Feeding the Cellulosic Biorefinery with
Woody Biomass:
Feedstock Supply and Logistics
Jim Dooley
Forest Concepts, LLC
www.forestconcepts.com
Corn Ethanol
Fagen Engineering
Corn Ethanol
Fagen Engineering
Chemical Pulp
Weyerhaeuser Company
300 Million Tons Woody Biomass
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30 Billion gallons ethanol per year (100 gal/ton)
1.5 million green tons per day
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Each biorefinery would process 5,000 tons per day
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Produce 500,000 gallons ethanol per day
TODAY: 123 Chemical Pulp Mills in US
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60,000 truckloads per day from woods to refinery
300 truckloads per day if 200 biorefineries
Use 56 million tons of wood
Large modern pulp mill uses 4,700 tons per day
Where are you going to site the next 200?
Woody Biomass Sources
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Urban Greenwood
Urban C&D
Landclearing – homes, commercial, roads…
Forest fire prevention and health
Forest residuals – logging, mill waste
Non-industrial forest harvest
Industrial Forestry
Energy Plantations
Forest Lands of United States
Feedstock Situation
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Supply is abundant, BUT….
Costs and competing uses are issues
No national standards or specifications exist
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Ad hoc criteria for each mill
State what is not acceptable
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Vs. what is preferred with market incentives
A Different Paradigm
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Industrial Biomass Feedstock Supply Industry
Separate dirty and clean end of facilities
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Based on well defined commodity feedstocks
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Packaged appropriately for users
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Transported via conventional rail, barge, truck
Contact:
Forest Concepts, LLC
3320 W. Valley Hwy. N., Ste D110
Auburn, WA 98001
Ph: 253.333.9663
www.forestconcepts.com
Attitude (Framing)
Scavenged Forest Residuals
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Value-Added Co-products
Forest Concepts
Smallwood Utilization – Markets
Products in YELLOW are currently produced / sold by Forest Concepts
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Christmas trees – natural look
Mine props
Firewood
Posts and Poles
Furniture Poles
Log Home & Trail Railings
ProjectPolesTM
Cabin Logs
Utility Poles
Pilings
Biomass Energy Fuel
Pulp & Paper Chips
Landscape Mulch
Compost
Veneer blocks
Craft, Promotional & Gift Items
ELWd® Bioengineering Structures
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34 Markets
Rough Sawn Lumber & Timbers
Planed, Dried & Graded Lumber
Pallet lumber
Veneer pallet stacking sheets
Shavings for Animal Bedding
Sawdust & Granules for Bedding
Wood Excelsior – Packaging
Wood Excelsior – Erosion Control
Wood Strand – Erosion Control
OSB / Engineered Wood Panels
Wood Energy Pellets
Cement-Wood Composite
RTA Fencing Kits
RTA Landscape Products
RTA Roundwood Structures
Flooring – T&G boards
Character Wood Boards & Molding
Forest Concepts, LLC
Current Situation – Timber Towns
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Big, Benevolent, Dominant Corporate Entity is Gone
from the Scene
Land Base is Stable
Timber is Still Growing
Landowners Need Income
Residents Still Want Forest-Related Careers
Public Policy and Markets are Encouraging Stronger
Forest Stewardship Ethic
Public Policy Encouraging Watershed, Wildlife and
Water Quality Improvement Programs
Communities Moving Beyond “Woe be Me” Stage
Forest Concepts, LLC
Gap Analysis
Public Policy
• Forest Stewardship
• Fuel Reduction Thinning
• Increased Recreational Use
• Rural Community Revitalization
• Urban waste/landfill Control
• Bio-based Products
• Renewable Energy
Local Forest Landowners
• Lack Customers for Wood
• Inefficient Forest Products Market
• Need Revenue from Management Operations
• High Costs for Small Units & Selective Harvest
Gaps
• Adequate return to landowner
• Marketing & Logistics
• Forest Operations Contractors
• Product Specifications
• Long-term customers
“Enclave Concept”
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Industrial Complex
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Cohesive Group
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Distinct Culture
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Cooperative & Co-dependent Enterprises
Sustainable Forestry & Natural Resource Ethic
Market-based Solutions to Sustainability
Smallwood Competent
Within Larger Social System
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Established Infrastructure, Markets
Traditional Communities & Governments
Local, Regional and National Public Policies
Forest Concepts
Forest Concepts, LLC
Ecosystem Restoration Worldviews
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Recreate closest approximation to historic condition
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Intervene to stop un-natural processes
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Then allow natural processes
Manage in perpetuity to preserve condition
Allow natural processes to continue
Enhance ecosystem with modest efforts
Provide “bridging solutions” to jump-start natural processes
Exclude all human-related activity and let Nature take
its course