The impact of fuel delivery logistics on the cost of thermal energy on the example of biofuels boilers in Ukraine
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2022-05
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One of the important directions for achieving the goals of sustainable development
and decarbonization is to increase the share of biofuels, including in heat supply systems. In
this case, an important factor in deciding on the use of biofuel boilers is the cost of fuel, which
is affected by the delivery logistics. The authors determined the impact of logistics for different
types of fuel for low-power boilers (0.5 and 1 MW, burning biofuels) on LCOH. The calculations
take into account the existing rates of environmental tax. The paper considers the transportation
of biofuels by road to small consumers over short distances (within a radius of several hundred
kilometers). The study showed that the cost of delivery of pellets from producer to consumer
can be up to 20% of their cost. It is established that the transportation of a ton of pellets per
1 km increases the cost of this ton by about 1.35 UAH, therefore, the logistical component in
the final cost of pellets can be significant.
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The impact of fuel delivery logistics on the cost of thermal energy on the example of biofuels boilers in Ukraine / O. Yu. Bogoslavska , V. V. Stanytsina , V. O. Artemchuk [et al.] // IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. – 2022. – Vol. 1049: Environmental, Technological, Social and Economic Matters : 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Futures, 24/05/2022 – 27/05/2022 Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. – P. 1–10.