Intensifying forest biomass utilization for energy production

该项目将评估使用当地来源的木材(包括未出售的木材和磨坊残渣)在小型气化厂热电联产的可行性。我们将使用遥感和收获试验来量化安大略省中部几个地点不可销售的木材的可采收量，包括哈利伯顿森林，那里可能会安装热电联产(CHP)工厂，以利用不能作为木材或纸浆出售的木材。我们还将在哈利伯顿进行生命周期评估，以估计：1)生产生物能源(包括减少森林碳储量)过程中产生的温室气体(GHG)排放；2)通过从电网中取代燃煤发电而避免的温室气体排放；3)生产生物能源和减少传统能源温室气体排放的生命周期成本。

This project will assess the feasibility of using locally-sourced wood (including unmerchantable wood and mill residues) to cogenerate heat and power in small gasification plants. We will employ remote sensing and harvesting trials to quantify the harvestable volume of unmerchantable wood at several sites in central Ontario, including Haliburton Forest where a combined heat and power (CHP) plant may be installed to utilize wood that cannot be sold as timber or pulp. We will also conduct a life cycle assessment at Haliburton in order to estimate: 1) the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions incurred during the production of bioenergy (including reductions in forest carbon storage); 2) the GHG emissions avoided by displacing coal-fired electricity from the grid; 3) the life cycle costs of producing bioenergy and mitigating GHG emissions from conventional energy sources.