Use of biomass as renewable source in Panay

Abstract

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) to implement the project "Forest and Climate Protection Panay 2". In the framework of this project a feasibility study has been prepared on the potential of bio-energy to replace fossil fuel (especially coal and bunker oil) and reduce the carbon emissions. Of special interest is the potential of biomass (wood and agricultural residues) for the decentralized supply of communities and households with electricity, heat for drying rice, copra, abaca and lumber, and cooling. The study has been carried out by German consultant Dr. Andreas Ortwein and Philippine consultant Jeriel G. Militar from Central Philippine University, Iloilo, Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (AREC). The study has been implemented in a mission in March 2015.