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7/29/2019 Nevada Biomass Workshop (3)
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So, You Have a Biomass
Problem/Opportunity?
Nevada Biomass Workshop
Reno, NV
June 27-28, 2006
Bill Carlson
Western Governors Association Biomass Task Force
Carlson Small Power Consultants
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Clean and Diversified
Energy InitiativeWestern Governors Association
Mission
WGA addresses important policy and
governance issues in the West, advances
the role of the Western states in the federalsystem, and strengthens the social and
economic fabric of the region.
WGA develops policy and carries out
programs in the areas of natural resources,
the environment, human services,economic development, international
relations and state governance.
WGA acts as a center of innovation and
promotes shared development of solutions
to regional problems
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee(CDEAC) Formed to Provide Recommendations to Attainthese Goals
Western Governors Goals
1. Add 30,000 megawatts of clean energy by 2015
2. Increase energy efficiency 20% by 2020
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Potential 2015 Generation Capabilities
Advanced Coal 5,000 megawatts
Biomass 10,000 megawatts at 8/kWh
Energy Efficiency 48,000 megawatt decrease in forecasted demand
(by 2020)
Geothermal 5,600 megawatts
Solar 8,000 megawatts
Wind 54,000 megawatts
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Clean and Diversified
Energy InitiativeBiomass in the WGA Region Available for Power Generation
Agriculture
21,681 GWh
15%
Forest Resources
70,956 GWh
50%
Urban Biomass
49,117 GWh
35%
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Clean and Diversified
Energy InitiativeAncillary Benefits of Biomass Energy Production
(from 1999 NREL Report)
Mill ResiduesForest Residues
Agricultural ResiduesUrban Wood ResiduesTotal
Thousand bdt/yr6,4001,800
2,3001,40011,900
US Biomass Fuel Mix
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Ancillary Benefits of Biomass Energy Production
(from 1999 NREL Report)
Criteria Pollutants
Greenhouse GasesAvoided LandfillTimber Stand ImprovementTotal
/ kWh
4.3
5.91.10.1
11.4
Value of the Benefits
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Clean and Diversified
Energy InitiativeAncillary Benefits of Biomass Energy Production
Synergies
Fire Risk Reduction
Rural EconomicGrowth AndPreservation
Distributed Resources
Productive Use of
Byproducts
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Clean and Diversified
Energy InitiativeFire Risk Reduction Strategy
Forestland:
216 MM acres
Timberland:
141 MM acres
Timberland screened for
Fire Severity Regime
89 MM acres
Treatment opportunities
on WUI and non-WUI timberland:
23 MM acres
Butte Creek Fuels Reduction
Treatment Results
Final Screens:1. Plots with higher fire hazard (CI < 25 mph or CI < 40 + TI < 25)
2. Inventoried roadless areas excluded
3. Counties with wetter climates excluded
WUI1.4 MM
Non-WUI21.6 MM
Fire Severity Regime Screens:1. Forest type with a surface or mixed severity fire regimes
2. For WUI added limited treatment of high severity fire regimes
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Relating the WGA Biomass Work
to Nevada
Overstocked, sick dying forests
Lake Tahoe
Mt. Charleston
Back side of Sierras
Overstocked Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Central & Eastern Nevada
Dewatering streams/springs
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Relating the WGA Biomass Work
to Nevada (Cont.)
Exotic & Invasive Species
Urban Wood
Las Vegas
Reno/Carson City
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Biomass Recommendations -
1.Achieve Tax Parity Among Renewable
Technologies.
2.Strengthen Federal Land Management Policies to
Allow Larger, Longer Restoration Projects.
3. Environmental Benefits of Biomass Should Be
Paid For by Beneficiaries.
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Biomass Recommendations(Cont.)
4.Demonstrate Government Leadership by
Purchasing Power/RECs from Biomass Projectsand by Supporting Biomass R&D.
5.Recognize the Value of Firm Capacity in
Renewable Purchase Programs.
6.Renewable Energy Credits Should Not Include
Ancillary Environmental Benefits
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Clean and Diversified
Energy Initiative
Biomass Recommendations - (Cont.)
7. Establish a Single Definition for Biomass.
8.Revise Utility Interconnection Policies.
9.Provide Long-Term Certainty for Biomass
Programs.
10.Consider Fuel-Based Emissions When Issuing Air
Quality Permits.
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Making It Work in Nevada!
-Drawbacks-
No infrastructure
Few concentrations of biomass
WGA estimated 2 million TPY
No infrastructureFew large steam/heat users
No infrastructure
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Making It Work In Nevada! (Cont.)
-Advantages-Streamlined decision process
People/trees/agriculture in closeproximity
Good package of power generationincentives
Renewable Portfolio Standard Corporate Property Tax Exemption
Corporate Sales Tax Exemption
Recognition of problem areas
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Overcoming Your Drawbacks
A setting must be created that will attractprivate infrastructure development
Private capital needs Raw material supply
Markets
Long term commitment
Focus your efforts in a few key areas of state
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Raw Material Supply
Largely responsibility of federal landmanagers due to land ownership
Must block up lands across agencies over
long time period and offer as stewardship
contracts
No artificial constraints on activity that
would destroy economic value
Urban biomass supplies can supplementland restoration
You are trying to restore lands by creatingeconomic unit that would attract privateinfrastructure development
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Markets
Largely responsibility of private infrastructuredevelopers
Scope and scale should be appropriate to the
resource restoration need
Big developed markets are commodity forestproducts, transportation fuels, electricity
Every piece of biomass should go to highest and
best use for best economics
Grants are great, but create neither markets norinfrastructure, and are no substitute for economicstrategy
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A Checklist for Land Managers
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1. Decide what you want land to look like: Spacing
Age mix
Species mix
Wildlife provisions
Perhaps prepare a several acresample plot
A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costinstead of minimum acres for maximum cost
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2. Use stewardship contracting authorityin order to establish proper
relationship with contractors and allow
agency to focus on final results on the
land.
These are not timber sales!
A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costinstead of minimum acres for maximum cost
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3. To create new infrastructure, make thestewardship offering as large as possible.
100,000+ acres
4. To create new infrastructure, make thestewardship offering as long as possible
10 year minimum
20 years preferable
A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costinstead of minimum acres for maximum cost
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A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costinstead of minimum acres for maximum cost
5. Do not place artificial constraints on
offerings that will raise the cost per acreArbitrary size limits
Ability to unilaterally changeprescription
Seasonal restrictions
Remember, the goal is to save theselands from loss to catastrophic wildfire,disease or insects
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6. In offerings, use removal along existing
road network to block lands into defensibleperimeters as quickly as possible
The Quincy Library Group Model
7. Insure that your agency has done all it canto create the best economic climate forbidders that will result in lowest cost peracre for service
Help with federal energy bill extension
Help with state energy incentives
A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costinstead of minimum acres for maximum cost
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8. Never, for a minute, forget the ultimate goal:
Return the land to a sustainable condition as
quickly as possible at a reasonable cost
Treat it like a crisis, because it is!
Its a vision thing
A Checklist for Land Managers
Treating maximum acres for minimum costsinstead of minimum acres for maximum costs
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If You Are Successful-
Lands will be restored to within range of natural
variability Potential for catastrophic wildfire will be reduced
Rural economies and tax coffers will be strengthened
Air pollution will be reduced
Greenhouse gas generation will be reduced Water will be returned to streams/springs
Balance of payments improved as products, energyproduced domestically
Fossil fuel use reduced Landfill life will be extended
Strike your blow for world peace, use biomass!!