Intensifying forest biomass utilization for energy production

该项目将评估在小型气化厂中使用当地来源的木材（包括非商品木材和木材加工残余物）热电联产的可行性。我们将采用遥感和采伐试验来量化安大略中部几个地点的不可销售木材的可采伐量，包括哈利伯顿森林，该森林可能安装热电联产（CHP）工厂，以利用不能作为木材或纸浆出售的木材。我们亦将于哈利伯顿进行生命周期评估，以估计：1）生物能源生产过程中产生的温室气体（GHG）排放（包括减少森林碳储存）; 2）通过取代电网中的燃煤电力而避免的GHG排放; 3）生产生物能源和减少传统能源GHG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.