Study Guide

Objective

Students will understand the importance of bioenergy as a part of the current and future energy policies in Finland. Students will be familiar with the production process and logistics of the most common bioenergy sources in Finland. They will be able to evaluate critically energy options and technology for a bioenergy plant for a farm.

Content

- Bioenergy policy
- Energy balance
- Bioenergy options and their technologies
- Entrepreneurship in bioenergy

Qualifications

Recommendation: Possibilities of rural areas in Finland , Agrotechnology part farm energytechnology

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students recognize the terms: energy balance, carbon balance and energy potential. They will be able to list some energy crops important in Finland as well as they can list some features of the production system of them.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students will be able to describe terms energy balance and energy potential. Students know the most important bioenergy crops in Finland and will be able to describe shortly the production process and usage of them.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students will be able to describe the importance of bioenergy as a part of the current and future energy policy in Finland. They will be able to use terms such as energy balance and energy potential in their occupational discussions. Students will be able to describe the production process, logistics and usage of most common bioenergy alternatives in Finland.