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Comparison of Environmental, Social and Economic Approach to the Pruning Utilization within the Europruning Project

  • Przemyslaw Bukowski
  • , Arkadiusz Dyjakon
  • , Jan den Boer
  • , Girma Gebresenbet
  • , Sonja Germer

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Abstract

In the paper an outline of the assessment methodology and the determined results for three types of analysis (environmental, social and economic) are compared. The overall conclusion is, that there is a negative correlation between economic and social analysis results. The social analysis for scenarios, when a farmer collects the branches as a hobby (unpaid labor) gave the highest values of social indicator (SROI). Scenarios with market wages for a handmade collection gave also positive, but not so high SROI results. They also generated high incomes for local energy producer. In this case subsidizing should be considered. For standard business models (with the machinery specialized for pruning) all three analyses - economic, environmental, and social - gave positive results. For social analysis the result (SROI) varied in the range from 2 to 8.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
PublisherETA-Florence Renewable Energies
Pages1513-1515
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9788889407165
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Publication series

SeriesEuropean Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
ISSN2282-5819

Keywords

  • pruning residues
  • renewable energy
  • social impact

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