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Forest Service Technical Assistance for Woody Biomass Utilization

Forest Service Technical Assistance for Woody Biomass Utilization. NAASF Forest Resource Planners Meeting State College, PA June 7, 2012. Wood Education and Resource Center. Princeton, WV.

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Forest Service Technical Assistance for Woody Biomass Utilization

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  1. Forest Service Technical Assistance for Woody Biomass Utilization NAASF Forest Resource Planners Meeting State College, PA June 7, 2012

  2. Wood Education and Resource Center Princeton, WV

  3. Foster interaction and information exchange with the forest products industry to enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood region of the United States. The WERC Mission

  4. Today’s Presentation • Technical Support for Woody Biomass Utilization • Financial Support for Implementation

  5. Why utilize biomass for thermal applications? • Environmental and Social • Renewable energy • Replace fossil fuel (foreign) • Markets for low-use wood (waste, forest residues) • Most efficient use of limited biomass resource (thermal and thermally-led CHP 70 – 90% thermal efficiency) • Carbon neutral (sale on voluntary market) • Economic • Energy dollars stay local • Energy savings to owner

  6. Technical Assistance Team Focus • Expand the efficient use of woody biomass • Thermal (heating/cooling) applications • CHP energy projects • District systems • Use proven systems to increase efficiency • Advance Wood Combustion systems • Thermal Storage • Encourage system monitoring

  7. Thermally-led Biomass CHP (Backpressure Steam Example) • 1 ton wood = 10 mmBtu (HHV) = $40 • 200 kWh • 7.2 mmBtu steam • $40 in wood offsets $200 in energy costs • 65 gal fuel oil ($180) • 200 kWh from grid ($20) • Without using the heat, purchased $40 of wood to offset $20 of electricity

  8. WERC Technical Assistance Team • Wood energy and value-added options • State Forester and local champions identify projects • Facility owner/entrepreneur provides background information and data • WERC Team provides a pre-feasibility analysis

  9. Wood Energy Technical Assistance Process • State Forester and Local champions identify 8-10 project sites • Local champions help facility owners to complete energy system data collection • WERC schedules site visits • WERC Team prepares a pre-feasibility analysis

  10. WERC Technical Assistance Process • WERC Team presents analysis to owner • Owner decides to move forward • WERC Team provides more detailed engineering and financial analysis • WERC Team provides technical support in financing and implementation • Owner selects final designer and builder

  11. Crawford Central Biomass CHP District Heating (hot water) High School Tech School • 550,000 sf total space • 8.0 mmBtu/hr wood chip boiler • 6,000 gallon thermal storage tank • 190 kW steam turbine/gen set • $3.0 Million project cost • Replace 27,000 mcf ngas/year (80%) • 2,700 tons wood chips per year • $200,000 annual savings ($8/mcf) • 500 MWh/yr generated (15%) Rec Complex

  12. Sullivan County School Complex • 140,000 sf school • 2.8 mmBtu/hr wood chip boiler • 3,000 gallon thermal storage tank • $1.5 Million project cost • Replace 45,000 gal fuel oil/year (85%) • 750 tons wood chips per year • $100,000 annual savings

  13. Forest Service Financial Support • Woody Biomass Utilization Grants - FPL • State and Private Forestry Competitive Allocation Process

  14. Woody Biomass Utilization Grants • Managed by FPL Technology Marketing Unit(TMU) • Improve Markets for Woody Biomass • Support for final project design • Approx. $2-3 million in 2012 • Maximum Grant - $250,000.

  15. State and Private Forestry Competitive Allocation Process • Tied to State Forest Plan Strategies • Must partner with State Forestry agency • 50:50 matching requirement • Minimum proposal $30,000 • No projects greater than $1.5 million

  16. Outcomes Since 2009

  17. Project Metrics

  18. Heat with Wood And Cool the Planet

  19. For more information http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ea/werc/werc.shtm/

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