Nordic Forest Energy Solutions in the Republic of Karelia

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Yuri Gerasimov, Sergei Senko, Timo Karjalainen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2013
• Subjects: analytic hierarchy process; wood chips; forest energy; forest sector; Russia; SWOT; energy wood harvesting; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Tera; karelia*; Northwest Russia; Republic of Karelia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f4040945; https://doaj.org/article/35401e0216cb45c8a171125ae704d7c6

The situation in Karelia, a region in Northwest Russia, is analyzed in the context of forest energy. The annual potential energy available from wood harvesting is about 7 tera watt hours (TWh) (3.6 million m3), which is equal to the total need of Karelia in energy for municipal heating. We point out...