Case Study:Entreneurship in Farms related to Bioenergy in Northern
Ostrobothnia in Finland
Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia
Interviews
Farm cases (3)
Tentative notices from interviews
Regions
OuluNorthern Ostrobothnia
Farms in Northern Ostrobothnia
• 5700 farms in 2006
• average field area 40 ha / farm
• average forest area 61 ha / farm
• 35 % of farms have dairy cattle, on average 21 cows / farm
Interviews
Interviews have been done in 39 Farms
26 farms had activities in energy wood chain:
• firewood production (15)
• energy wood (stems) (6)
• wood chips (3)
• heating entrepreneurs (8)
• energy contractors (8)
13 farms were related only to energy crops or biogas
Lines of Production of Farms related to Energy Wood
• milk production 13
• crop production 13
• forest production 8
• other 8
• 14 farms had forest 100 ha and over
Interviews
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (1)
A Farm
• dairy farm with 44 dairy cows and young stock
• field area 117 ha
• forest area 70 ha
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (2)
Heating
Private limited company
1. step: heating plant produce heat to school center (2003)
2. step: district heating plant and network (2007)
3. step: heat production to local food processing industry ???
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (3)
Chipping
Farm’s business
• wood chips to heating plant
»raw material from local wood industry, and farm’s own forest
• services for other farms
• chipper and transport equipment
Farm case 1: Heating Entrepreneur and Chipping Service (4)
Other Ideas
• to produce biodiesel for farm’s own use
• to produce wood pellets or briquettes
• to produce biogas
Farmer has confidence in the increase in bioenergy sector during next decades