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Transcript of Kari Mutka IPS peat land strategy meeting Amsterdam 13.-15.2.2009 The Use of Peat in Europe.
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
0,3
15
25
0
5
10
15
20
25
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€