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Regional Strategic Research Agenda
for Wielkopolska Region
2010
Authors: Marek Hryniewicz, Agnieszka Trojanowska, Anna Grzybek
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Perfeace
This publication is a part of the BIOCLUS project, which is funded by the EU seventh
framework programme for research and technological development. The BIOCLUS objective
is to boost the regional competitiveness and growth in five European cluster regions: Central
Finland, Navarre (Spain), Western Macedonia (Greece), Slovakia and Wielkopolska (Poland).
It promotes collaboration and integration of cluster regions and strengthens the innovation
environment by improving research potential and innovation management. Besides, the
project supports sustainable development by improving the use of biomass resources.
This publication is part of work package 2.3 Regional strategic research agendas, which
consider the regional targets for biomass use based on previously collected information from
Region and SWOT analysis in RTD perspective and in economic perspective (Annex 1).
The SWOT analyses and other tasks in this work package provide information in
which knowledge areas each region should concentrate in their strategic research agendas.
The strategies cover the identification of possibilities and synergies for mutual learning and
exchange of best practices.
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Content
1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 4
2. Region presentation (biomass potential) ............................................................................ 5
3. Vision ................................................................................................................................. 6
4. Mission ............................................................................................................................... 7
5. Regional objectives up to 2020 .......................................................................................... 8
Implementation of forest biomass .......................................................................................... 8
Implementation of agricultural biomass ................................................................................. 9
Whole supply chain ................................................................................................................ 9
Other important goals or problems which should be solved in relation to sustainable and
multi-functional use of biomass ........................................................................................... 10
6. Strategic Researches needed for achieving Regional objectives ..................................... 11
Strategic Researches for wider implementation of forest biomass ...................................... 11
Strategic Researches for wider implementation of agricultural biomass ............................. 12
Strategic Researches for whole supply chain ....................................................................... 13
Other important Strategic Researches for achieving Regional objectives related to
sustainable and multi-functional use of biomass .................................................................. 15
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1. Introduction
Source: BIOCLUS materials
Source: Wikipedia
Figure 1.1 Wielkopolska Region in BIOCLUS consortium, Europe and Poland
Wielkopolska Region (Voivodeship) position in BIOCLUS consortium, Europe and
Poland is presented on Figure 1.1. It is second in area and third in population among Poland's
sixteen voivodeships, with an area of 29,826 square kilometres (11,516 sq miles) and the
population of close to 3,4 million. 1.914.814 peoples (56,4% from Region total population)
habits in towns. 1.482.776 peoples (43,6%) habits on rural areas.
Regional capital city is Poznań; other important cities are Kalisz, Konin, Piła, Ostrów
Wielkopolski and Gniezno (an early capital of Poland). It is bordered by seven other
voivodeships: West Pomeranian to the north-west, Pomeranian to the north, Kuyavian-
Pomeranian to the north-east, Łódź to the south-east, Opole to the south, Lower Silesian to the
south-west and Lubusz to the west.
Region total surface is 29.827 thousand square kilometres. Agricultural land has surface
1.759.357 ha (59% from total Wielkopolska surface in 2008). Forests surface has 762.175 ha
(26% from total Wielkopolska surface in 2008).
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2. Region presentation (biomass potential)
Table 2.1 presents the prognosis of forestry biomass potential in 2010-2020 for
Wielkopolska Region.
Table 2.1 Forestry biomass potential
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Thou. t/a 440 471 505 541 578 618 661
Source: own calculations
Table 2.2 presents agricultural biomass potential. There are expressed dramatical changes in
agricultural biomass potential. They are due to changes in crops structure and in animal
production structure.
Table 2.2 Potential of straw for energetic use [thou. t]
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
312,59 -230,22 369,70 -34,08 364,67 Source: own calculations
Table 2.3 presents the potential of biogas production from different agricultural raw materials.
Table 2.3 By-products for biogas production
Crop By- product Yield of biomass
[t d.m.]
Biogas production
[m3/ t d.m.]
Biogas production
[m3/ha]
Maize Waste 18,0 450 8100
Sugar beets Waste * 12,0 500 6000
Potatoes Haulm 3,0 400 1200 *- after sugar production
Source: own calculations
Table 2.4 presents the potential of biogas production from manure
Table 2.4 Biogas production from manure
Cattle Pigs Poultry
Solid Liquid Solid Liquid Liquid
Dry matter t d.m./t
waste 0,23 0,1 0,2 0,07 0,15
Organic dry
matter content
t o.d.m./ t
d.m. 0,8 0,8 0,9 0,82 0,76
Biogas
production
m3/t
o.d.m
175-520
average: 347
220-637
average: 428
327-722
average: 524
Source: own calculations
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3. Vision Wielkopolska is going to be a Region with following features according to the sustainable
use of biomass:
integrated,
competitive.
Source: Regional Development Strategy for Wielkopolska Region up to 2020
The most important effects for Wielkopolska Region development are going to be the
results of the following processes results:
integration with European Union (ideas exchange, knowledge transfer, innovative
technologies transfer, works specialisation among Regions, etc.),
economy and society globalisation (free capital and workers flow, international
cooperation, free market and economy, etc. ),
eventual changes in state model functioning in the directions of decentralisation and
competence limiting (decentralised energy production, sustainable biomass use in local
conditions especially in rural communities).
Conclusions from effects and recommended activities directions:
1. Wielkopolska should be a region with internally integrated economy according the
following factors economical, infrastructural and social. It is due to fact that only
integrated Region can resist against threats and can achieve the biggest benefits.
2. The best integration with European Union should achieve Wielkopolskas economy,
infrastructure and society. The integration is regarded as critical factor for Region
competitiveness construction.
Source: Regional Development Strategy for Wielkopolska Region up to 2020
Problems
Wielkopolska Region is not internally integrated. Interregional disproportions are
becoming deeper and deeper in many areas. There are following disproportions reasons
incoherent infrastructure, weak cooperation links in economy (especially on subregional and
local level) and disintegrated public intervention system.
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Region integration should be understand as multidimensional process for social
integration, public bodies activities consolidation, links creation in economy which supports
synergy effect.
Region competitiveness should be understand as the exploitation of advantages both
strong and weak Region factors.
4. Mission All public bodies activities focusing on the improvement of Region competitiveness and
Region inhabitants life conditions.
Synergy effect generation by the creation of coherent conception for public means
utilisation.
Source: Regional Development Strategy for Wielkopolska Region up to 2020
The Region competitiveness depends also from efficient energy utilisation and
producing competitive products or services on local, national and international market. The
implementation of both new energy saving solutions and the exchange of fossil fuels by
biomass is regarded as a desirable way for the mission accomplishment. Especially the
sustainable use of biomass resources would be beneficial for rural areas development. Money
stream from locally energetically utilized biomass would be redirected for to local rural
communities. There is expected following relation the biggest local exchange of fossil fuels
on biomass – the biggest money stream to local rural communities. These communities could
use money for their life conditions improvement.
Public means should utilise old and contemporary experiences in biomass
implementation. They could be used for synergy effect generation due to the stimulation and
creation of circumstances for the production of competitive products or services.
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5. Regional objectives up to 2020 Regional development strategic objectives are written according to the “Regional
Development Strategy for Wielkopolska Region up to 2020 with the exception of forest
biomass for the part of objectives. Regional objectives for forest biomass are written
according to the “Regional Operational Plan for Wielkopolska Forests” A part of regional
objectives is common for the different kinds of biomass.
Implementation of forest biomass
1. Forests conditions improvement.
2. Forests area increase.
3. Forests productivity increase.
4. Planting forests on ineffective agricultural land.
5. Forests biodiversity strengthening (geneticall biodiversity, species biodiversity,
ecosystems biodiversity).
6. Planting forests on post bruin coal mines land.
7. Atmospheric coal accumulation in forest ecosystems.
8. Forests functional structure improvement.
9. The improvement of plants varieties in forests.
10. The improvement of forestry links with other economical sectors in the Region
development.
11. Wood and timber marketing and promotion.
12. The economical and environmental improvement of private forests.
13. The improvement of water conditions in soil by small retention implementation and
water relationships regulation.
14. The integration of Regional State Forests aims and expectations with the aims and
expectations of Polish State Railways for wood transporting.
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Implementation of agricultural biomass
1. Soil erosion protection.
2. Soil contamination protection.
3. Distributed agricultural land merging.
4. Water conditions ordering and artificial retention increase by melioration and
irrigation.
5. Plants and animals quality improvement by natural geneticall modification.
6. Damaged areas recultivation.
7. Planting forests on ineffective agricultural land.
8. Infrastructure for environment protection improvement.
9. Roads state improvement on rural areas.
10. Non-agricultural functions support on rural areas (post-collective areas including in it).
11. The revitalisation of towns quarters, post-industrial areas and post-military areas.
12. The promotion of investment, entrepreneurship and employment on areas with high
unemployment ratio or inappropriate economy profile including in it disappearing
industries.
13. Farms and food economy competitiveness increase.
14. Farms modernisation.
15. Farms size change.
16. Health and environment standards improvement.
17. Whole food system modernisation (from food production to consumer market).
18. Family farms strengthening.
19. The support of agricultural market infrastructure development.
20. Biological progress promotion for agriculture and food processing.
21. Investments in infrastructure for environment protection.
Whole supply chain
1. Water roads utilisation for economy.
2. Emissions to atmosphere limitation.
3. The integration of Regional State Forests aims and expectations with the aims and
expectations of Polish State Railways for wood transporting.
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Other important goals or problems which should be solved in relation to sustainable and multi-functional use of biomass
1. The support of all activities which increase environment immunity.
2. Activities for the increase of disposed water resources.
3. Order introduction into wastes management.
4. The limitation of acoustic threat for environment.
5. The promotion of rational raw materials utilisation.
6. Ecological education dissemination.
7. The limitation of emissions to atmosphere.
8. The increase of environment protection in range and forms.
9. Roads state improvement on rural areas.
10. The dissemination of norms for environment protection in economy.
11. The removal of negative effects linked with raw materials use.
12. The increase of clean energy share in energy balance.
13. Environment management matching to safe touristic and recreation services development
14. Sustainable development with the following rules solidarity (all people solidarity on all
levels (local, regional, national and global) and between contemporary and future
generations (especially for natural environment resources)), care (contemporary decisions
cannot limits all socio-economical life participants in future), participation (all socio-
economical life participants in the Region must be engaged) and the following pillars
economical effectivity (income for community which takes into consideration social and
environmental costs), care about environment (non-renewable natural resources
protection, the minimisation of negative environmental effects) and social balance (new
jobs creation and active operations for life quality improvement).
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6. Strategic Researches needed for achieving Regional objectives
Strategic Researches for wider implementation of forest biomass
1. Yield increase development for forestry biomass (by new species breeding, existing
species accommodation to the Region drying, forest protection against insects and
illnesses with special regard to bioactive substances).
2. Biodiversity strengthening development in forests.
3. Successful sustainable forestry implementation.
4. The development of multifunctional demands implementation in forest resources and
their sustainable management (forests for multiple needs, advancing knowledge on
forest ecosystems, adapting forestry to climate change, criteria and methodologies
elaboration for forest conditions and management effectivity with special regard to
protected forest areas).
5. Intelligent and efficient manufacturing processes development with reduced energy
consumption (advanced technologies for primary wood processing, new
manufacturing technologies for wood products).
6. New materials elaboration (eg. composites) or products based on wood and by
products from wood processing.
7. Developing new products or services related to forestry sector.
8. Elaborating economically efficient and environmentally beneficial technologies with
special regard to social issues (new work places creation) for felling and wood
biomass complex processing.
9. Modelling forest and wood structure changes impact on production possibilities due to
climate change with cost/effect and emission analyses.
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Strategic Researches for wider implementation of agricultural biomass
1. The testing and accommodation of traditional and new agricultural crops resistant for
drought due to Wielkopolska Region drying.
2. Existing plant species accommodation to climate change in Wielkopolska Region. New
cropping systems and genetical plant selection for breeding plants resistant on drought.
3. New plants introduction (resistant on drought) in Wielkopolska Region (eg. cardoon).
4. The testing and accommodation of traditional and new agricultural crops with higher yield
(bigger biomass supply on biomass market).
5. Decreasing agricultural crops costs by new cost effective technologies elaboration and
implementation in practice for IInd
generation biofuels production (with special regard to
small and medium scale).
6. Human labour costs reduction in agriculture by new systems elaboration (sensors
conjugated with software) for biomass unmanned machines as tractors, harvesters, loaders
and other equipment for biomass machinery.
7. Developing agricultural cropping systems with reduced technological operations (eg.
without ploughing).
8. Chemicals reduction (fertilizers or herbicides) in cropping with the same yield
maintenance (for precision or ecological farming, breeding new species which would be
resistant for illnesses and insects, biological substances implementation for plant
protection and fertilisation which should increase biomass yield).
9. The elaboration of new and innovative products from agricultural biomass which could be
produced locally and positively influences both on local economy and local community
(new work places creation, sustainable development rules implementation).
10. Biorefinery improvement and its implementation with special regard to micro and small
scale (eg. biomass converting for non-food purposes as biodegradable materials which can
exchange plastic from mineral oil).
11. New design methods elaboration for the design of new technologies and machines which
should be cost effective for biomass crop, harvest and utilisation. It can be done by the
implementation of virtual prototyping, experiments and optimisation process simulations
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in virtual reality (effects - minimising time from an idea to ready machinery or
technology, costs saving, machinery or technologies perfectly fitted to dedicated tasks).
12. Changes modelling in agricultural production type shifts (from food production to
alternative plant production) for chemicals consumption (fertilizers and herbicides),
emissions, impact on environment and economical profitability.
13. Biomass sustainable use rules harmonisation in plant production changes.
14. Climate change (drying) impact modelling on plant production.
15. Energy and materials expenses investigation for the comparison of old and new machinery
or technology, and optimal solutions choice.
Strategic Researches for whole supply chain
1. Fuel costs reduction with special regard to the elaboration of IInd
generation biofuels
technologies production (eg. bioethanol production from lignocelulosis, biobuthanol
production in cost effective way, preferably in small- or micro-scale).
2. More efficient engines development for transport.
3. Fuel consumption reduction in logistic chain.
4. Human labour costs reduction (eg. unmanned machines implementation) in whole supply
chain or right biomass processing method implementation.
5. Whole supply chain better organisation (virtual local biomass markets creation, free and
available for all software development for market operations (transactions), logistic, etc.).
6. The development of new economically effective organisational solutions for all supply
chain participants
7. The elaboration of new cheaper and more efficient equipment for biomass supply
operations (by new solutions elaboration, new materials implementation with the
estimation of economical, energetical and environmental impact).
8. Biomass water transport (by Warta river) analysis (for whole supply chain). Opportunities
estimation in Wielkopolska Region (economical, energetical and environmental).
Comparison with road transport.
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9. Biomass railway transport analysis (for whole supply chain). Opportunities estimation for
Wielkopolska Region (economical, energetical and environmental). Comparison with road
transport.
10. Biomass airships transport analysis (for whole supply chain). Opportunities estimation for
Wielkopolska Region (economical, energetical and environmental). Comparison with road
transport.
11. Biomass air transport (for whole supply chain) for biomass shift from difficult available
places to easy available places for another transport means.
12. Machinery elaboration (for whole or part supply chain) which could work and transport
biomass in difficult available places.
13. Optimal method for long-term willow storage elaboration (willow in whole pieces, wood
chips or another shape).
14. Different type logistic chains modelling and optimisation.
15. Expert systems creation for help in taking decisions in different type logistic chains with
taking into consideration land use, environmental issues and economical factors.
16. The simulations of chemical or physical biomass properties modifications in different
technologies (eg. torrefaction) and their impact on a logistic chain.
17. Different scenarios (for biomass production and use) simulations for present and
perspective biomass resources use from the logistic chain point of view.
18. Biomass traceability systems elaboration for logistic chains.
19. Biomass pre-treatment and supplying systems elaboration for logistic chains optimisation.
20. Biomass supplying chains analyses and simulations with taking into consideration existing
infrastructure (wood parks, intermediate stores, etc.) and other factors (localisation,
dimensions, storage capacity and time, etc.).
21. Good practices analyses for different logistic chains.
22. The most common errors or mistakes analyses in different logistic chains with the aims of
existing logistic chains improvement and avoiding them in future logistic chains. Expert
systems creation for help in removing common errors or mistakes in existing logistic
chains.
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Other important Strategic Researches for achieving Regional objectives related to sustainable and multi-functional use of biomass
1 Research above legislation issues (processes, acts and EU bodies decisions) linked with
CO2 emissions, biomass and sustainable development.
2 Improvements in innovations introduction, funds raising, projects formulating and
projects successful implementation in practice.
3 Algae technology improvement to the stage when economical and energetical
calculations enable energy production from algae in competitive way to other
technologies.
4 The elaboration of technological lines for enzymes, hormones, biologically active
substances and other chemical components extraction from biological wastes (eg. from
slaughter) and other biomass types.
5 Economically efficient technological lines elaboration for biomass processing with the
use of biologically active substances (or enzymes, hormones, etc.) in different scale with
special regard to micro and smallscale (for implementation in rural or remote areas).
6 Economical and energetical simulations and analyses for biomass production in
greenhouses near energy plant as an alternative for carbon storage technologies or near
zero CO2 emission technologies. Biomass would be used as a fuel in energy plant.
7 Small or micro scale electricity and CHP production (from biomass) technologies
development.
8 Simulations or practical verifications for external combustion technologies improvements
(Stirling engine, modern steam engine, ultrasound engine, other engine types) for higher
efficiency achievements or better economical and environmental factors.
9 Simulations or practical verifications for internal combustion technologies improvements
(two stroke engine with Otto cycle for biogas-methan or plant oil, engine for gasified
biomass, new engine types elaboration) for higher efficiency achievements or better
economical and emission factors.
10 Simulations or practical verifications for fuel cells use (for biogas or gasified biomass) in
different scales (micro-, small-, etc.) or implementations (in home, farm, biogas station,
industrial unit).
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11 Biomass boilers efficiency increase in heat or electricity production.
12 Cheaper and more efficient biogas installation elaboration for biomass wastes utilisation
(exemplary research directions - dry or termophil fermentation especially in small scale,
fermentation catalysers elaboration and utilisation).
13 The most effective (economically and/or energetically) biomass processing technologies
elaboration.
14 Green chemistry rules development in industries related to biomass utilisation.
15 Small scale automatic technological lines elaboration for biomass processing in the
different kinds of industries (research aims - unemployment decrease on rural areas,
workers shift from agricultural production to agricultural materials processing).
16 New and cheaper materials for boilers elaboration.
17 Different hybrid technologies (eg. heat pump combined with biomass boiler) elaboration
with special regard to small powers (implementation in homes, farms, different scale and
type industries), cost – effect results and common synergy effect simulation.
18 Small boilers automatisation. Cheap automats and electronics elaboration for small
boilers (cheap lambda sond or its substitute is required).
19 Automatic regulator elaboration and implementation for small boilers. It should low
emissions decrease in Wielkopolska Region (actually, about 75% low emissions on rural
areas derives from badly manually regulated small boilers).
20 Research above Information Technologies implementation for wider local biomass
utilisation (local virtual biomass stock or information about biomass availability,
software applications for mobile phones, e-learning about biomass utilisation advantages,
e-learning about efficient technologies implementation for biomass utilisation), remote
accountant services for micro and SME biomass suppliers or processors, electronic
documents introduction and circulation (e-administration).
21 Research above Artificial Intelligence successful implementation in biomass area
(biomass yield prediction, advisory expert systems creation for logistic chain
optimisation, neural network and fuzzy logic implementation for biomass processing
machinery regulation – especially boilers due to smaller emissions, higher efficiency and
better biomass utilisation).
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22 Research above successful activities implementation for sustainable biomass use in
Wielkopolska (a synergy effect is expected from common successful R&D projects
implementation, Regional Authorities activities for local biomass utilisation and business
sector collaboration).
23 Biomass boilers design or production improvement (optimisation) for higher efficiency
achievement, emissions decreasing, production costs decreasing and better market
competitiveness achieving.
24 Biomass firing processes investigation in biomass boilers with special regard to small
scale boilers.
25 Biogas technologies downsizing – existing technologies developing or completely new
technologies elaboration (especially for biomass wastes utilisation).
26 Research above fuel cells implementation in biogas station.
27 The development of technologies for combined heat, cold and electricity production from
biogas with following aims technologies costs cutting, technologies downsizing,
energetical and economical efficiency increase and environmental impact decrease.
28 Energetical foresight for Wielkopolska Region with the Delphi method implementation.
29 Simulations and analyses for biomass alternative methods production with taking into
consideration following factors CO2 emissions, carbon sequestration, environmental
impact (by-products or wastes production, chemicals consumption, etc.), energetical
efficiency, economical efficiency, social impact on local communities (jobs creation,
welfare increase, etc.).
30 Biomass alternative methods production comparison with traditional methods. A set with
recommended methods elaboration which would be optimal for Wielkopolska
development with special regard to sustainable development rules (social, economical
and environmental impact on local communities).
31 New materials from biomass elaboration for implementation in different industries
(chemical, pharmaceutical, construction, etc.) with the aim of exchange existing materials
derived from mineral oil or other fossil mineral.
32 The development of technologies for combined heat, cold and electricity production from
gasified biomass.