Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2022.1101
Fuel Consumption, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Energy Efficiency of Wood-Harvesting Operations: A Case Study of Stora Enso in Finland
Hanna Haavikko
; Stora Enso Forest Division Forest Finland P.O. Box 309 00101 Helsinki FINLAND
Kalle Kärhä
; Stora Enso Forest Division Forest Finland P.O. Box 309 00101 Helsinki FINLAND
Asko Poikela
; Metsäteho Oy Vernissakatu 1 01300 Vantaa FINLAND
Mika Korvenranta
; Stora Enso Forest Division Forest Finland P.O. Box 309 00101 Helsinki FINLAND
Teijo Palander
orcid.org/0000-0002-9284-5443
; University of Eastern Finland Faculty of Science and Forestry P.O. Box 111 80101 Joensuu FINLAND
Abstract
The EU’s climate and energy framework and Energy Efficiency Directive drive European companies to improve their energy efficiency. In Finland, the aim is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. Stora Enso Wood Supply Finland (WSF) had a target, by 2020, to improve its energy efficiency by 4% from the 2015 level. This case study researches the use of the forest machine fleet contracted to Stora Enso WSF. The aims were to 1) clarify the forest machine fleet energy-efficiency as related to the engine power; 2) determine the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from wood-harvesting operations, including relocations of forest machines by trucks; and 3) investigate the energy efficiency of wood-harvesting operations. The study data consisted of Stora Enso WSF’s industrial roundwood harvest of 8.9 million m3 (solid over bark) in 2016. The results illustrated that forest machinery was not allocated to the different cutting methods (thinning or final felling) based on the engine power. The calculated fuel consumption totalled 14.2 million litres (ML) for harvesting 8.9 million m3, and the calculated fuel consumption of relocations totalled 1.2 ML, for a total of 15.4 ML. The share of fuel consumption was 52.5% for harvesters (cutting), 39.5% for forwarders (forest haulage), and 8.0% for forest machine relocations. The average calculated cubic-based fuel consumption of wood harvesting was 1.6 L/m3, ranging from the lowest of 1.2 L/m3 for final fellings to the highest of 2.8 L/m3 in first thinnings...
Keywords
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq.); carbon neutrality; logging; roundwood; forest machines; engine power; machine relocations
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268021
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Publication date:
3.1.2022.
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