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Biomass and Bioenergy from Southern Forests

Biomass and Bioenergy from Southern Forests. Challenge to Forest Research and Development. Outline. Background The Research Model The Key Issue of the Day (Sustainability) FS Sustainable Operations (Auburn LEED) Science Delivery. Why Biomass and Bioenergy?. Energy Price Energy Security

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Biomass and Bioenergy from Southern Forests

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  1. Biomass and Bioenergy from Southern Forests Challenge to Forest Research and Development

  2. Outline • Background • The Research Model • The Key Issue of the Day (Sustainability) • FS Sustainable Operations (Auburn LEED) • Science Delivery

  3. Why Biomass and Bioenergy? • Energy Price • Energy Security • Carbon Footprint—Greenhouse Gases

  4. US Bioenergy Approach • Administration Goals • Policy (RFS, RES) • Incentives • Development loans • R&D Funding

  5. Energy Independence and Security Act 2007 (EISA) The Renewable Fuel Standard

  6. Cellulosic Ethanol 100 gal/odt = 160M odt per year of feedstock If 1/2 comes from forestland = 80M odt per year

  7. ACESA 2009 • Renewable Electricity Standard • 6% 2012 rising to 25% by 2025 • Cap-and-trade program

  8. American Clean Energy and Security Act H.R. 2454 • Harvested through “sustainable mgmt” • Allows limited Fed supply • Defines “sustainable mgmt” • SecAg to issue biomass harvesting guides • Fed monitoring and verification • Study by EPA, DOI, USDA to assess impacts on …

  9. RES/RPS 20% RPS = 62M odt per year

  10. Current roundwood production 16 B cf = 160M odt

  11. Double woody fiber production

  12. Federal Incentives (BCAP) • Establish BCAP zones at biorefineries • Landowner contracts • 75% of establishment • Annual land rent • $1 for $1 match at harvest • 15 yr contracts for woody crops • Regs being developed by FSA for 2010

  13. Southern Env Law Center

  14. www.pinchot.org

  15. Key Questions • Extent of harvesting and impacts • Sustainability/long-term site productivity • Land-use change • Efficiency of conversion • Emissions/life cycle analysis • Impact of policy/market distortions

  16. Not about “wood to energy” • Acceptable resource management • Major extension of public interest in private land management—not just water and endangered species anymore • Potential to have greater impact on forest management than any other policy development since 1970’s Where are we in this debate?

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