Predelava lesa v energetske namene
Wood processing for energy purposes

slovenian

2012

volume 70, issue 7/8

Zveza gozdarskih društev Slovenije
(Obvezni izvod spletne publikacije)

Wood as a local, renewable and affordable energy source is with increasing fossil fuel prices gained importance. The majority of roundwood from the forest is used for further processing in the wood processing industry, while aquarter of low quality roundwood is used for energy purposes, mainly for domestic heating. Traditional form of wood fuels in Slovenia is firewood, in recent years wood chips and wood pellets are becoming more popular. Production of wood biomass in Slovenia is diverse, numerous and fragmented at the same time. The market for wood fuels in Slovenia has already well developed during thelast period. In this article we will describe in more detail wood chips production in Slovenia. Slovenian Forestry Institute published a Catalogue of forestry companies and biomass producers in the frame of international project Biomass Trade Centre 2.With catalogue we wish to contribute to promotion of wood biomass producers and increase the organization of the market, which will also lead to increased customer confidence in heating with wood biomass as a renewable and domestic source of energy. As part of producing the cataloguewe also performed survey among owners of the machines about wood biomass production, results of this survey are presented below.

08.04.2015