National Biomass Association SERBIO:

Biomass Logistic and trade center in Majdanpek

Vojislav Milijic, President of NBA SERBIO

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SERBIO
Biomass in Serbia
Biomass logistic and trade center
Project implementation & activities
Follow up and Possibilities to apply similar model

1.SERBIO
Established in 2012 with support of Royal Norwegian Embassy
Mission: contribution to sustainable development of bioenergy sector in Serbia.
Vision: Energy efficient Serbia with sustainable share of biomass in energy balance.
Goals:
Market and favorable business environment for sustainable bioenergy Sector
Improvement of information exchange on biomass utilization possibilities
Public-private partnership development in biomass utilization
Improvement of knowledge, research and development of utilization of
Members:
1. NGOs, CA, PFOAs and other interested in RES utilization development
2. Companies active in biomass production and related services
3. Individual experts in biomass utilization
Financing: Membership fees, projects, services
Activities: Information dissemination, consulting, marketing services, project
implementation, lobbying, event organization

2. Biomass utilization in Serbia

Forest area (M ha)
Area of forests in total area (%)
Total timber volume (M m3)
Average timber volume (m3/ha)
Annual increment (M m3)
Average increment (m3/ha)
High forests area/volume (%)
Coppice forests area/volume (%)
Plantations area/volume (%)
Conifer volume (%)
Broadleaves volume (%)
State area/volume (%)
Private area/volume (%)
Annual harvest (M m3)
Tech/firewood/residues (%)

2.25
29
362.49
161
9.08
4
27/43
65/50
8/7
19
81
53/61
47/39
4.6
43/45/12

Wood biomass 1.53Mtoe

Agriculture biomass 1.7Mtoe
Total 3.3Mtoe
Biomass 64% of all renewables

Agricultural land area (ha)

Agr. Land area in total area (%)
Arable land (%)
State/Private (%)
Corn area/yield (M ha/M tons)
Wheat area/yield (M ha/M tons)
Sunflower area/yield (M ha/M tons)
Soybean area/yield (M ha/M tons)
Sugar bit area/yield (bit M ha/M tons)

5.10
58
65
17/83
1.26/6.48
0.49/2.01
0.17/0.43
0.17/0.44
0.06/2.82

Action plan for renewable energy 2012

Strategy for energy development of Serbia until 2025 (draft)

Goal 2020 27% renewables

2009 21% - 2.107Mtoe
2020 27% - 2.789Mtoe
Renewables increase 0.629Mtoe

Several ongoing CHP and DH

projects

In electricity:
New 100MW biomass CHP
New 30MW biogas CHP

Biomass is mostly used in:

Wood/agro pellet/briquette
Chipboard
Firewood
Energy production in industry

Heating and cooling:

Additional 0.074Mtoe biomass
Additional 0.01Mtoe of biogas

Various issues in biomass supply

and project development

Feed in tariffs:
Biomass CHP lower than 1MW = 0.1326EUR/kWh
Biomass CHP 1-10MW = 0.1382EUR/kWh
Biomass CHP over 10MW = 0.0822EUR/kWh
Biogas CHP up to 0.2MW = 0.1566 EUR/kWh
Biogas CHP 0.2-1MW = 0.1649EUR/kWh
Biogas CHP over 1 MW = 0.1231EUR/kWh

3. Biomass Logistic and Trade Center

Idea: To establish the center for distribution and marketing of solid wood fuels

Concept: Regional service center for firewood, wood chips and other solid wood fuels managed by local
forest owners and entrepreneurs
Goals/benefits:
Transparent mechanism in wood trade
Strengthening of local economy: employment in rural areas for social groups (elders, low level of
education, etc)
Stabilization of biomass fuel market
Extension services for forest owners and entrepreneurs

Until now no BLTCs in Serbia!

3. Biomass Logistic and Trade Center

Location: Majdanpek municipality
Why Majdanpek:
Forest cover more than 70% - 63,000ha
Potential yield over 130,000m3 underutilized
1/3 private forests
Municipality has unstable heat delivery
resulted in population using firewood in buildings in urban areas
From 2009 Majdanpek started initiative for DH and CHP development in progress

3. Biomass Logistic and Trade Center

BLTC Project Capacity building for establishment of Regional Center for Biomass
Distribution developed in 2013
Partners:
Resurs Center Majdanpek main partner
Majdanpek Municipality in kind contr. and location for BLTC
Majdanpek forest owners association wood supply
Association of ship captains of Serbia - transport
SERBIO biomass supply and processing training
Specific goals:
1. Develop and establish logistic and trade center for woo fuels and products
marketing, which can supply domestic and EU market with products via Danube
river
2. Improve capacities and competitiveness in marketing chain for production,
distribution and utilization of biomass in Lower Danube region
Applied for project financing to Project fund: Socio economic development of Danube
region Austrian Development Agency
Received support and financing and project started in summer 2013
Duration: 18months

4. Project implementation & activities

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Infrastructure works in building BLTC

Machinery procurement:
Firewood processor
Wood humidity measurement equipment
Wood chipper (low to medium capacity)
Telehandler
3. Extension and training
Training for forest owners and future employees of BLTC on biomass
production, processing, trade, quality, etc
Training for entrepreneurs in ship transport for manipulation and transport
of wood biomass products
Online biomass product sale platform http://www.serbio.rs/mapa

4. Project implementation & activities

5. Follow up and
Possibilities for application

BLTC joint company of Resurs Centar and JKP Toplana Majdanpek

4 people to be employed in BLTC
Strong demand for firewood
Wood chips demand growing
DH and CHP initiative for Majdanpek continues
New CHP in Donji Milanovac contract signed (Atlas Group 1.2MW)
Development of biomass DH projects (bioenergy villages) and rural public building
heating (schools, etc)
BLTC concept applicable in Serbia
Especially with small-medium scale biomass consumers DH systems, schools,
industry facilities, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, retirement homes, etc
Interest for such projects is constantly growing - To small for independent wood
chips production and storage
BLTC developed locally can provide efficient solution!
BLTC employ and engage local population using wood from private forests locally

5. Follow up and
Possibilities for cooperation
BioRes project application for Horizon 2020 GIZ, AEBIOM, LK-STM, CARMEN,
METLA, KSSENA, REGEA, BGBIOM, SERBIO goal: development of BLTCs in
Balkan countries
SERBIO in German-Serbian Bioenergy Partnership:
Link to local companies and local bioenergy projects
Project implementation
Information, awareness raising and public relations
Policy formulation and lobbying
Biomass utilization trainings implementation and consulting services
Organization of biomass supply (contracting biomass, logistic solutions,
etc)

Thank you for your attention!

Please visit us at:
www.serbio.rs
Contact info:
vojislav.milijic@serbio.rs
+381 62 553 089