Burning wet wood: varieties of non-recognition in energy transitions
| Autor: | Jari Lyytimäki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economics and Econometrics
uusiutuvat energialähteet Environmental Engineering 020209 energy 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law käyttö Combustion tiedonkäyttö 01 natural sciences 7. Clean energy poltto siirtymä Environmental protection Bioenergy 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Environmental Chemistry Production (economics) hyötykäyttö tietämys hake 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development palaminen tietämyksen hyödyntäminen kestävä kehitys business.industry General Business Management and Accounting Rule of thumb Renewable energy energiapolitiikka 13. Climate action Sustainability Environmental science business Efficient energy use |
| Zdroj: | Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 21:1143-1153 |
| ISSN: | 1618-9558 1618-954X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10098-019-01699-9 |
| Popis: | One of the most widely accepted rule of thumb of bioenergy production has been that burning wet wood should be avoided. This advice has guided the development of harvesting, logistics and combustion of wood chips. However, experimentations in Finland have challenged this approach by showing that it may be possible to considerably improve the energy efficiency of heat and power plants by burning the wood chips as soon as possible after harvesting them from boreal forests. The high energy content of fresh wood has been known for a long time, but this knowledge has not been widely acknowledged as the guiding principle in the development of the energy use of wood chips. This study analyses public (non)debate of wood chip burning in Finland based on conceptualisations of non-recognition and discusses the implications of knowledge use and non-use for sustainable energy transitions. It is concluded that various forms of non-recognition can significantly hinder the development and implementation of more sustainable energy solutions. The importance of the varieties of ignorance and their societal consequences should not be forgotten from the sustainability transition studies. |
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