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Years ago, I interviewed a graduate student for a job opening. The bottom of the applicant’s resume said “fluent in Spanish.” So I asked, in Spanish, “where did you learn Spanish?” The applicant, eyes wide open, hesitated before saying, “well, more…
This is the fourth in a series related to Forisk’s Q3 2015 forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for the United States and Canada. This post includes an excerpt from the Q3 “Forisk Facts & Figures.” Each issue, the more…
The Forisk team summarizes the potential impact of the UK’s decision to no longer exclude renewable electricity from the Climate Change Levy (CCL) on U.S. wood pellet producers. Summary of Levy Exemption Certificates (LECs) The UK applies a tax called more…
This is the fourth in a series related to the analysis of timber markets and wood baskets. While foresters in Germany and in the U.S. South both drink beer and eat meat, they work in local timber markets trending in more…
This post includes an excerpt from the bioenergy research published in the Q2 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication. Wood bioenergy projects have slowed in the U.S.; meaningful potential growth, if realized, will occur in the next five years. The figure below more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the Q2 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication written by Amanda Lang, Brooks Mendell, David Garrett, and Heather Clark. The article analyzes global pellet demand and the implications for pine pulpwood more…
For wood users and timberland investors in the United States, global and national analyses, while useful, can mislead when thinking through the relevance of wood bioenergy in specific local markets. Wood bioenergy, as a “point source” of wood demand for more…
This post includes excerpts from the Q1 2015 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ). The chapter on wood bioenergy details the current status and expected progress of the wood pellet, wood electricity and wood biofuels sectors in the United States, and their more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the November/December edition of Wood Bioenergy US (WBUS) written by Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang. The article reviews recent developments in the wood power sector, and projects the future electricity generation and more…
This post includes an excerpt from the feature article in the September/October edition of Wood Bioenergy US (WBUS) written by Brooks Mendell and Amanda Lang. The article illustrates the incremental impact of wood bioenergy markets and the critical impacts of project-specific more…