in the case of dedicated crops the cost structure is clear and all cost can be allocated to the final product. If cost are estimated for biomass that is specifically produced for energy or biobased products, i.e. The cost data elaboration also requires a feedstock specific approach. Most cost levels were gathered for the year 2012. Most of these data were gathered from statistical sources such as FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network), Eurostat and OECD. VAT) included cover cost/prices for labour (skilled, unskilled and average), fuel, electricity, fertilizers (N, P2O5, K2), machinery, water, crop protection and land. This implies that for the calculation of cost account is taken of national price differences for key inputs for the production process of biomass. The cost also allow for national differentiation of cost according to main inputs having national specific prices levels. In this way annual, perennial crops and forest biomass cost are made comparable (=all expressed in present Euros). To account for the fact that the cost are declining in different periods of time in the future the Net Present Value annuity is applied. This provides for compensating for the time preference of money. Since the production of most biomass is spread over several years, often long term cycles in which cost are incurred continuously while harvest only takes place once in so many years, the Net Present Values (NPV) of the future costs are calculated. labour, energy, fertilisers, lubricants etc.). ABC generates the costs of different components based on specific input and output associated with the choice of the means of production, varying with the local conditions and cost of inputs (e.g. It involves the whole production process of alternative production routes that can be divided in logical organisational units, i.e. The overall methodology followed to calculate the road side cost is the Activity Based Costing (ABC). One way of dealing with this is to assume a fixed percentage on top of the calculated road side cost (typically in the range of 20% - 50%). Activities related to establishing the contract (transaction costs) and other overheads are not (yet) accounted for. The cost up to the road side includes the cost for production prior to harvesting, in case of dedicated perennial crops, crop establishment, fertilizing, crop protection, harvesting/cutting, uprooting, baling, shredding, chipping, crushing collecting and/or densifying in the point of harvest and bringing it to the main road side. The cost for the collection from the road-side to the gate as well as the pre-treatment costs are estimated in other WPs in S2BIOM for specific biomass delivery chains further assessed in models (ReSolve) and the S2BIOM tools ( BeWhere & LocaGIStics) accessible via the main menu in this toolset under 'Tools'. So the cost from road side for transport and possible in-between treatment to the gate of the conversion installation or the pre-treatment installation are NOT included. The cost displayed here are limited to the road-side cost. The road side cost are a fraction of the total ‘ at-gate-cost.' Cost levels assessed here do NOT refer to market prices!įor further short information on biomass cost data assessments see text underneath the cost-supply viewing tool.Īdditional data for biomass cost/supply in Switzerland are available from another project carried out by the Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL within the SCCER-BIOSWEET. Road side cost refer to all biomass production collection and pre-treatment cost up to the road where the biomass is located. The background report providing an extensive description of how the cost supply data was assessed per biomass type is D1.6 . The amount of biomass is displayed on the y-axis and the road side cost level on the x-axis.įor further user instructions open user instructions document. The graph displays the total accumulated biomass (ordered from cheap to expensive) against the average road side cost level for the country/countries and scenario years selected. Welcome to the biomass cost-supply viewer! This tool enables the user to make selections of biomass types for which cost levels can be displayed in a cost-supply graph.
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