Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports
International trade in biomass for energy is growing and wood pellets have become a very successful internationally traded bioenergy-based commodity. Russian wood pellets have captured an important share of European markets. The wood pellets are mainly transported to European markets by sea. The pap...
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ftlappeenranta:oai:lutpub.lut.fi:10024/147757 2023-05-15T17:46:05+02:00 Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports Proskurina, Svetlana Rimppi, Helli Heinimö, Jussi Hansson, Julia Orlov, Anton Raghu, KC Vakkilainen, Esa Lappeenranta University of Technology Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto, School of Energy Systems, Energiatekniikka / Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Energy Systems, Energy Technology 2016 13 fulltext http://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/147757 en eng Elsevier Ltd Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 1364-0321 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032115012952 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.030 Proskurina, S., Rimppi, H., Heinimö, J., Hansson, J., Orlov, A., Raghu KC., and Vakkilainen, E. (2016). Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 81, pp. 88–96. http://lutpub.lut.fi/handle/10024/147757 URN:NBN:fi-fe2017121855896 This publication is protected by copyright. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited. openAccess Wood pellets Seaborne transportation Bioenergy Russia Environmental assessment article acceptedVersion 2016 ftlappeenranta https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.11.030 2021-12-30T14:12:13Z International trade in biomass for energy is growing and wood pellets have become a very successful internationally traded bioenergy-based commodity. Russian wood pellets have captured an important share of European markets. The wood pellets are mainly transported to European markets by sea. The paper addresses challenges facing wood pellet logistics in Northwest Russia, through the ports of St. Petersburg, Vyborg, and Ust-Luga, focusing on options for seaborne transportation of pellets from producer to consumer from the economic, environmental and regulatory perspectives. The study shows that seaborne transportation of Russian wood pellets faces many constraints and without improvements in all stages of the wood pellet transportation chain through Northwest Russian seaports, the future for Russian wood pellet exports to Europe does not seem promising from the economic and environmental perspectives. Optimal logistics-related decisions require analysis of each specific situation, with detailed study of the investment and production capacities of the individual companies involved. Better knowledge of the respective stages of the wood pellet transportation chain and full consideration of the environmental aspects involved will enable effective optimization actions to be taken. This study represents a starting point for further discussion of possible improvements to seaborne wood pellet transportation to European consumers. Post-print / final draft Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Russia LUTPub (LUT University) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 56 38 50 |
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International trade in biomass for energy is growing and wood pellets have become a very successful internationally traded bioenergy-based commodity. Russian wood pellets have captured an important share of European markets. The wood pellets are mainly transported to European markets by sea. The paper addresses challenges facing wood pellet logistics in Northwest Russia, through the ports of St. Petersburg, Vyborg, and Ust-Luga, focusing on options for seaborne transportation of pellets from producer to consumer from the economic, environmental and regulatory perspectives. The study shows that seaborne transportation of Russian wood pellets faces many constraints and without improvements in all stages of the wood pellet transportation chain through Northwest Russian seaports, the future for Russian wood pellet exports to Europe does not seem promising from the economic and environmental perspectives. Optimal logistics-related decisions require analysis of each specific situation, with detailed study of the investment and production capacities of the individual companies involved. Better knowledge of the respective stages of the wood pellet transportation chain and full consideration of the environmental aspects involved will enable effective optimization actions to be taken. This study represents a starting point for further discussion of possible improvements to seaborne wood pellet transportation to European consumers. Post-print / final draft |
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Lappeenranta University of Technology Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto Lappeenrannan teknillinen yliopisto, School of Energy Systems, Energiatekniikka / Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Energy Systems, Energy Technology |
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Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports |
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Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports |
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Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports |
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Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports |
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Logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to Europe: The case of Northwest Russian seaports |
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logistical, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions for future wood pellet transportation by sea to europe: the case of northwest russian seaports |
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