TY - JOUR
TI - Consumption of woody biomass in industry, commercial, and public facilities in Serbia: Present state and possible contribution to the share of renewable sources in final energy consumption
AU - Glavonjić Branko D
AU - Oblak Leon Z
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2012
VL - 16
IS - 1
SP - 7
EP - 19
PT - Article
AB - This paper is the continuation of the presentation of results obtained in  comprehensive researches of woody biomass consumption in Serbia conducted as  a part of the TCP/FAO project “Wood energy for sustainable rural  development”. The previous paper (No. 3, 2011) showed results of wood fuels  consumption for households heating and this paper shows their consumption for  the needs of industry, commercial and public facilities. Research results  show that total consumption of woody biomass in Serbia in 2010 was 7.41  million m3, out of which 7.03 million m3 was in the form of roundwood and  0.38 million m3 was in the form of wood residue from industry. The biggest  consumers of woody biomass (roundwood, chips, residues) are households with  the participation of 86.54%, followed by the production of wood-based panels  with 4.47% and energy production for own purposes of wood processing  companies with 2.96%. Compared to the officially registered consumption in  energy balance in the amount of 0.281 Mtoe, actual consumption of wood energy  in Serbia in 2010 was 1.37 Mtoe or 4.9 times higher. Participation of wood  energy in final energy consumption in Serbia was 57,300 TJ or 13.6% in 2010.  Current use of wood energy substitutes imports of light heating oil in the  value of 1.3 billion € or 650 million € in the case of natural gas  substituting. Use of wood fuel prevented emissions of about 7 million tonnes  of CO2 from fossil fuels.