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Securing sustainable and reliable sources of raw material is a critical component to mitigating operational risk and obtaining financing for wood-consuming bioenergy projects. Yet, this remains one of the most elusive and challenging elements for bioenergy project managers and investors. more…
Institutional and individual investors often ask, “what is the difference between investing in timberlands directly and buying stock in publicly-traded timberland-owning real estate investment trusts (timber REITs)?” In brief, one is direct ownership of a hard asset while the other more…
Capital Press – The company is most likely letting the market figure out how much the transaction is worth on a per-share basis, said Brooks Mendell, president of Forisk Consulting, a firm that tracks timber industry finances. The Internal Revenue Service more…
In evaluating the potential wood demand and timber investment implications of evolving bioenergy markets, we begin by organizing announced wood-using bioenergy projects into three technological categories: pellets, wood-to-electricity, and cellulosic ethanol. Then, as a first step, we screen out cellulosic more…
Forisk’s market cap weighted FTR (“footer”) Index of publicly-traded, timberland-owning real estate investment trusts (timber REITs) fell 0.48% over the past week as Plum Creek (PCL), Potlatch (PCH), and Rayonier (RYN) released earnings information and absorbed new assessments from ratings more…
Southern demand for pine grade timber raw materials rebounded 6.1% during the 1st quarter of 2010, according to the Wood Demand Report, after reaching five-year lows the previous quarter. Data providers reported that “markets have turned around” while others confirmed more…
According to the March/April summary of Wood Bioenergy South, as of April 14, 2010: 130 wood-consuming bioenergy projects have been announced in the US South. In total, these projects represent potential, incremental wood use of 46.6 million tons/year by 2020. more…
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The EPA validated Forisk’s technology screen this month when it announced that it lowered its 2010 mandate for cellulosic ethanol production from 100 million gallons to 6.5 million gallons – a 94% drop in production targets. According to the February more…
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