[Gasification] Forbes.com: The New New Fuel

[Katahdin Energy Works]

New England forest is growing, thanks to a warming climate, at a rate of
2-3% over current usage and a few of are thinking about balancing future
energy demands with a sustainable biomass.

According to the draft Northern Forest Biomass Energy Action Plan, ” The
four-state Northern Forest region (including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
and New York) contains more than 26 million acres of forestland that has
great value—both locally and globally—as a
source of wood for pulp and papermaking, wood products manufacturing,
building heating, electricity generation, wood-pellet production,  liquid
fuels, and bio-based chemicals and other products."

The policy question posed is this:

"Will the Northern Forest region become
a world leader in the innovation, production,
and sustainable use of biomass energy,
biofuels, and bioproducts created from
the local wood resource, just as the region
once did with pulp and papermaking and
traditional wood products?

Or, will the shift from a fossil fuel-based
economy to a bio-based economy lead to
exploitation of Northern Forest biomass
in a boom-and-bust cycle that does not
sustain the region’s economy, energy supply,
or forests on a long-term basis?"

AND the recommendation is:

"The future envisioned by the Northern Forest Biomass Energy Initiative
is one in which biomass energy is harvested within the region in a way
that provides a stable, secure, cost-competitive, sustainable, and clean
source of energy that maximizes benefits for area residents, municipalities,
institutions, and owners of small and large businesses. The vision
can be summarized in the term “Local Biomass Energy” and is premised
on the belief that local biomass energy should be achieved in a manner
consistent with five guiding principles:

o Sustainable Forestry — to keep the forest healthy
and ensure that harvest management supports the overall ecological
function and integrity of the forest ecosystem.

O Maximized Efficiency — to ensure the energy value
of biomass harvested for fuel is utilized as fully and cleanly as possible.

O Local Energy — to use local wood resources for community
and regional needs at the appropriate scale.

O Energy Security — to provide communities and businesses
with a stable, uninterrupted, affordable, clean energy supply
using local resources.

oClimate Change Mitigation — to reduce net
carbon emissions and increase carbon sequestration in order to mitigate
global warming.

A commitment to local biomass energy helps achieve a larger objective
of re-invigorating the economies of Northern Forest communities by
substituting local, renewable, biomass fuels for imported fossil fuels.
While payments for fossil fuels cause a huge drain on the wealth of the
region, purchase of wood fuel keeps energy dollars circulating in the
local economy."


Frank J. Heller, MPA
KATAHDIN ENERGY WORKS
12 Belmont St.
Brunswick, ME 04011-3004
207.729.6090
http://mysite.verizon.net/fjheller/

-----Original Message-----
From: gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org
[mailto:gasification-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin
Domingo Bof
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 4:53 PM
To: Discussion of biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Forbes.com: The New New Fuel

We defend reforetstation plantations for fuel crops. Not native woods.
   Benjamin

"David G. LeVine" <dlevine at speakeasy.net> escribió:
  At 11:40 AM 11/7/2007, you wrote:
> IT SEEMS LIKE USING "TREES" WILL REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON FOOD 
> SUPPLIES FROM USING CORN AND OTHER GRAINS. YOU COMMENTS ON THIS 
> NEW PROCESS ARE INVITED. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO ME

First of all, all caps is considered shouting.

Yes, using trees will reduce the dependence on food crops, however 
deforestation will be the unintended consequence.


David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH 03060


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