Effect of policy-based bioenergy demand on southern timber markets: A case study of North Carolina

Abt, Robert C.; Abt, Karen L.; Cubbage, Frederick W.; Henderson, Jesse D.

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.05.007

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“…Other past studies have also identified these same concerns, although the ranking of these issues varies [3,[40][41][42][43]. These differences could be attributed to the changing economy, business climate, political conditions, and region of the country.…”

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Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

2016

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Background: The goal of the study is to examine the general public's understanding and perceptions of bioenergy and biofuels in North Carolina (NC) and Tennessee (TN). The study focuses on the public concerns, support and risk evaluations of alternative bioenergy feedstocks and biofuels, and includes an assessment of the economic, environmental, social, and policy impacts of bioenergy production and use. Methods: A sample of consumers in NC and TN were surveyed in the fall of 2013 and spring of 2014 for their perceptions about bioenergy and specifically, biofuels for transportation. Five hundred eighty-six consumers completed the questionnaire electronically (376 in NC and 210 in TN). Results: Respondents reported that the price and vehicle compatibility with biomass-based transportation fuels were the most important factors in their choice of biofuels over gasoline at a pump. Results show that the acceptance of bioenergy depends on the extent of knowledge and available information to consumers about the energy source. A principal component analysis (PCA) indicated seven distinct dimensions of consumer's perception about bioenergy. The key dimensions are the following: how bioenergy benefits the society, risks of bioenergy use, government support for bioenergy, increase in food cost, conditional use of trees, support for low-cost biofuel alternative to current energy, and market attributes of bioenergy purchase. Conclusions: The findings from this study reflect the need for communicating the benefits and risks from the use of bioenergy to the general public through trustworthy channels of communication and targeted policy, market, and institutional support.

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Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

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“…Analyses of the potential for these additionality processes have been largely confi ned to intensive plantation forestry in the southeastern United States (e.g., Abt et al 2010 ;Guo et al 2011 ). Studies of land-use change in the northeastern United States have highlighted a dramatic increase in forestland over the past century but suggest that total forestland area is likely to have stabilized or even begun to drop (Drummond and Loveland 2010 ).…”

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Carbon Cycle Implications of Forest Biomass Energy Production in the Northeastern United States

Canham

2013

Wood-Based Energy in the Northern Forests

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“…While bioenergy, properly deployed in modern, efficient power plants, has a number of environmental and social advantages, financial hurdles remain (Scott et al 2012). Specifically, advanced bioenergy has great potential to mitigate climate change, provide the United States with additional energy independence, energize rural economies, and support a long-term sustainable future (Resch et al 2008;Abt et al 2010). Sustainably-grown biomass is largely accepted in a carbon-neutral energy form, although the details of the biomass supply chain, biomass growth rate, and the geographic region specifics need to be carefully defined to verify this claim (Mathews 2008;Johnson 2009).…”

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Systematic Review of Torrefied Wood Economics

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This literature review aims to provide a systematic analysis of studies on the financial aspects of producing torrefied biomass and torrefied pellets. There are substantial differences in the specific technologies, operating conditions, scale of the demonstration, and properties of biomass feedstock. There is a lack of reports that consider the entire supply chain, which is required for an understanding of the high-cost steps. To obtain a robust view of the torrefaction processes' financial prospects the authors have used both peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed papers that allowed the researchers to include thirty-one papers in this analysis. All these studies establish that the prices of the biomass and the final torrefied product are critical. The product yield and caloric content, which are related to pricing, were also key financial drivers. The lower freight costs due to high-energy density of the torrefied pellets was recognized and calculated, but some other benefits were not quantified. There is a need for a detailed and flexible torrefaction financial model that includes variations in financial assumptions and biomass properties. Given the uncertainty around many specific steps, there is value in including stochastic tools in these financial analyses.

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Effect of policy-based bioenergy demand on southern timber markets: A case study of North Carolina

Cited by 34 publications

References 9 publications

Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

Public perception of bioenergy in North Carolina and Tennessee

Carbon Cycle Implications of Forest Biomass Energy Production in the Northeastern United States

Systematic Review of Torrefied Wood Economics

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