Fossil Fuel and Biofuel Boilers in Ukraine: Trends of Changes in Levelized Cost of Heat
Valentyna Stanytsina,
Volodymyr Artemchuk,
Olga Bogoslavska,
Artur Zaporozhets,
Antonina Kalinichenko,
Jan Stebila,
Valerii Havrysh,
Dariusz Suszanowicz
Affiliations
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
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
Antonina Kalinichenko
Institute of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Opole, 45040 Opole, Poland
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
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.
