
Sustainable global demand for fossil material continues
This paper focuses on the benefits that can be attained from the correct option of smallscale combined heat and power plant (CHP) relative to fuel availability and sphere of application
The identification of the main influencing factors and their weight is the first step towards the implementation of a more coherent strategy, if the EC (European Commission) and national energy authorities wish for new small-scale cogeneration technologies to have a future in the context of sustainable development of rural Lithuania
Summary
Sustainable global demand for fossil material continues. In light of environmental concern, as well as unease over fluctuating prices due to supply and global events, the search for sustainable alternatives are being explored. CHP systems need a balanced relationship between the thermal energy supplied and the electric power produced that depends on the type of CHP system being used (CEERE 2009; Agarwal and Wong 1996; Schneider 2006; Kaltschmitt et al 2007; Sörensen 2004). Due to different renewable electricity policies within the EU member states, CHP technology characteristics must be selected for each country or region individually (Goebel et al 1998) In this case, Lithuania is not an exception (Raslavičius and Strakšas 2010). CHP technology should be considered in geographical areas where prices for electricity are high, fuel costs are low, and for applications with a requirement for both electricity and thermal energy (CEERE 2009; Raslavičius and Strakšas 2010; Schneider 2006)
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