“28 million acres of National Forest lands in the western US alone have excessive amounts of woody vegetation.” (USDA Forest Service, 2005; Graham et al., 2004), pg. 19 of U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry
“68 million dry tons of forest residues are produced during logging and timber operations in the United States.” (Smith et al., 2009), pg. 19 of U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry
“The costs associated with open burning of forest residues after a clear-cut on commercial timberland ranges from $250/acre to $300/acre.” (Green Diamond Resource Company, 2012)
“We can reduce transport costs by more than 50% by baling forest residues before hauling to worksites in and out of the forest.” (Forest Concepts, 2006)
“Biochar is the one non-energy bio-based product included in this project and can have a current market value of approximately $2,000 ton.” (Biochar Solutions, Inc., 2012)
“Avoids the cost of disposing of forest residues – which can be as much as $800 per acre on commercial timberlands.” (Green Diamond Resource Company, 2012)
“For every megawatt of electricity generated from biomass combustion, six jobs are created at the energy facility.” (McNeil Technologies, 2003)
“One bone dry ton of hog fuel from biomass recovery operations on commercial timberlands in northern California contains the energy equivalent of 80 gallons of crude oil or 1/2 a ton of coal.” (Morris, 2012)
“Compared to open burning of forest residues, one study showed that using the residues as bioenergy instead can reduce CO2 emissions by 40%, methane emissions by 97%, and PM10 particulate emissions by 89%.” (Greg Jones, Dan Loeffler, David Calkin, Woodam Chung; January 29, 2010), “Forest treatment residues for thermal energy compared with disposal by onsite burning: Emissions and energy return,” Biomass & Bioenergy
“There are an average of 21 units of bioenergy produced for each unit of diesel energy used to collect, grind, and haul biomass.” (Greg Jones, Dan Loeffler, David Calkin, Woodam Chung; January 29, 2010), “Forest treatment residues for thermal energy compared with disposal by onsite burning: Emissions and energy return,” Biomass & Bioenergy