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Forest Resources and
Markets in the South
Rajan Parajuli PhD Assistant Professor amp Extension Specialist
Department of Forestry and
Environmental Resources NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
Outline
bull Forest resources in the US South
bull Timber use trends
bull Industrial wood pellets
bull Southern timber market outlook
Forest resources in the South
Total Forestland 2455 million acres-- 46 of the
total land---32 of total US forestland
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Timberland area steady but not static
Source FIA
Forest ownership in the South
Private corporate 28
Private non-corporate 58
Public 14
A privately owned largely un-regulated landscape
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
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20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
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20
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20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
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Outline
bull Forest resources in the US South
bull Timber use trends
bull Industrial wood pellets
bull Southern timber market outlook
Forest resources in the South
Total Forestland 2455 million acres-- 46 of the
total land---32 of total US forestland
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Timberland area steady but not static
Source FIA
Forest ownership in the South
Private corporate 28
Private non-corporate 58
Public 14
A privately owned largely un-regulated landscape
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
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20
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20
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20
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20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 3: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Forest resources in the South
Total Forestland 2455 million acres-- 46 of the
total land---32 of total US forestland
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Timberland area steady but not static
Source FIA
Forest ownership in the South
Private corporate 28
Private non-corporate 58
Public 14
A privately owned largely un-regulated landscape
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
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20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
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20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 4: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Timberland area steady but not static
Source FIA
Forest ownership in the South
Private corporate 28
Private non-corporate 58
Public 14
A privately owned largely un-regulated landscape
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
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20
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38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 5: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Forest ownership in the South
Private corporate 28
Private non-corporate 58
Public 14
A privately owned largely un-regulated landscape
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 6: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Forest-type groups by ownership
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 7: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Southwide forest inventorycarbon stock
increasing
7
tree
dead litter understory
soil
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 8: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
In the southern forest wherersquos the carbon stock Carbon Stock
and wherersquos the sequestration
Carbon Sequestration
Source Abt SOFAC 8
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 9: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Fully-grown trees dominate
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 10: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Annual growth is higher than harvests
Growth to drain ratio Softwoods Hardwoods Total
Average annual net growth volume (billion cu ft)
971 471 1443
Average annual 614 252 866 removals (million cu ft)
Growth to Drain Ratio 158 187 167
Annual harvest is less than annual growth Source USDA FS FIA
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 11: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The economic importance of forestry in
the South
Source SGSF 2013
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 12: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Timber Markets in the US South
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pri
ce (
$t
on
)
Pine Sawtimber Pine Chip-N-Saw Pine Pulpwood
Hardwood Sawtimber Hardwood Pulpwood
5
10
0
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
South-Wide Regional Timber Price Trends 2005-2019 (Timber-Mart South 2019)
Pine sawtimber prices have dropped almost 40
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 13: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
US Housing Market
75 of structural wood products go to housing
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Ho
usi
ng
Star
ts (
00
0)
Single-family Multi-family
bull A primary driver of the wood product industry
bull Housing market continues to improve albeit slowly Research shows not
much of room to increase
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
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20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
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20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
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140
120
100
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40
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0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
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20
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 14: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
OversupplymdashInventory is accumulating
Pine non-Sawtimber Inventory on Pine Sawtimber Inventory on Plantations Plantations
2011-2015 avg increase = 11
2011-2015 avg increase = 28
14
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
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20
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20
31
20
32
20
33
20
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20
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20
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20
37
20
38
20
39
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140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
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20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 15: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Why Tree Planting Cycles in
the South We planted a lot of trees 30 yrs agomdash Supported by federal programs
15
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
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20
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34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 16: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16
51 261 PSTPPW
becomes more important
Pine sawtimber prices decline Relative to Everything PPW price
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
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20
28
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20
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31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 17: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Harvest details timber product output
(demand) w2015 TPO
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 17
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
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20
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20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 18: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Pine pulpwood and Other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 18
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
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20
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20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 19: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Hardwood pulpwood and other (includes pellets and energy)
7302019 SOFAC - 2019 19
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
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20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
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30
20
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20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 20: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Small proportion but increasing trend
TPO MCF
In 2015 pellet consumption (18 of total pine pulpwood) 19 of total hardwood pulpwood 20
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 21: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
2015 TPO wood consumption
pelletenergy of pulpwood by state
Large enough share to affect market
21
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 22: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
But how much of total timber goes to pellet industry
About 2 of
all southern timber products and 27 of all industrial fuelwood output
Brandeis and Abt 2019
22
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 23: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Annual biomass capacity
Source Forest Resources of the US 2017
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 24: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Wood2Energy Mills
Source wood2energyorg
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
Hardwood Sawtimber PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
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20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
20
34
20
35
20
36
20
37
20
38
20
39
20
40
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 25: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Wood pellet capacity in the US South
Southern capacity increased more than fivefold since
2009
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
20
18
20
19
20
20
20
21
20
22
20
23
20
24
20
25
20
26
20
27
20
28
20
29
20
30
20
31
20
32
20
33
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 26: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
We Have Not Reached Peak Pellets
Recently Added or Announced
Capacity
26
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
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160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 27: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Pulpmill consumption trends
How does sawmill production affect pellets
Hardwood Decline
Pulpmills switch to roundwood
when mill residues
disappear Pulpmills and
pellet mills compete for
sawmill residue
27
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
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90
85
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 28: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Pellet demand and pulpwood prices
Price
Pellet Capacity
Pellet mills have caused a structural change in the pulpwood prices
28 Kanieski et al 2019
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 29: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
29
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 30: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Envivarsquos feedstock sources
Feedstock varies by the region
30 Source Enviva
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 31: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
NE NC hardwood
Mill consumption and inventory
Franklin Mill Closure Enviva Hwd Sawtimber
31
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 32: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Pellets in NC
ACF Dunn 32
Pine Piedmont
Hwd N Coastal Plain
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
105
100
95
90
85
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 33: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
with pellet demand
Pellets demand Promising
UK electricity generation from all 37 of energy from renewable bio-energy resources at a record high in 2018 110 Twh
33
Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
80
90
95
100
105
110
115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Hardwood Pulpwood 115
110
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100
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
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Pellets demand Promising
Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries Japan S Korea and India
Source FORISK
The two largest pellet producers in North AmericandashEnviva and Pinnaclendashhave off-take contracts to Asia that will total more than
34 33 million metric tons per year by 2023
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
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PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 35: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
Southern timber markets projections
bull Subregional Timber Supply (SRTS) model developed
by SOFAC NCSU
bull Based on FIA and TPO data
bull Annually updated bio-economic model
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
110
90
95
100
105
85
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
80
PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
85
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115
PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
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PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 36: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Pulpwood 115
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
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PINE PULPWOOD MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
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PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
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PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 37: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine CNS 120
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Chip-N-Saw MARKETS in the South
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PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 38: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
SRTS projections south-wide
Pine Sawtimber
180
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PriceIndex InvIndex RemIndex
PINE Sawtimber MARKETS in the South
SRTS projections south-wide
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 39: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
SRTS projections south-wide
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Hardwood MARKETS in the South
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 40: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
Summary
bull Forest inventory in the South is rising
bull Different timber market dynamics in the mix of
wood energy and traditional timber products
bull Increased demand has not depleted forests
bull Woody biomass in the south seems a promising
feedstock source
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)
![Page 41: State of Forest Resources in the U.S. South...Pellets demand: Promising Pellet markets are expanding in Asian countries: Japan, S. Korea, and India Source: FORISK The two largest pellet](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022042411/5f2a1578c227185afd7bb48d/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
Thank you
bull Rajan Parajuli 919-513-2579 rparajuncsuedu
bull SOFAC NCSU (Bob Abt and Fred Cubbage)