Potential and Demand for Energy from Biomass by Thermo-chemical Conversion in the Province of Antique, Philippines – Part 1, Biomass Availability Analysis
Jeriel G. Militar1, Andreas Ortwein2, Salvador M. Senorio3, and Jürgen Schade4
1CPU-AREC, College of Engineering, Central Philippine University,
Lopez Jaena Str., Jaro, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
2Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH,
Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
3CPU-AREC, College of Engineering, Central Philippine University,
Lopez Jaena Str., Jaro, Iloilo City, 5000 Philippines
4GIZ EnRD Forest and Climate Protection Project Panay and Deutsche
Forstservice GmbH, Wittelsbacherstr. 11, 85622 Feldkirchen, Germany
corresponding author: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
ABSTRACT
This study gives information about the potential for biomass to provide the province of Antique, Philippines, with electrical power by thermo-chemical conversion. The focus is on agricultural residues, like rice husk, bagasse or coconut shells, and on sustainable wood from reforestation areas. Information about the current power consumption and supply in Antique is collected. The main bioenergy potential can be achieved by using rice husk for energy generation, which could substitute about 30% of fossil generated electricity in the province. Reforestation wood is considered to allow further contributions to renewable energy supply, especially for remote areas.
INTRODUCTION
The Republic of the Philippines is one of the countries with a high degree of deforestation. For the region of the Western Visayas (Region VI), the loss of forest between 1934 and 1988 has been as high as 72.9 %, reducing the forest area to 7.5 % of the land area (Liu et al., 1993).
Antique is one of the six provinces that compose the Western Visayas Region (Region 6), and it is the smallest of the four provinces on Panay island (see Fig. 1). There are 18 municipalities (see Fig. 2), mostly coastal, one being an island (Caluya) and three being inland municipalities . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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