Economic feasibility of forest biomass feedstock supply chains: clean and dirty chips for bioenergy applications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
HakSoo Ha ◽  
Tristan R. Brown ◽  
Ryan J. Quinn ◽  
Timothy A. Volk ◽  
Robert W. Malmsheimer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Biomass Feedstock

scholarly journals Sustainability impacts of increased forest biomass feedstock supply – a comparative assessment of technological solutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Tuomasjukka ◽  
Salvatore Martire ◽  
Marcus Lindner ◽  
Dimitris Athanassiadis ◽  
Martin Kühmaier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Comparative Assessment ◽  
Biomass Feedstock

scholarly journals Potential Economic Impacts of Allocating More Land for Bioenergy Biomass Production in Virginia

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Ochuodho ◽  
Janaki Alavalapati ◽  
Pankaj Lal ◽  
Domena Agyeman ◽  
Bernabas Wolde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Biomass Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Biomass Feedstock ◽  
Bioenergy Production ◽  
Land Use Competition

The growing attention to renewable energy and rural development has created greater demand for production of biomass feedstock for bioenergy. However, forest growth rates and the amount of land in most existing forests may not be sufficient to sustainably supply the forest biomass required to support existing forest products industries and the expanding bioenergy industry. Additionally, concerns about agricultural land use competition have dampened expansion of biomass production on agricultural land base. One of the ways to meet the growing forest biomass feedstock demand for bioenergy production is by allocating currently marginal non-forested land for growing bioenergy feedstocks. In Virginia, about 80% of forestland is under nonindustrial private forest ownership. The land use allocation decisions of these private owners are critical for the supply of the forest biomass feedstock to support bioenergy production. We apply a computable general equilibrium model to assess the economy-wide impacts of forestland owners’ willingness to plant pine on non-forested land for woody bioenergy in Virginia. We consider three counterfactual scenarios of biomass feedstock supply increase as intermediate demand for bioenergy production based on forestland owners’ willingness to accept biomass bid prices to set aside more non-forested land for biomass production in Virginia under general equilibrium conditions. Overall, the results show an increase in social welfare and household utility but a marginal decline in GDP. However, increased demand of biomass from logging sector depressed the manufacturing sector (the wood manufacturing sub-sector particularly), which also relies on the logging sector for its intermediate inputs. Results from this study provide insights into the bioenergy land use competition debate, and pathways towards sustainable bioenergy feedstock supply.

An international review of the most productive and cost effective forest biomass recovery technologies and supply chains

2017 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Ghaffariyan ◽  
Mark Brown ◽  
Mauricio Acuna ◽  
John Sessions ◽  
Tom Gallagher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
International Review ◽  
Biomass Recovery

A techno-economic feasibility assessment on small-scale forest biomass gasification at a regional level

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 6565-6576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Dell’Antonia ◽  
Sirio R. S. Cividino ◽  
Olga Malev ◽  
Gianfranco Pergher ◽  
Rino Gubiani
Keyword(s):  
Forest Biomass ◽  
Biomass Gasification ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Feasibility Assessment

scholarly journals Evaluating fuel switching options in the Swedish iron and steel industry under increased competition for forest biomass

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinedu Maureen Nwachukwu ◽  
Elias Olofsson ◽  
Robert Lundmark ◽  
Elisabeth Wetterlund
Keyword(s):  
Steel Industry ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Forest Biomass ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Iron And Steel Industry ◽  
Iron And Steel ◽  
Energy System Model

Significant use of forest biomass in the iron and steel industry (ISI) to mitigate fossil CO2 emissions may impact biomass availability for other users of the same resource. Increased competition for biomass will likely have an effect on both the price of forest biomass assortments and on the economic feasibility of the ISI’s investments in biomass utilisation. This paper explores the market effects of increased biomass competition and the interactions between the ISI and the forest industry sectors. A soft-linking approach is employed that combines a spatially explicit techno-economic energy system model and a partial equilibrium model. This allows for new equilibrium price developments for different feedstock assortments to be endogenously modelled in a dynamic and iterative process. The results show that regional price disruptions caused by the ISI’s new biomass use affect geographical preferences for bio-production plants. Forest industries with competing demand for the same biomass assortments are accordingly affected negatively regarding both feedstock allocation and biomass supply costs. If the ISI substitutes fossil fuels and reductants with biomass-based alternatives, forest sector industries and the district heating sector could thus be at an economic disadvantage.

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