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According to Wood Bioenergy US, wood pellet and wood-to-electricity plants in the continental US will consume over 30 million green tons in 2010. This is based on screening the 376 wood-consuming, announced and operating bioenergy projects in the Wood Bioenergy US database more…
Recent articles and media coverage of wood bioenergy projects and policies raised questions about carbon accounting, the role of subsidies and biomass definitions. However, policy-makers and forest owners can benefit from a rooted understanding of what we know versus technologies more…
If a tree falls in the woods, is it available raw material for a wood bioenergy facility? Not necessarily. Intense investment and regulatory focus on wood bioenergy has raised questions from both the environmental community and the traditional forest products more…
Forisk has expanded its coverage of operating and announced wood-using bioenergy projects from the US South to the continental US. Next month’s post will include a summary of national wood bioenergy activity. For information regarding the detailed US-wide bioenergy database, more…
Recent analysis and reporting of wood bioenergy markets in the US fail to take into account the prohibitive economics and back-bending logistics required to successfully start, build and operate wood-using bioenergy projects. First, the Environmental Working Group published a white more…
Locating, financing, constructing and operating wood-using bioenergy projects go beyond drafting a pro forma and wishing upon a star. The reality is complicated, difficult and time-consuming. Last year, we developed a methodology to help forest owners and other wood-market more…
In the May issue of Wood Bioenergy South, we updated our conversion of gallons of cellulosic ethanol to 40 gallons per green ton of wood. This change was made based on research from the Department of Energy, which published an more…
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…
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…
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…