Supply potential and annual availability of timber and forest biomass resources for energy considering inter-prefectural trade in Japan

Battuvshin, Biligt; Matsuoka, Yusuke; Shirasawa, Hiroaki; Toyama, Keisuke; Hayashi, Uichi; Aruga, Kazuhiro

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104780

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“…As several studies carried out in different EU countries show (see for example [21][22][23][24]), there is uncertainty regarding the amount of biomass available in the EU, and current import options call into question political goals concerning the security of supply and sustainability. The issue of the potential of supply and availability of renewable energy sources, especially forest biomass, is also addressed in studies from outside the EU (as evidenced, for example, by publications [25,26] in Japan, refs. [27,28] in India, refs.…”

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Potential of Forest Biomass Resources for Renewable Energy Production in the Czech Republic

2021

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In the European Green Deal and the Climate Act, the European Union has committed itself to achieving climate neutrality by 2050. This goal is to be achieved by joint efforts of all economic sectors, including forestry and its downstream sectors. One way to attain this goal is the effective and sustainable use of forest biomass for energy production. This article aims to quantify the potential of forest biomass resources for the production of electrical and thermal energy based on official departmental statistics, the current legal framework for forestry and the environment, and research results in the context of an extreme change in the raw material base due to the ongoing calamity caused by the spread of insect pests in the Czech Republic. This extreme can classify as a significant risk to the security of the energy supply from renewable sources in the event of oversizing new installed energy production from renewable sources. Based on data and calculations, an overall annual volume of dendromass available for energy production in the Czech Republic for the period extending to 2036 was quantified at the value of 13.473 million tons per year. Consequently, it is clear that the overall dendromass resources for energy production in the Czech Republic are not sufficient to achieve the EU’s ambitious objective.

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Potential of Forest Biomass Resources for Renewable Energy Production in the Czech Republic

2021

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“…Several studies have focused on the costs of transportation from landing to industry, in which it was assumed that in-forest costs are more or less constant (Nord-Larsen and Talbot, 2004;Panichelli and Gnansounou, 2008;Kamimura et al, 2012). This study has focused more on the costs associated with harvesting, which is similar to several previous studies (Battuvshin et al, 2020;Matsuoka et al, 2021;Yamamoto et al, 2019). Specifically, Yoshioka et al (2011) considered skidding/yarding operations; Accastello et al (2017) considered 10 ground-based logging systems, but not cable logging; and Nakahata et al (2019) applied the optimal bucking method to estimate timber and forest biomass resources.…”

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“…A truck cannot always travel the shortest distance (straight line) between a road data point to the yard, meaning that it is often necessary to detour to an extent depending on the slope. No method for calculating the detour rate has yet been produced for Mongolia; hence, a detour rate that was established for Japan was used in this study (Battuvshin et al, 2020). The detour rate used in this study might not be suitable for Mongolia and warrants further study.…”

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Effects of Site Conditions on Costs and Profitability in the Extraction and Use of Dead Trees in Mongolia

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Shirasawa

et al. 2022

European Journal of Forest Engineering

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This study estimates the costs and profits of extracting dead trees from forests to be sold at provincial centers via sub-provincial centers as lumber, to be sold at sub-provincial centers as firewood and unused materials for the production of energy. The effect of site conditions on cost and profit was examined. Forest registration data including subgroup area, tree species, and forest stocks; polygonal data describing province/sub-province, protected/nonprotected, and subgroup boundaries (shape file); point data of provincial/sub-provincial center (shape file); and linear data about roads (shape file) were acquired from the Mongolian government. Subgroups comprising Siberian larch, Scotch pine, and Asian white birch trees were analyzed. A positive correlation was found between off-road/primary transportation distance and harvesting/total cost; the total cost and ratio of lumber yield in each subgroup, resulting from the additional cost of transporting lumber from the sub-provincial center to the provincial center. The strong positive correlation between profitability and the ratio of lumber yield to the total yield of each subgroup means that profits will increase as more lumber is harvested, although lumber costs more than firewood or other unused wood. Therefore, the extent to which lumber can be harvested from each subgroup has a significant influence on profitability.

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“…Then, annual availability was estimated by dividing the availability by each rotation period. Full technical details on the data analysis methods can be found in earlier papers [1,2].…”

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“…Production forests were extracted as subcompartments where expected revenues surpassed all costs, from planting to final harvest, based on a 55-year rotation. Battuvshin et al [2] expanded the estimates by including three prefectures (Fukushima, Ibaraki, and Gunma) that surround Tochigi, and considering the inter-prefectural trade. Fukushima belongs to Tohoku region whereas Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma belong to Kanto region in Japan.…”

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Supply Potential and Annual Availability of Timber and Forest Biomass Resources for Energy Considering Inter-Prefectural Trade in Tohoku Region of Japan

Matsuoka

Shirasawa

Hayashi

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The 1st International Electronic Conference on Forests—Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation, Inter

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To promote sustainable timber and forest biomass utilization, this study estimated technically feasible and economically viable availability considering forest regenerations. This study focuses on five prefectures, namely, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, and Yamagata, and considers the trade between these prefectures. The data used in this study include forest registration (tree species and site index) and GIS data (information on roads and subcompartment layers) from the prefectures for private and communal forests. Additionally, this study includes GIS data (subcompartment layers, including tree species) from the Forestry Agency of Japan for national forests as well as 10-m-grid digital elevation models (DEMs) from the Geographical Survey Institute. As a result, supply potentials of timber and forest biomass resources were estimated at 11,388,960 m3/year and 2,277,792 m3/year, respectively. Then, those availabilities were estimated at 1,631,624 m3/year and 326,325 m3/year. Therefore, the rate of availabilities to supply potentials was 14.3%. Since timber production, and wood chip usage from thinned woods and logging residues in 2018 were 4,667,000 m3/year and 889,600 m3/year, respectively, the rates of timber and forest biomass resource availabilities to those values were 35.0% and 36.7%, respectively. Furthermore, the demand was estimated at 951,740 m3/year from 100,000 m3/year with the generation capacity of 5 MW. The rate of forest biomass resource availability versus the demand was 34.2%. The rates were increased to 64.1% with an additional regeneration subsidy, 173.3% with the thinning subsidy, and 181.5% with both subsidies. Thus, the estimated availability with both subsidies met the demand sufficiently in this region.

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Supply potential and annual availability of timber and forest biomass resources for energy considering inter-prefectural trade in Japan

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Potential of Forest Biomass Resources for Renewable Energy Production in the Czech Republic

Potential of Forest Biomass Resources for Renewable Energy Production in the Czech Republic

Effects of Site Conditions on Costs and Profitability in the Extraction and Use of Dead Trees in Mongolia

Supply Potential and Annual Availability of Timber and Forest Biomass Resources for Energy Considering Inter-Prefectural Trade in Tohoku Region of Japan

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