Your choices:
1 Residual oils/fats etc.; 2 Process heat; 3 Fuel: liquid
| What is your resource? | What do you want to deliver? | What is the service the customer wants? |
| Biomass (digestible sludge) | District cooling | Comfortable indoor climate |
| Biomass (fermentable sludge) | District heating | Electricity |
| Biomass (solid) | Electricity | Process cooling (< 0 °C) |
| Geothermal | Fuel: Gaseous | 2 Process heat/steam (50 - 150 °C) |
| Sunshine | 3 Fuel: Liquid | 2 Process heat (150 - 1000 °C) |
| Water | Fuel: Solid | 2 Process heat (> 1000 °C) |
| Wind | Local cooling (ind. house) | Transport |
| 1 Residual oils/fats etc | Local heating (ind. house) |
FAME can be used to replace light fuel oil in any process. However, the corrosive properties of FAME will be different from those experienced in fossil oil firing so it is advisable to review the materials used in the oil supply system.
Hence; if the main energy service to be met is to deliver process heat and if the resource is residual oils and fats, there will be no incentive to also deliver fuel to other customers – unless of course there is an over-capacity at the up-grading plant.