1. Visit to Slovenija

2.
Slovenian forestry institute (presentation of political frame, Advisory system for forest owners, Support system (subsidiaries) for forest owners)
Visiting biomass center and CHP
After lunch driving to Bohinj – forest operations in small scale forest estate
Hotel in Kranjska gora

3. Ministry for economy development and technology
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning
Wood Industry Directorate
Directorate for environment
Directorate for Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries
Rural development program
The Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation
Inspectorate
Slovenian forest service
Slovenian forestry institute
Biotechnical faculty – Depart. For forestry
Slovenski državni gozdovi – public company
Private forest companies
Secondary School for Forestry and Wood Processing
Chamber of agriculture and forestry
Forest owners associationc
Association of Machine rings

4. Forest ownership
More that 70 % of forest is owned by forest owners – we still don’t know them?!
Only bigger forest owners can be market plyers – what is big forest owner – with more than 5 ha?
The fact is: we exploit less than 30 % of biomass potential from private forests
It is estimated that more than 1/3 of all households have forest in Sloveni, but only 30 % of them have more tha 5 ha of forest.

5. Biomass production and use in Slovenia
Wood logs are used in households
Wood chips – fast development sector in last 10 years
Wood pellets – new market, production mainly for export, large import
Production of wood fuels is increasing faster than demond = export

6. Use of wood biomass – energy sector
Use of wood biomass in different sectors in Slovenia
Source of data: (SORS, SFI)

7. Wood fuel market

8. Wood chips production Yearly production around 1.500.000 lm3
Yearly production around lm3
More than 140 producers
Increase in production for 85 %
(comparing y. 2007)
27 % of wood chips are exported

9. Pellet production 6 producers in 2011
6 producers in 2011
More than 20 producers in 2016 – production is more than t

10. Wood fuel prices

11. 6.9.2016 Driving to Vršič (1611 m a.s.l.)
Triglav national park – forest management in the park
Driving trough Soča valley – forest operations in mountain areas
Driving to Nova Gorica

12. Wood mobilization
Technologies

13. The most common technologies
Machine
Total cost (€/h)
Direct material costs
(€/m3)
Predicted efficiency (m3/8h)
Chainsaw (4kW)
4,0
2,1
15,0
Forestry tractor
41,2
13,2
25,0
Costs of production chain
45,2
15,3

14. Other cost effective solutions
Using modern machinery
Machine
Total cost (€/h)
Direct material costs (€/m3)
Predicted efficiency (m3/8h)
Harvester
116 €
13,1
70,0
Forwarder
88,5 €
11,7
60,0
Costs of production chain
204,5 €
Intensity of cutting

15. Looking for new solutions and products
Use of forest residues (PROFORBIOMED – wp4/PA 1.3)

16. Technologies in mountain area

17. Predicted efficiency (m3/8h)
Wood Chain Manager:
Machine
Total cost (€/h)
Direct material costs
(€/m3)
Predicted efficiency (m3/8h)
Comment
Chainsaw (4kW)
4,0
2,1
15,0
Felling
Forestry tractor
41,2
13,2
25,0
Skidding
Forestry transport composition
101,9
11,6
70,0
Roundwood transport
Chainsaw (6kW)
5,7
1,5
30,0
Cutting to 1m
Standard tractor
25,8
12,9
16,0
Logs (1m)
Splitter (30t)
13,0
6,5
Firewood (33 cm)
Circular saw
7,5
2,5
24,0
Costs of production chain
224,9
63,2
Standing tree
Cut tree
Roundwood
Roundwood assortments
Wood chips
Forest stand
Skid trail
Skid road
Forest road
End user

18. 7.9.2016 Afforestation of Karst – more than 100 years of tradition
Forest fires
Karst cave – Vilenica
Driving to Adriatic coast

19. Afforestation of Karst
More than 100 years
Today – a number of small forest owners, natural overgrowing of agricultural land, low quality wood, different functions of forests, forest fires

20. Forest fires prevention

21. 8.9.2016 Driving to high Karst area
Postojna – forestry training school
Lesonit - wood panel company
Mašun - Long tradition of forest management
Visiting Cerknica lake (the largest sinking lake) – nature conservation

22. Production of wood assortments
Only official cut is taken in cosideration
Source of data: SORS, SFS, SFI,

23. Import/Export

24. 9.9.2016 Ljubljana – project meeting
Presentation of Faculty and Chamber of agriculture and forestry
Biomass laboratory
Forest management in urban forests

25. Analysis of wood fuels quality at Slovenian forestry institute
New wood biomass laboratory
We performed 4 larger market analysis in last 3 years
All together we have more than 200 analysis of wood pellets in our data set
The biggest problem are mechanical durability and ash content
We are in the process of registration od trade mark S4Q

26. Good practice examples

27. Slovenian forestry institute
Forestry institute – in Ljubljana
Before:
L of heating oil
= €
Now:
from 470 to 500 loose m3 of wood chips
= €
Difference more than €/year
Investment was €
Pay-beck time is 8 years, we save 110 t of CO2 per year and we created 1 new job

28. Monitoring of our heating system

29. Monitoring of our heating system