Kari MutkaIPS peat land strategy meeting

Amsterdam 13.-15.2.2009

The Use of Peat in Europe

• A truly European organisation

• Founded on 1 May 2004

• 16 member companies in 11 EU Member States wishing to be informed of political decisions that affect their day-to-day business and wanting to influence these political decisions

• Secretariat in Brussels in the offices of leading Public Affairs consultancy, Burson-Marsteller

I. What is EPAGMA?

The Use of Peatlands in the WorldTotal Area 400 mill ha

1,52

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15

25

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5

10

15

20

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Agriculture Drained forforestry

Peat industry Used forbuildingarea

Waterreservoirs

Energy50 %

Other uses3 %

Soil improvers5 %

Growing media42 %

Peat Usage in the EU by Sector (Total = 64 million m³)

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Peat production in EU for all usages(Total = 64 million m3)

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The Use of Peat as Energy

Peat as energy is used mainly in Europe• the total use in year 2000 was 3,37 Mtoe• peat was used in 125 power plants• almost 2 million people were heated by peat• the share of peat in primary energy

consumption varies from 5-7% in Finland and Ireland and to 0,9-1,9% in Sweden and Estonia

Fuel Peat Use in Different Categories, %

CHP44.4 %

Condensingpower37.6%

Districtheat9.5%

Residentialheat8.5%

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Peat versus non peat constituents for the production of professional growing media

(Total > 22 million m3)

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Peat usage for production of professional growing media by segment

(Total = 19 million m3)

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Other Use of Peat

• litter for animals• biofilters• insulating materials• balneology• whiskey flavor etc.

Fuel Peat Industry in a Nutshell in the EU

Finland Ireland Sweden Estonia Latvia Lithuania Total

Fuel peat resources, ktoe 1 100 000 47 500 370 000 10 000 57 000 4 000 1 589 000

Annual peat use, ktoe 1 980 984 372 28 0 4 3 368

Number of peat producers 250 300 25 30 11 11 630

Number of machine and boiler manufactures

22 1 9 9 0 0 41

Number of peat-fired power plants

55 3 20 40 0 7 125

Number of people getting heating energy from peat

480 000 1 000 000 390 000 65 000 0 0 1 940 000

Value of domestic trade, million Euro

204 153 27 2 0 3 390

Value of international trade, million Euro

0.5 0.0 16.9 7.1 0.3 0.2 17.9

Employment, man-years 7 000 2 300 1 700 2 100 0 0 13 100

Production values of growing media and horticulture

• Ex works sales of the EU Peat and Growing Media Industry is 1 300 000 000€

• Production value of EU horticultural production is 62 000 000 000€