Abstract

In the paper an outline of the assessment methodology and the determined results for three types of analysis (environmental, social and economic) are compared. The overall conclusion is, that there is a negative correlation between economic and social analysis results. The social analysis for scenarios, when a farmer collects the branches as a hobby (unpaid labor) gave the highest values of social indicator (SROI). Scenarios with market wages for a handmade collection gave also positive, but not so high SROI results. They also generated high incomes for local energy producer. In this case subsidizing should be considered. For standard business models (with the machinery specialized for pruning) all three analyses - economic, environmental, and social - gave positive results. For social analysis the result (SROI) varied in the range from 2 to 8.

Keywords

pruning residues; renewable energy; social impact

Published in

European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
2016, pages: 1513-1515
Book title: Proceedings 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
ISBN: 978-88-89407-165
Publisher: ETA-Florence Renewable Energies

Conference

24th International European Biomass Conference on Setting the Course for a Biobased Economy, JUN 06-09, 2016, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

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