Bio-Energy Systems at the Community Level in the South Pacific: Impacts & Monitoring |
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Authors: | J Woods Sarah Hemstock William Burnyeat |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Energy Policy and Technology, ICEPT, Imperial College London, Room 4.02, RSM Building, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BP, UK;(2) Themba Technology Ltd., London, UK |
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Abstract: | Read, Sims and Adams (2001) detailed a case study for bio-energy implementation in a notional small Pacific Island and elaborated
a theoretical model for assessing and simulating the socio-economic impacts of a particular bio-energy system designed to
produce an exportable liquid fuel along with rural electricity supplies. An important conclusion was that there is no silver-bullet
‘one size fits all’ bio-energy system suited to all situations. Moreover, a system appropriate at one place and time may become
obsolete with exogenous technological advance and/or as a community advances down its own development pathway. In order to
understand how these issues interact in practice, a selected set of implementation projects is reviewed highlighting scale,
capacity, community, technology, governmental policy and the concept of critical mass, as factors that are central to the
successful development of the bioenergy sector. Through this evaluation, it is shown that: 1.A significant biomass supply
resource base often exists locally in the form of agricultural and forestry residues on which modern bioenergy programmes
could be initiated. The use of biomass energy flow charts are an important tool for evaluating the potential of local and
national resources. 2. Without an integrated multi-disciplinary, multi-sector and whole-systems approach to the implementation
of bioenergy schemes, long term success is likely to remain elusive. 3. There is a requirement at the national level for a
coordinated approach with strong policy signals that overcome perverse and practical obstacles. |
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Keywords: | bio-energy biofuel biogas biomass resources coconut oil electricity generation Fiji flow chart gasification Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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