ESTUDIO DE BIOMASA EN EL CAMPO DE CARTAGENA PARA EL AUTOCONSUMO DE ENERGÍA ELÉCTRICA EN EL SECTOR PRIVADO Y PUBLICO

Abstract

The Campo de Cartagena consists of a total area of 1600 km2. Within this area 1188.02 km2 of land is dedicated to agriculture, of which 288.58 km2 is cultivated with woody crops. Through Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and specifically the gvSIG software, the current guidelines and regulations are studied in order to determine restrictions (lands, protected areas, crop areas, etc). A study is carried out of the quantity of biomass and potential energy that can be extracted from each of the areas studied. According to what has been studied, multicriteria analysis is performed, which studies the thermodynamic cycle that will work with different biomass plants and the problems of biomass and electricity supply in each municipality. Finally, the viability of building a biomass plant in each of the municipalities of the Campo de Cartagena is studied, the different criteria (performance costs, administrative costs, operating costs, electricity consumption, etc.) are taken. This viability study provides a clear view of the real power of the biomass of woody crops of this region, as well as a future vision so as to be able to invest in this kind of renewable energy through both private as well as public investment.