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Workshop
4:
Biomass
cofiring – Current trends and future Challenges
Chairpersons:
Sjaak van Loo, Bill Livingston
Cofiring biomass with coal is becoming increasingly popular around the
globe for various reasons. It is often found to be a relatively
low-cost measure for large-scale renewable energy generation.
Depending on the specifications of biofuels to be cofired, various
configurations exist, varying from directly mixing biofuel with coal
and joint firing, pre-gasification and parallel firing. However,
there are several barriers that hinder actual implementation, such
as uncertainty about the legal and political environment,
liberalization of the energy sector, as well as uncertainties about
long term fuel supplies at low costs. Another issue is the
utilization of fly-ashes, which is often not allowed if the ash is
partly from biomass origin
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