glenn zane
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Biomass to Products - It Is
Working What Are The
Hurdles?
Presentation at Nevada Biomass
Workshop, June 27, 2006
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Basic Premise
It is a good thing to plan to operate a biomass to
products business in a responsible manner
expecting to make a profit That does not make
it easy!! Arrange for power sales
For wood supplies/Biomass fuel/Other products
For operating personnel
For permitting and other business needs
Arrange to survive accidents
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BVP Site Map
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Fire April 7, 2005
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The Conveyor Reinstalled
August 2005
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The Conveyor Working Again
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Biomass Supply - the Hurdle
Contracting with producers
Biomass Operations Provide a Service to: Ranch operators
Forest land managers Private Federal/State USFS Conventional timber sales/Service
Contracts/Stewardship Contracts
Fixed location woody waste producers
Small capacity sawmill focused on smalldiameter stems
Fitting into the reality of todays forestmanagement
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How do we benefit ranch
operations?
In our area the ranchers focus on Western
Juniper reduction because where we have
Juniper we dont have as much water in springs
or as much grass for range animals Juniper reduces the water available to grow grass
and dramatically reduces spring fed water source
volume
Juniper appears to reduce the survival and growth ofcertain range grasses through alteration of water,
thermal, nutrient and light regimes
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Juniper Ready for Chipping
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Benefit to Forest Managers
Biomass to energy plants offer a means ofproducing an economic good from the stems inoverstocked stands that otherwise would bewasted or worse
Biomass to energy plants associated with smallstem utilization facilities may provide more in theway of economic benefit Value added products seem to be possible from small
diameter trees
Value added products are possible from westernjuniper
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White Fir/Lodgepole Stand
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Same Stand 5 Years After Thinning
To Remove About 20 BDT/ac
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Valuable Products From
Small Trees
Wood from small trees in overstocked stands
has higher density similar to slow growing older,
larger trees
The pieces are smaller therefore expensive to handle The pieces are likely to be more crooked and difficult
to make something from
Combining the biomass to energy plant utilization and
selected use of stems for high value products seemsto make economic sense
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Sawmilling in Low Numbers
It is possible to operate successfully at low
production rates.
California sawmills are high production
operations averaging about 85 MMBF/year
in 2004.
Most areas of the US have low average
annual production per sawmill 1.3
MMBF/year. (Average for Kentucky 2004)
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Sawmilling and production of other
products from small diameter trees
Round Products - Posts, Stakes,
Landscape Timbers
Lumber products for special uses
Cabinetry
Flooring
Shelving
Furniture
Fencing
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Sawmill Configuration
Small log handling at low cost
Log sorter a necessity
Scragg mill type
Some means on handling a few larger logs
Lumber handling in conjunction with low cost
fuel conversion of waste material
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Sawmilling Juniper
High value products Low incidence of useabletrees Specialized Lumber, Alturas California is producing
Juniper lumber and employs about 6 people on a full
time equivalent bases A biomass to energy plant association is a critical
need because of the high incidence of waste
We think not more than one in twenty stems will
produce lumber products Flooring is the current highest value product short
lumber high labor cost to install but beautiful result.
Other products include posts and landscape timbers