%0 Journal Article
%T Environmental and Economic Assessment of Wood Pellet Production from Trees in Greece
%A Chrysanthos Golonis
%A Rigou Aikaterini
%A Charaklias Konstantinos
%A Zeibekis Konstantinos
%A Georgantzeli Polixeni
%A Piteros Andreas
%J Smart Grid and Renewable Energy
%P 137-159
%@ 2151-4844
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/sgre.2022.137009
%X <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Biomass is a renewable, economic and readily
available resource of energy</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> that has potential to
substitute fossil fuels in many applications such as heat, electricity and
biofuels. The increased use of the agricultural biomass can help the a</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">gricultural based societies in achieving energy
security and creating em</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ployment without causing environmental
degradation. However, the viability and feasibility of electricity generation
from agricultural biomass depends upon the availability of biomass supply at a
competitive cost. The present study investigates the availability of agricultural
biomass for distributed power generation in Greece</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(Kozani). The study concludes with a discussion on
significan</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ce and challenges of decentralized
electricity generation for rural ene</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">rgy supply, including brief
description about economical, social, environmental and technical aspects of
bioelectricity. With the application of the life cycle analysis applied, the
environmental and economic impacts that will occur in the region of Kozani in
Greece, where a biomass wood pellets production workshop is operating, have
been assessed. The total annual emission of CO </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">657.9 gr, HC 22.36 gr, PM 67.94 and NOx 8.832,2 gr was calculated.</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> econo</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mic
evaluation estimated the payback period for the investment in thi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">s plant
to be approximately 3 years.</span></span>
%K Biomass
%K Wood Pellets
%K Energy
%K Emission
%K Life Cycle Assessment
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=118657