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Case Study: Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland. Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia Interviews Farm cases (3) Tentative notices from interviews. Regions. Oulu. Northern Ostrobothnia. Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia. 5700 farms in 2006 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Case Study:Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern
Ostrobothnia in Finland
Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia
Interviews
Farm cases (3)
Tentative notices from interviews
Regions
OuluNorthern Ostrobothnia
Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia
• 5700 farms in 2006
• average field area 40 ha / farm
• average forest area 61 ha / farm
• 35 % of farms have dairy cattle, on average 21 cows / farm
Interviews
Interviews have been done in 39 Farms
26 farms had activities in energy wood chain:
• firewood production (15)
• energy wood (stems) (6)
• wood chips (3)
• heating entrepreneurs (8)
• energy contractors (8)
13 farms were related only to energy crops or biogas
Lines of Production of Farms related to Energy Wood
• milk production 13
• crop production 13
• forest production 8
• other 8
• 14 farms had forest 100 ha and over
Interviews
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (1)
A Farm
• dairy farm with 44 dairy cows and young stock
• field area 117 ha
• forest area 70 ha
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (2)
Heating
Private limited company
1. step: heating plant produce heat to school center (2003)
2. step: district heating plant and network (2007)
3. step: heat production to local food processing industry ???
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (3)
Chipping
Farm’s business
• wood chips to heating plant
»raw material from local wood industry, and farm’s own forest
• services for other farms
• chipper and transport equipment
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (4)
Other Ideas
• to produce biodiesel for farm’s own use
• to produce wood pellets or briquettes
• to produce biogas
Farmer has confidence in the increase in bioenergy sector during next decades