Presentation of Pawel Jarczewski, Vice-President of Board Fertilizers Europe at Food, Fertilizers...
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FERTILIZERS, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERNCE 19 OCTOBER 2011 Meeting Europe’s food needs... Paweł Jarczewski Vice-President, Fertilizers Europe OPTIMIZING NATURAL RESOURCES
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Transcript of Presentation of Pawel Jarczewski, Vice-President of Board Fertilizers Europe at Food, Fertilizers...
FERTILIZERS, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFERNCE 19 OCTOBER 2011
Meeting Europe’s food needs...
Paweł Jarczewski Vice-President, Fertilizers Europe
OPTIMIZING NATURAL RESOURCES
Fertilizers made from natural gas are an essential component of sustainable food production.
48% of the global population are fed thanks to the use of mineral fertilizers.
Without mineral fertilizers human life is unsustainable.
Gas is the Raw material for Nitrogen Fertilizer
Natural gas is distinctive because:
It is a feedstock used to make fertilizers
Ultimately gas = foodUltimately gas = food security
• Whenusing170kgNfertilizeronahectareofland,wheatyieldsareap-proxiamately8.2tonnescompredwith4.7tonneswithoutNfertilizer.
• These8.2tonnesequateto126GJofsolarenergycapturedintheformofbiomasswhennitrogenisappliedcomparedwithonly71GJwithoutNfertilizer.
• Theextra55GJcapturedwhenusingNfertilizersaremorethan6timesthe8GJusedtoproduce,transportandspreadfertilizers.
Fertilizers greatly increase the positive energy balance of
Typical EU Nitrogen Operation
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Relative Energy Consumption and CO2-Release: Ammonia Plants with different Feedstocks
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Ship transport to WEFrom urea when usedFertilizer productionNitric acid productionAmmonia production
NOTE: Urea gives more emission from the soil, which is not shown in this graph
European fertilizer production has lowest emissions
GAS IS CLEAN OPTION
Clean Gas = increased demand in EU = High gas prices
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ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY ENERGY EFFICIENCY SCHEMES PROMOTING BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES
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Gas efficiency in ammonia production, regional average
EU industry is world class efficient gas user
GAS MARKET - EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION
New 3rd Gas Directive – toward an integrated Single EU Gas Market
GAS MARKET – EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION
New EU public and private push on infrastructure
Unbundling rules limiting national monopolies from controlling production/supply and transportation;
The establishment of new transportation companies with a mission to supply the maximum amount of gas will – or should – improve supply – and conditions of supply – to the market;
Promotion of the regional interconnectivity with the promise of sub-regional 10 year investment plans tackling infrastructural blocks or bottlenecks;
Access to storage, LNG and financial/physical gas trading hubs are also addressed; congestion management schemes will be introduced;
Stronger Independent National Regulators/European Agency: to champion and control competitive conditions and grid development;
Competition powers are also to be better focused using Commission and enhanced national level powers – all in the cause of pro-competitive gas supply;
• OneSingleEuropeangasmarket;
• EUstrategyon“energymix”toaccountforaddedvalueofnaturalgasforfoodsecurity;
• EUNitrogenfertilizeristhe“cleanest”and
mostefficientintheworld
CONCLUSIONS
