Possibilities of wood energy (5cr)

Code: ME00DT07-3001

General information

Enrollment: 02.01.2023 - 15.01.2023; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 23.01.2023 - 31.08.2023; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Distance learning

Unit: Department of Forestry, Food and Environmental Technology

Campus: Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 20 - 50

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Forestry

Teachers: Timo Leinonen

Teacher in charge: Timo Leinonen

Groups: VV2022-2023
Optional studies 2022-2023; MEMI20SPA
Forestry, full-time studies; MEMI20SPB
Forestry, full-time studies

Course: ME00DT07

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Objective

You can describe the systems of harvesting and transporting energy wood.
You can evaluate the technical, economic and ecologic sustainability of energy wood production.
You can estimate the consequences of policy changes for the forest sector.

Content

How to choose energy wood harvesting sites?
How do you select the harvesting system?
How do you transport and handle energy wood?
How do you organise the storage of energy wood?

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
- evaluate information sources critically.
- choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
- promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.

Evaluation scale

1-5