Block I

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Russian-Swedish Forest Sector Cooperation
Programme (RSFSCP)

• Block I Extension and dissemination of
  sustainable forest management principles and
  experiences
• Block II Developing forest policies and
  strategies, and restructuring state forest
  administration
• Block III Upgrading higher education and
  training in selected fields of the forest sector

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• Eight topics have been tentatively chosen
  for the development of Block III to be further
  discussed and elaborated together with the
  Russian Partners
• III1 Establishing Focal Training Centres, Design
  and Installation of a Distance-Learning Platform
• III2 Training in Adding Value to Forestry and
  Wood Processing
• III3 Training in Use of Wood for Energy
  Purposes
• III4 Training in CTL Harvesting Methods,
  Technique and Equipment
• III5 Training in Operational Planning of
  Logging and Wood Supply Operations
• III6 Training in Criteria and Indicators of
  Sustainable Forest Management
• III7 Training in Accessibility of Forest
  Resources and Development of Forest Roads
• III8 Training in Forest Economy
• Activities will focus on training of
  trainers/teachers

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• Overall Scope and Objectives of Subproject
• to transfer knowledge and experiences regarding
  the use of wood raw material for energy purposes
  to Russian teachers/instructors at selected
  educational institutions universities,
  colleges
• to assist in elaborating curriculum, developing
  certain training components and preparing
  relevant training material for courses focusing
  on production, processing, and use of wood raw
  material for energy at the selected educational
  institutions
• to assist in integrating developed training
  components into ordinary education programme for
  young students
• to assist in providing short courses for further
  training of already employed people
• to establish networks between Russian and Swedish
  educational institution for sustainable contacts
  and cooperation

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• The Subproject is supposed to cover following
  issues
• Biofuel/wood fuels terminology, definitions,
  characteristics, etc.
• Raw material supply and availability logging
  residues, non-industrial wood, industrial
  byproducts/wood waste, etc.
• Harvesting/raw material gathering techniques
  equipment, work methods, etc.
• Further processing and upgrading chips,
  briquettes, pellets, powder, gasification, etc.
• Transports, fuel handling and storing
• Burning techniques production of heat and/or
  electricity
• Handling and recycling of ash
• Flue gas cleaning
• Economy
• Environmental aspects in the forest, at forest
  industries, at energy plants locally and
  globally
• Organizational aspects supply systems, trading,
  etc.

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• Target Groups and Beneficiaries
• Moscow State Forest University, Moscow
• St. Petersburg State Technical Forest Academy,
  St. Petersburg
• Lisino Forestry College, Leningrad region
• Arkhangelsk State Engineering University,
  Faculty of Forestry, Arkhangelsk
• State Scientific Center of Timber Industry
  Complex, Moscow (SSCTIC).
• Syktyvkar Forest Institute, Republic of Komi

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• Practical Organization of the Project
  Implementation
• education/training activities for 2-3 teachers
• from each involved institution
• preparation of a course manual on the project
• topic
• study tour to Sweden and Finland

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• Project results
• Project Meeting I was held in St Petersburg on
  April 20th 2006. Presentation of the project
  partners and discussion of the projects aims and
  scope took place.
• Workshop Education and Research Development in
  the Field of Bioenergy was held in continuation
  of Meeting I on April 21st at Lisino Biocenter.
• Project Meeting II was held in Moscow on
  September 25th 2006. Principal agreement on the
  contents of student manual has been achieved.

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• Project results, continuation
• Workshop and Training session were carried out at
  Moscow State Forest University June 19-20 2007
• Study Tour to Sweden and Finland was organized by
  the Department of Bioenergy SLU and carried out
  October 1-9 2007
• Course manual Forest Bioenergy has been
  developed in collaboration and published with
  release in Spring 2008

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Study Tour to Sweden and Finland
The study tour was carried out 1-9 October 2007 .
14 representatives from Moscow State Forest
University, St. Petersburg State Forest
Technical Academy, Lisino Forest College and
Biocenter Lisino have taken part in its
activities.
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Contact with Swedish Authorities and Higher
Education Institutions
The participants have met the representatives of
the responsible Swedish authorities (Swedish
Energy Agency, Swedish Forestry Agency, Swedish
Environmental Agency), International authorities
(Baltic-21), Swedish and Finnish Higher Education
and Research Institutions (KTH and SLU, Sweden,
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)
and had possibility to make acquaintance with
energy policy, environmental policy and related
scientific research and education programs.
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Industrial contacts
The participants have had a good possibility to
make a detailed acquaintance with practical
details of bioenergy production and use in Sweden
and Finland. They have visited in Sweden, in
particular, Naturbränsle AB, Enköping CHP,
GlashusEtt in Hammarby Sjöstad, Kungsängsgården
in Uppsala, Hallstavik paper mill, CHP plant in
Hässelby, and also METLA in Finland
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• Contents of the Course manual
• Forest Bioenergy
• Introduction
• 1. Sustainable energy use and the prospects of
  bioenergy applications (Dr. Matti Parikka, SLU)
• 2. The state of the wood fuel power engineering
  in Russia and in Europe (A. Levin, MSFU, T.
  Stern, Dep. Of Bioenergy, SLU)
• 3. Types of wood fuel, availability features (D.
  Chernikovsky, St. Petersburg Forest Academy, V.
  Kholodkov, Lisino Forestry College )
• 4. Production, logistics and storage of wood
  fuel. (A. Levin, MSFU)

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• Course manual draft Use of Wood for Energy
  Purposes
• (continued)
• 5. Combustion of wood fuel (V. Lyubov,
  Arkhangelsk State Technical University, T.Stern,
  SLU)
• 6. Heat and power production (A. Chromenko and
  A. Levin MSFU)
• 7. Environmental effects of biofuel combustion
  (G. Seisenbaeva, SLU)
• 8. Economic and social effects of bioenergy
  development (N. Khutorova, MFSU)
• 9. Wood energy markets in the mid- 2000
  (2005-2006) ( B.Hillring, Dep. Of Bioenergy, SLU)
• Prospects for the development of the forest
  sector and bioenergy use in Russia and in the
  World

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• Contact persons at the
• Department of Bioenergy SLU
• Bengt Hillring, Head of the Department,
• Tel. [phone], E-mail Bengt.Hillring_at_et.slu
  .se
• Gulaim Seisenbaeva,
• Tel. [phone], E-mail Gulaim.Seisenbaeva_at_et
  .slu.se
• Almir Karacic
• Tel.[phone], E-mail Almir.Karacic_at_et.slu.s
  e
• Tatjana Stern
• Tel. [phone], E-mail Tatjana.Stern_at_et.slu.
  se
• Thank you for your attention!