The Wood Wedge in New Hampshire

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The Wood Wedge in New Hampshire
Outline The Energy Wedge Concept Factors
determining the size of a wedge The Wood Wedge
in New Hampshire Wood production/Sustainabl
e Yield Conversion efficiencies
Economic considerations Social
considerations environmental/aesthetic
Tools
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The Wedge Concept
The Wood Wedge
S. Pacala and R. Socolow Science - 13 August
2004Vol. 305. no. 5686, pp. 968 - 972
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Factors Determining The Size of a Wedge
The Wood Wedge
Geophysical Availability
Conversion Efficiency
Social/ Environ. Filter
Economic Filter
Aesthetics Environment Local Culture
Costs Prices Externalities
Engineering Transportation Wastes
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Factors Determining The Size of a Wedge
The Wood Wedge
Geophysical Availability Potential Wedge
Engineering Transportation Wastes
Conversion Efficiency
Costs Prices Externalities
Economic Filter
Social/ Environ. Filter
Aesthetics Environment Local Culture
Realized Wedge
2000 Year
2050
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Geophysical Availability
The Wood Wedge
Data Sources Forest Inventory and Analysis
(FIA) Periodic inventory basal area by
species Huge sample size Continuous Forest
Inventory (CFI) Plot-Based Estimates of NPP
Resample of individual trees OR Inventory with
tree growth cores Remote Sensing/Modeling
Estimates
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Conversion Efficiency
The Wood Wedge
Distance/Efficiency trade-off Local Use in Wood
Stoves Efficiency Range 60 Travel
distance/cost Regional Use in Power
Plants Efficiency Range 80-90 Travel
distance/cost Different sources Whole
wood Pellets
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Conversion Efficiency
The Wood Wedge
Combustion Technologies Traditional -
Residential Centralized Power Plant
Developmental - Fluidized bed/Cogeneration
Developmental Ethanol Conversion
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Economic Filter
The Wood Wedge
Costs of Transport Prices of Other Energy
Sources Investment in Development and
Infrastructure Return on Investment Externalitie
s Waste Disposal
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Social/Environment Filter
The Wood Wedge
Aesthetic Land use changes
Viewscapes Environmental Air Quality local
and regional Externalities waste disposal
Citizens for a New Vision This site is dedicated
to ensuring that the future of Berlin, NH is
clean, safe, and pollution free. It's creators
oppose the use of the former Burgess Mill site
for a biomass plant or other heavy industrial
use. Citizens for a New Vision          
     The picture on the left is of the Schiller
biomass in Newington. If you don't want Berlin to
look like this, read on.
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Tools
The Wood Wedge
Forest Carbon Calculator Forest Management
Impacts
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ToolsForest Carbon Calculator
The Wood Wedge
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ToolsForest Management Impacts
The Wood Wedge