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1. Forest and Wood Residues
in a Low Carbon Future
C. Scott Miller
Price BIOstock, Marketing Consultant
BIOstock Blog, Editor
May, 2008
2. 14+ million tons
per year
Victoria, Australia
PBS Headquarters
Wood Chipping
3. The Price Companies Business Model
Suppliers receive:
– A fair price for feedstock
– A preferred delivery point
Client specifies:
– Woodchip or other product
– Site of the receiving/processing yard
Price provides:
– Feedstock procurement and delivery
– Design/construction of receiving yard
– Management of preparation facility
4. Overview
The carbon footprint challenge
Lessons learned from the forest products
industry
New tools in our arsenal
Biomass opportunities and challenges
5. USDA - Greenhouse Gas Impact 1990-2030
Temperature
USDA Climate Change Program Office May 2008 Report based on IPCC, 2006
6. USDA - Greenhouse Gas Impact 1990-2030
Temperature Precipitation
USDA Climate Change Program Office May 2008 Report based on IPCC, 2006
7. BIOpower mandates - Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
How will regions meet federal RPS mandates?
State-by-state RPS ~10-20%
Solar
Bioenergy
Wind
PEW Center on Global Climate Change
8. U.S. Energy Consumption Timeline (1775-2000)
‘70s Oil
Civil War - Coal emerges
Crisis
World War I&2 - Oil emerges
Quad
Cold War - Nuclear emerges World
BTU
War II
2 Oil Crises and Global Warming
40
- Renewables re-emerge
World
30 War I
20
Civil
War
10
0
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
15. ‘80’s “Cradle-to-cradle” bioenergy value cycle
+$
Wood Biomass
Waste as
Biomass
an Energy
Conversion
Feedstock Parasitic
Load
- Black liquor
Pulp & Paper
- Sawdust
- Wood residues
- Bark
16. New “Cradle-to-cradle” bioenergy value cycle
Flexible
Feedstock
- Wood
+$
- Energy crops
- Residues
- MSW
Biomass
Waste as
Parasitic Conversion
an Energy
Load
Feedstock
Pulp & Paper
Biofuels
Bioplastics
Centralized Heat
Power to Grid
18. EISA’s mandated growth by fuel - 2006 to 2022
2022
Corn Ethanol
Cellulosic
Biofuels
2012
2005
7.5B x 2012
BioDiesel
Other Biofuels
Green Car Congress
19. Feedstock sustainability: lifecycle GHG compared*
Palm Sugar
Corn Oil Soy Canola Cane
Lifecycle
Roughly 25-50% >75%
GHG vs.
equal less less
Oil-based
The Nature Conservancy
20. Feedstock sustainability: lifecycle GHG compared*
Palm Sugar
Corn Oil Soy Canola Cane
Lifecycle
Roughly 25-50% >75%
GHG vs.
equal less less
Oil-based
Water
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Energy
Resource Consumption
Very High Low
The Nature Conservancy
21. Feedstock sustainability: lifecycle GHG compared*
Palm Agric. Woody
Sugar
Corn Oil Waste Biomass
Soy Canola Cane
Lifecycle
Roughly 25-50% >75% >95% less to
GHG vs.
equal less less net sequestration*
Oil-based
Water
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Energy
*depends on methods & type
Resource Consumption
Very High Low
The Nature Conservancy
22. Feedstock sustainability: lifecycle GHG compared*
Palm Agric. Woody Switch Native
Sugar
Corn Oil Waste Biomass grass prairie Algae
Soy Canola Cane
Lifecycle
Roughly 25-50% >75% >95% less to Net
GHG vs.
equal less less net sequestration* sequestration
Oil-based
Water
Fertilizer
Pesticides
Energy
*depends on methods & type
Resource Consumption
Very High Low
The Nature Conservancy
23. Biofuel energy balance comparison
Sierra Club & Worldwatch Inst. - “Smart Choices for Biofuels”
26. Improving yield per acre
Marginal land adaptability
Shorter, perennial crop rotation -
ideally at 5 years
More carbon sequestration
Better pest and fire resistance
Higher drought and climate
tolerance
Streamline processability
New growing and harvesting
techniques
US DOE, 6/2006
27. Multiple Stresses of a Changing Climate
2003 National Assessment Synthesis Team, US Global Change Research Program
28. Thinnings & salvage
6 of the 7 worst fire seasons
U.S. Forest Fires
1960-2007
Cone Fire - 2002
National Interagency Fire Center, 200
35. The Regulatory “Blend Wall” Challenge
2022
Cellulosic
Biofuels
Corn Ethanol
10%
Blend Wall
BioDiesel
Other Biofuels
Green Car Congress
36. Georgia’s qualifying biomass
Before EISA RFS
23,000,000 acres
One dot = 5,000 acres
Federal land
USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program
37. Georgia’s qualifying biomass
Before EISA RFS
23,000,000 acres
vs. 7,300,000 acres
After RFS
One dot = 5,000 acres
Federal land
USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program
38. California’s qualifying biomass
Before EISA RFS
19,000,000 acres
One dot = 5,000 acres
Federal land
USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program
39. California’s qualifying biomass
Before EISA RFS
19,000,000 acres
vs. 500,000 acres
After RFS
One dot = 5,000 acres
Federal land
USDA Forest Service - Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program
40. Summary
Bioenergy addresses carbon footprint challenge
Forest products industry is a blueprint for
developing integrated biorefineries
Bioenergy infrastructure helps environment
Biomass opportunities and challenges require
advocacy and public education
41. Forest and Wood Residues
in a Low Carbon Future
C. Scott Miller
Price BIOstock, Marketing Consultant
BIOstock Blog, Editor
May, 2008