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Economic Analysis of Biomass Supply Chains: A Case Study of Four Competing Bioenergy Power Plants in Northwestern Ontario

Table 5

Annual amount of forest harvest residue and underutilized woody biomass supply to four power plants.


Scenario	Biomass for ABFF (ODt·yr⁻¹)		Biomass for ABTB (ODt·yr⁻¹)		Biomass for DDPP (ODt·yr⁻¹)		Biomass for AGS (ODt·yr⁻¹)
Scenario	FHR	UW	FHR	UW	FHR	UW	FHR	UW

BASE	194,513	285,487	215,014	222,986	197,421	90,579	62,465	57,535
INTC	190,401	289,599	194,953	243,047	182,339	105,661	57,920	62,081
INPC	196,228	283,772	227,051	210,949	208,057	79,943	64,900	55,100
DEPC	192,864	287,136	203,419	234,581	189,287	98,713	59,541	60,459
INBA	209,309	270,691	227,206	210,795	209,525	78,475	71,251	48,749
IHR W1	209,309	270,691	227,206	210,795	209,525	78,475	71,251	48,749
IHR W2	225,238	254,762	237,835	200,165	222,566	65,434	78,718	41,282
IHFR	230,481	249,519	247,802	190,199	225,040	62,960	76,442	43,558
DEDP	189,924	242,077	206,110	188,090	189,754	69,446	65,021	42,979
DEBA	177,857	302,144	204,864	233,136	185,375	102,625	55,427	64,573
DHR W	177,857	302,144	204,864	233,136	185,375	102,625	55,427	64,573
DHFR	156,204	323,796	181,324	256,676	168,648	119,352	48,631	71,369
IHOR	480,000	—	438,000	—	288,000	—	120,000	—
INDP	197,481	330,519	226,116	255,684	204,956	111,844	61,695	70,305

ABFF: Abitibi-Bowater Fort Frances Power Plant, ABTB: Abitibi-Bowater Thunder Bay Power Plant, DDPP: Domtar Dryden Power Plant, AGS: Atikokan Generating Station, FHR: forest harvest residue, UW: underutilized wood.