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Fossil Fuel and Biofuel Boilers in Ukraine: Trends of Changes in Levelized Cost of Heat

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  • Valentyna Stanytsina

    (Department of the Energy Efficiency and Optimization of Energy Consumption, Institute of General Energy of NAS of Ukraine, 03150 Kyiv, Ukraine)

  • Volodymyr Artemchuk

    (Department of Mathematical Modelling and Econometrics, G.E. Pukhov Institute for Modelling in Energy Engineering of NAS of Ukraine, 03164 Kyiv, Ukraine
    Department of Environmental Protection Technologies and Radiation Safety, State Institution “The Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine)

  • Olga Bogoslavska

    (Department of the Energy Efficiency and Optimization of Energy Consumption, Institute of General Energy of NAS of Ukraine, 03150 Kyiv, Ukraine)

  • Artur Zaporozhets

    (Department of Environmental Protection Technologies and Radiation Safety, State Institution “The Institute of Environmental Geochemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, 03142 Kyiv, Ukraine
    Department of Monitoring and Diagnostics of Energy Objects, Institute of General Energy of NAS of Ukraine, 03150 Kyiv, Ukraine)

  • Antonina Kalinichenko

    (Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, 45040 Opole, Poland
    Department of Information System and Technology, Poltava State Agrarian University, 36003 Poltava, Ukraine)

  • Jan Stebila

    (Department of Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University, 97401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia)

  • Valerii Havrysh

    (Department of Tractors and Agricultural Machines, Operating and Maintenance, Mykolaiv National Agrarian University, 54020 Mykolaiv, Ukraine)

  • Dariusz Suszanowicz

    (Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, 45040 Opole, Poland)

Abstract

An increase in the share of renewables in heat supply systems is a promising direction to reach sustainable development goals and decarbonization. Decision makers should consider various factors, including energy market prices, the availability of biofuels, boiler and auxiliary equipment costs, logistic costs, and the taxation system. In the European Union, the energy crisis causes a rapid increase in fossil fuel prices. Moreover, the use of fossil fuels results in greenhouse gas emissions, which threatens the achievement of sustainable development goals. We studied the influence of the delivery cost and the value of environmental tax rates on the levelized cost of heat. Low-capacity boilers (up to 1 MW) and different fossil and renewable fuels were analyzed. An analysis was carried out on the example of Ukraine. The European trends were factored in. The obtained results showed that biofuel boilers had lower levelized costs of heat than fossil fuel boilers. Delivery costs and environmental taxes have a significant impact on heat energy costs.

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  • Valentyna Stanytsina & Volodymyr Artemchuk & Olga Bogoslavska & Artur Zaporozhets & Antonina Kalinichenko & Jan Stebila & Valerii Havrysh & Dariusz Suszanowicz, 2022. "Fossil Fuel and Biofuel Boilers in Ukraine: Trends of Changes in Levelized Cost of Heat," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-18, September.
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