Table 4

Substitution effectiveness by fuel and conversion process combination, weighting factors reflecting the current substitutable fossil fuel mix of Thuringia and regional substitution effectiveness for Thuringia (t fossil fuel-C substituted per t of biofuel-C harvested)

Fuel

Heat plant; natural gas

Combined heat and power plant; natural gas

Combined heat and power plant; light heating oil

Heat plant. light heating oil

Power plant; hard coal

Power plant; lignite

Regional substitution effectiveness in Thuringia

Triticum, whole crop

0.36

0.38

0.53

0.54

0.70

0.75

0.49

Populus, short- rotation coppice

0.42

0.44

0.62

0.63

0.80

0.86

0.57

Picea , wood for energy

0.42

0.44

0.62

0.63

0.81

0.87

0.57

Picea, slash

0.44

0.45

0.64

0.65

0.83

0.89

0.59

Triticum, straw

0.45

0.47

0.66

0.67

0.86

0.92

0.61

Weighting factors

0.27

0.27

0.11

0.11

0.07

0.17

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Böttcher et al. Carbon Balance and Management 2012 7:5   doi:10.1186/1750-0680-7-5