Hydrocarbon Energy Research
…-2 tons of emissions reductions per ton of wood through to +2 tons of incremental emissions per ton of wood. Calculations can be stress-tested in the data-file. Download Global wood…
New Energies Research
…the data-file. Download Biomass and BECCS: what future in the transition? 20% of Europe’s renewable electricity currently comes from biomass, mainly wood pellets, burned in facilities such as Drax’s, 2.6GW…
Biomass power: costs, levelized costs and BECCS?
…woody-biomass power plants constructed to-date in the United States; and on the energy contents of different biomass fuels, from straw, to wet wood, to dry wood to pellets. Please download…
Energy history: how much wood can be cut in a day?
…medieval peasant. Harvesting wood as a heating fuel is expensive, inconvenient and prone to risks. $199.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Wood as a heating fuel: volume, mass and energy? Wood…
Global wood production: supply by country by year?
This data-file quantifies global wood production, country-by-country, category-by-category, back to 1960, using granular data from the FAO. About 4bn m3 of wood are harvested per year (2GTpa by mass). $449.00 – Purchase…
Bright green hydrogen from biomass gasification?
Woody biomass can be converted into clean hydrogen via gasification. If the resultant CO2 is sequestered, each ton of hydrogen may be associated with -20 tons of CO2 disposal. The…
Wood use: what CO2 credentials?
The carbon credentials of wood are not black-and-white. They depend on context. So this 13-page note, focusing on wood use CO2 impacts, draws out the numbers and five key conclusions….
CO2 intensity of wood: context by context?
…which is cross-plotted against wood fuel displacing gas, wood fuel displacing coal, wood material displacing steel/cement, wood products displacing plastics and paper. Calculations can be stress-tested in the data-file, including…
Industry Research
…0.1 tons/ton. Data-file explores shortages in energy transition? Download Tricoya: engineered wood breakthrough? Tricoya is an engineered wood product like MDF, but it has been “acetylated”, in order to confer…
Forest fires: what climate conclusions?
…reconsiders some nature-based solutions to climate change. Hands-off forest conservation may do more harm than good in fire-prone areas. Sustainable forestry, carbon-negative materials, biochar and biomass energy also look more…