Current and Future Fuel Supply for Electric Power Generation Plants from Woody Biomass in Kochi Prefecture, Japan

• Suzuki Yasushi

  Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science, Kochi University

• Aruga Kazuhiro

  Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University

• Yoshioka Takuyuki

  College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University

• Toyama Keisuke

  The University of Tokyo Chiba Forest, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

• Saito Masashi

  Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University

• Sirasawa Hiroaki

  Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University

• Yamasaki Shin

  Kochi Prefectural Forest Technology Center

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 高知県における木質バイオマス発電の現状と課題
• コウチケン ニ オケル モクシツ バイオマス ハツデン ノ ゲンジョウ ト カダイ

Abstract

There are two woody biomass electric power generation plants in Kochi Prefecture, one (T) in the central area and the other (G) in the western area. Both started operation in 2015 with output levels of 6 MW, each requiring 70,000 to 90,000 m³ of biomass per year. Using existing documentation and interviews, we assessed their current and future biomass supply opportunities. With some difficulty, plant T has acquired a sufficient supply of biomass from logging residue, primarily due to its location in which mature plantation forests and logging contractors are abundant. In contrast, most woody fuel for plant G was from timber residue such as saw mill timber waste, due to the lack of matured plantation forests in the western part of the prefecture. However, the area has extensive un-utilized broad-leaved forests and a new trial has begun to supply fuel wood from them under forest management plans based on clear cutting regimes and appropriate rotation periods.

Journal

• Journal of the Japanese Forest Society

  Journal of the Japanese Forest Society 99 (6), 272-277, 2017

  THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

Keywords

• electric power generation
• Kochi Prefecture
• supply
• woody biomass

Details

• CRID: 1390001205228659328
• NII Article ID: 130006329606
• NII Book ID: AA12003078
• DOI: 10.4005/jjfs.99.272
• ISSN: 1882398X
• ISSN: 13498509
• NDL BIB ID: 028774385
• Web Site: https://agriknowledge.affrc.go.jp/RN/2010920556
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• Text Lang: ja
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