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Alberta Cofiring Workshop-UofBC
Alberta Cofiring Workshop-UofBC
Alberta Cofiring Workshop-UofBC
Biomass dryer
Pellet mill
Hammer mill
Aspen
Corn Stover
Miscanthus
Wheat straw
UBC
Gasica'on
facility
Boeing-UBC
Biojet
Project
Logis'cs
of
woody
biomass
and
pellet
distribu'on
for
two
pellet
plants
Logis'cs
of
corn
stover
for
the
DuPont
cellulosic
ethanol
plant
Local
communi&es
Stabilize
the
job
market
in
the
small
towns
that
have
economies
based
coal
mines
and
their
associated
power
plants
Capacity (MW)
150
150
370
Year
Completed
(Age)
Age Composi&on
1969
(46)
1975
(40)
1981
(34)
Genesee
1
2
3
410
410
495
1989
(26)
1994
(21)
2005
(10)
HR
Milner
1
150
1972 (43)
Keephills
1
2
3
406
409
495
1983
(32)
1983
(32)
2011
(4)
Sheerness
1
2
380
380
1986
(29)
1990
(25)
Sundance
1
2
3
4
5
6
280
280
406
392
392
392
1970
(46)
1973
(43)
1976
(39)
1977
(38)
1978
(37)
1980
(35)
5
4
10-20
20-30
30-40
40-50
Logging
residues:
4
M
odt
2.50
2.26
2.13
2.00
1.65
Forest residues
1.50
0.93
1.00
0.50
Standing &mber
0.64
0.003
0.27
0.00
} Total
availability
of
underu&lized
sources
of
woody
biomass
including
standing
&mbers
and
forest
residues
is
es&mated
to
be
7.88
M
Odt.
Source:
Government
of
Alberta,
2010,
2014;
FPInnova'ons,
2010;
JACOBS
Consultancy,
2013.
Source: MNP LLP, 2012; Pers. comm. Toso Bosic, April 2016 .
Logging
residues:
5.4
M
odt
Source:
Roach
and
Berch,
2014;
Industrial
Forestry
Service
Ltd.
et
al.,
2013;
AEBIOM
et
al.,
2013;
FPInnova'ons,
2010;
Bradburn,
2014;
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
2007
Annual
availability
of
forest
residues
(Odt)
758,880
758,880
203,760
162,000
110,192
6- Hanceville (Cariboo)
402,892
344,626
8- Quesnel (Quesnel)
236,104
164,473
299,135
297,442
166,320
Loca&on (region)
Prince Rupert
Logging
residues
Non-merchant
standing timbers
Pile
Roadside
Chip
Logging and
Loading
Road
Transportation
Roadside
Chip
Pellet
Plant
Road
Transportation
Rail/Road
transportation
Power
Plant
High
Level
Peace
River
Slave
Lake
Boyle
Grand
Prairie
Edson
Poten'al
loca'ons
for
wood
pellet
produc'on
Coal
Power
Plants
in
Wabamun
area
Des&na&on
High
Level,
AB
Peace
River,
AB
Slave
Lake,
AB
Boyle,
AB
Grande
Prairie,
AB
Wabamun,
AB
Edson,
AB
Prince
George,
BC
Quesnel,
BC
William
Lake,
BC
Pers.
comm.
Robert
Tarcon,
April
2016
.
Transporta&on
Distance
(km)
Transporta&on
Cost
($/tonne)
879
565
325
204
602
137
715
840
956
33.89
23.39
15.37
11.34
24.63
9.08
28.40
32.60
36.47
Sawmill
residues
Logging
residues
Non-merchant
standing
&mbers
30-35
60-80
75-150+
105-145
9-36.5
130-170
7.07-9.25
400.0
10.0
90.0
20
1.3
1.0
18.0
0.9-1.0
500
2
0.11
3
20
Coal Consump&on
1.72
1.53
1.37
1.5
1.22
0.76
0.5
1.03
0.86
0.61
0.34
0.17
0.00
1
GHG
Emission
Intensity
(tonne/
MWh)
0
10
20
50
Coring
frac&on
(%)
60
100
0.91
0.81
0.8
0.6
0.52
0.42
0.4
0.2
0.07
0
0
10
20
50
Coring
frac&on
(%)
60
100
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2006
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
200,000
Number of employees
26
Pellet-to-feedstock ra&o
0.8
Feedstock
composi&on
Supply
radius
(km)
60%
Coring
Required
Wood
Pellet
(million
tonne/year)
Number
of
wood
pellet
plants
Required
feedstock
(dry
tonnes/year)
1.03
5
1,287,500
100%
Coring
Required
Wood
Pellet
(million
tonne/year)
Number
of
wood
pellet
plants
Required
feedstock
(dry
tonnes/year)
1.72
9
2,150,000
Biomass Transporta&on
Pellet Plant
Number of employment
1200
1000
234
800
600
400
200
94
130
57
735
440
0
60%
Coring
100% Coring
Capex
O&M
Fuel
100
90
80
70
70.01
72.87
75.73
78.60
140
145
81.46
84.33
150
155
87.19
90.06
92.92
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
130
135
160
165
170
Fuel
100
90
80
73.36
75.03
130
135
76.69
78.35
80.02
140
145
150
81.68
83.34
85.00
155
160
165
86.67
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
170
Fixed O&M
Fuel
140
120
100
101.45
104.25
107.06
130
135
140
109.87
112.67
115.48
150
155
118.28
121.09
123.89
160
165
170
80
60
40
20
0
145
250
500
750
60%
Coring
Avoided
CO2
Cost
($/tonne)
77.30
81.46
85.80
77.60
80.02
82.53
100%
Coring
Avoided
CO2
cost
($/tonne)
77.30
81.46
85.80
108.59
112.67
116.92
*Pellet Cost at the gate of the power plant is assumed to be 150 $/tonne in this sensi&vity analysis.
60% Coring
100% Coring
35.00
29.05
30.00
25.00
19.37
20.00
15.00
14.52
12.17
10.00
8.11
6.08
5.00
0.00
15
0.57
0.38
0.28
20
30
Agricultural
biomass
(wheat,
oats
and
barley
straw)
Railway &es
Summary
60%
Coring
100% Coring
1.29
million
dry
tonnes
2.15
million
dry
tonnes
13
65-72
8,151-8,800
7.07-9.25
70-93
73-89
101-124
Acknowledgments
}Dave
Butler,
Canadian
Clean
Power
Coali&on.
}Robert
Tarcon,
Premium
Pellet
Ltd.
}Toso
Bozic,
Alberta
Agriculture
and
Forestry.
}Dominik
Roser
&
Charles
Friesen
and
Marian
Marinescu:
FPInnova&ons.
}Brent
Boyko
and
Les
Marshall,
OPG.
}Joerg
Goetsch,
Daishowa-Marubeni
Interna&onal
Ltd.
}Gordon
Murray,
WPAC.
}Vaughan
Basse],
Pinnacle
Renewable
Energy
Group.
}Trevor
Reid,
Foothills
Forest
Products
Inc.
}John
Unger,
La
Crete
Sawmills
Ltd.
}Geo
Clarke,
Alberta-Pacic
Forest
Industries
Inc.
Q&A
Dr.
Mahmood
Ebadian,
mahmood.ebadian@biomassupplychain.com
Ryan
Jacobson,
rjacobso@chbe.ubc.ca
Dr.
Fahimeh
Yazdanpanah,
fyazdanpanah@chbe.ubc.ca
Dr.
Shahab
Sokhansanj,
shahab.sokhansanj@ubc.ca