Vice-President, Wartsila BioPower. "We have an international sales and service network and strong capabilities in product modularization and project management, backed by know-how forced in the highly developed and competitive Nordic bio-energy market." There is huge market potential in tropical countries, which have enormous biomass sources suitable for energy production. But the less-developed countries cannot provide similar subsidy structures as the richer EU and this tends to limit the development of these markets. The market for renewable energy The global market for biomass-fired boilers and power plants is forecast to grow in many regions of the world. Smaller bio-energy plants are typically made for general heating purposes and for industrial applications such as sawmills, where the heat is used for drying timber. Large plants are commonly built when there is access to a large biofuel supply, as is the case at pulp and paper milis or sugar milis. Large projects are typically CHP (combined heat and power) plants while smaller ones have been heat boilers. The future market is being driven by general concern about the environment and global warming. Approximately 70 % �conomizer MAKALE / ARTICLE of renewable energy sources (RES) are based on biomass. Major international programs, which set out frameworks for this kind of development include the Kyoto Agreement and the recent European Union (EIJ) White Paper which states that EU electricity generation capacity based on renewable fuels shall increase more than ten-fold from 20 TWh to 230 TWh by 201 O! in the same timeframe, Europe's total RES usage shall be doubled, and the share of bio-energy must be doubled. The European Parliament is soon expected to pass a directive setting targets for bioelectricity production for individual EU nations. lncentives such as tax benefits and subsidies for biomass-produced energy are driving a variety of bio-energy developments in Europe, which offers the most obvious market for small-scale biopower in the short term. The EU is working to assist the increase in use of mainly biomass-based RES. A characteristic of this market is that some fuel will come from refuge derived fuel (RDF), i.e. selected municipal waste, which is regarded as a biofuel. The growth of the international biofuel trade will help to stabilize biofuel prices and availability. Green certificates and emission trading will also assist in financing biopower projects. [Watertube7 Primbaerrywcham-ı ith 1 rotating grate Fuel feed Ash removal ENERJİ & KOJENERASYON DÜNYASI 47
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