Sprogrevision for Energy Centre Denmark

Dette 36 sider lange hæfte er en serie referater fra en konference i Tyskland om brugen af halm til fjernvarmeanlæg. Originalsproget
var tysk; herfra var teksten blevet oversat til et engelsk, der trængte til kraftig revision, både hvad angår grammatik og skrivestil. Jeg gennemgik og for det meste også gendigtede samtlige referater i hæftet. Nedenfor ses en af disse tekster efter endt behandling.

Introduction

The use of alternative, renewable fuels has for some time been a major concern of governments, communities and individual citizens interested in protecting the environment and securing a stable energy supply for the foreseeable future. However, good intentions have a way of getting lost in the shuffle of practical problems, and the question of energy supply is no exception.
Quite simply, traditional fuels are cheaper and easier to use. Fossil fuel technology is familiar and readily available, and communities geared to its use are unwilling to convert to an unfamiliar, untried and relatively expensive alternative. But at least in some areas of Europe, these problems are being solved.
This brochure can in no way deal with the entire complex of available energy alternatives. It will, however, present a comprehensive study of a single and rather unusual heating fuel which is renewable, CO2-neutral and has considerable potential for development: straw.
As will be shown in the series of articles that follow, the utilization of straw as a fuel in district heating systems is already commonplace in Denmark, Sweden and Austria. And studies have shown that other countries – Germany in particular – could also benefit by making use of this fuel. The main target group for the workshop upon which these articles are based was the citizenry, utilities, country- and state government of Schleswig-Holstein, which has a large, unused potential for straw-fuel development. Several articles will therefore deal with the German point of view on straw as a heating fuel.
The articles will also focus to a large extent on Denmark, which is the most experienced country in Europe in the utilization of straw-fuelled heating.
Taken as a whole, this brochure may be regarded as a handbook for those interested in learning more about the practical problems – and solutions – presented by straw-fuel technology. It includes a history of straw-fuel utilization, from the small, primitive boilers of the energy crisis era to the modern plants now being built in Denmark. Questions of economy and financing will be dealt with, studies and technical information will be presented, and suggestions will be made as to how the relatively expensive straw-fuel technology can be made more attractive and competitive.
A pair of successful case stories – one from Germany and one from Denmark – will also be reported. Here it will be possible to see in detail how two communities with widely-differing backgrounds dealt with the practical problems of “making the switch" to an alternative heating fuel.
Finally, a study of current trends, a prognosis for the future and a series of recommendations will be made regarding the continued development of straw as a heating fuel in Europe.
In bringing these workshop reports to a larger European audience, it is hoped that the knowledge, suggestions and ideas presented will reach more private and public decision-makers, who in turn will benefit from this information and perhaps be inspired to proceed in a similar manner.

Artiklen udkom i EU-publikationen Heat production from grain and rape-straw in Schleswig-Holstein, forår 1995.

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