Impacts of Increasing Bioenergy
Production on Timber Harvest and
Carbon Emissions

Guo, Jinggang; Gong, Peichen; Brännlund, Runar

doi:10.1561/112.00000500

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“…We developed our model based on the work of (Guo and Gong, 2017), (Guo et al, 2019)and (Ekholm, 2020). (Guo and Gong, 2017) model the potential and costs of promoting forest carbon sequestration through a tax/subsidy to forest owners for reducing/increasing carbon storage and show that a higher carbon price would lead to higher forest carbon stocks.…”

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“…In a later paper (Guo et al, 2019) they apply a partial equilibrium model of the Swedish forest sector to assess the impact of increased bioenergy production on timber harvest and forest growing stock. Their results suggest that increased bioenergy production will lead to significantly higher harvests and a net loss of carbon storage in forests.…”

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The Role of Price Incentives in Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Forestry Sector of Hungary

Gabriella,

Rácz,

Kis

2023

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The Role of Price Incentives in Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Forestry Sector of Hungary

Gabriella,

Rácz,

Kis

2023

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“…Woody biomass has a small heat content compared with that of fossil fuels, but it achieves carbon capture through harvesting and planting. Woody biomass is a very effective way to achieve zero emissions [3]. However, because the amount of carbon storage in forests varies depending on the type of building and system [4], external effects, such as the effects of environmental pollution on the environment, also need to be considered [5].…”

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Optimization of a Wood Pellet Boiler System Combined with CO2HPs in a Cold Climate Area in Japan

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Hot water supply is one of the leading consumers of energy in the building sector in cold climate areas. The use of woody biomass is effective in reducing CO2 emissions in hot-water supply systems. This report deals with a system that combines a wood pellet boiler (PB) and a heat pump system with CO2 (CO2HP) that is used in a facility for disabled people. The following research was conducted. The operation of a hybrid system combining a PB and CO2HPs was investigated. While operating the system, four specific operations were developed as countermeasures to save on costs and reduce system troubles while reducing CO2 emissions. The processes and results are introduced. Numerical simulations were carried out to optimize the operation. The hot water temperature, water volume, and hot water loads were simulated. The influence of the water volume ratio on the cost and primary energy consumption under the requirements for safe system operation was studied. The regional economic ripple effects (REREs) of this system were studied. The wood pellet boiler is not only a measure for reducing primary energy consumption but can also play an important role in a regional economy for sustainable development in countries that import energy resources such as Japan.

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“…Forest ecosystem measurements and related GHG flux quantification are particularly challenging as these ecosystems have significant spatial and temporal variability, species and other environmental heterogeneity and interconnectedness with other ecosystems (Brown, 2002;Pearson et al, 2007;Goetz et al, 2015;Olander and Haugen-Kozyra, 2011). Additionally, forest sector markets are very dynamic, due to ( 1) the inherent integrated nature of forest products manufacturing systems (see Figure 1, Latta et al, 2018), (2) the interconnectedness and fluidity of global forest product markets (Latta et al, 2015;Forest2Market, 2019), (3) the heterogeneity of land owners and their behavior including responses to market signals via land management regime decisions (Håbesland et al, 2016;Sohngen and Mendelsohn, 2003), and (4) Policy interventions that can that affect land-based commodity markets and related land use decisions (e.g., bioenergy policies) (Guo et al, 2019;Wise et al, 2014).…”

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Policy Perspective on the Role of Forest Sector Modeling

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2019

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Representing 30% of the world's ice-free land surface area (International Panel on Climate Change, 2019;Food and Agriculture Organization, 2015), forests will continue to play a large role in global environmental systems, economies, and policies, including efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions -but the extent of that future role is largely unknown. Global forests currently provide important ecological (e.g., habitat, water filtration) and economic [e.g., supported a global forest products economy valued over $US247 billion in 2017 (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2019)] services, and they provided a net global carbon sink over the last century (Nabuurs et al., 2007;Houghton, 2008;Smith et al., 2014). Heightened recognition of the importance of forests in sustainable development and mitigation efforts is reflected in recent reports (e.g., International Panel on Climate Change, 2019; Rogelj et al., 2018; U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2018) as well as commitments to reduce GHGs (e.g., United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2015). Forest-based mitigation investments represent vast potential GHG mitigation opportunities (Van Winkle et al., 2017; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005; Sohngen and Mendelsohn, 2003) that are inexpensive relative to other sectors (Rose et al., 2012). In the context of global commitments, land use sector could yield 20%-25% of total emission reductions (Forsell et al., 2016). In the U.S., there has been increased attention to the role of forests in GHG mitigation (U.S. Department of State, 2014; White House, 2016; U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2015) and economic development efforts, including advancement of the U.S. bioeconomy (Biomass Research and Development Board, 2016). Consideration of potential future outcomes from land use, land use change 1 and forestry (LULUCF) is integral for achieving these policy goals, especially GHG mitigation goals, as the evolution of forests over time (in terms of size, health, how they are managed and their ability to sequester and store carbon) will have important implications for whether or not commitments can be met (Baker et al., 2017;Van Winkle et al., 2017; International Panel on Climate Change, 2019). It is therefore essential that decisionmakers and the research communities that support them -such as the forest sector modeling community -develop the best data and state-of-the-art tools for evaluating potential future forest sector outcomes to inform policy development. Contributions by the papers in this special issue advance our understanding of forest system dynamics and forest sector

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Impacts of Increasing Bioenergy Production on Timber Harvest and Carbon Emissions

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The Role of Price Incentives in Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Forestry Sector of Hungary

The Role of Price Incentives in Enhancing Carbon Sequestration in the Forestry Sector of Hungary

Optimization of a Wood Pellet Boiler System Combined with CO2HPs in a Cold Climate Area in Japan

Policy Perspective on the Role of Forest Sector Modeling

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