Research Article
Economic Analysis of Biomass Supply Chains: A Case Study of Four Competing Bioenergy Power Plants in Northwestern Ontario
Table 1
Estimates of parameters used in BASE scenario of the model.
| | Descriptions | Unit | Estimates | Remarks |
| | Harvesting and processing costs of FHR | $·gt−1 | 26 | Forest BioProducts Inc. (2006) [7] | | Harvesting and processing costs of UW | $·gt−1 | 31 | Forest BioProducts Inc. (2006) [7] | | Fixed cost due to load/unload overhead | $·gt−1 | 5.24 | Own estimate | | Charge rate of biomass truck | $·hr−1 | 85 | Alam et al. (2012) [36] | | Biomass demand of ABTB CHP plant | gt·yr−1 | 730,000 | Power plant data | | Biomass demand of ABFF CHP plant | gt·yr−1 | 800,000 | Power plant data | | Biomass demand of AGS Power plant | gt·yr−1 | 200,000 | Power plant data | | Biomass demand of DDPP CHP plant | gt·yr−1 | 480,000 | Power plant data | | Range of availability of FHR | gt/km2 | 525.6–5,256 |
Alam et al. (2012) [36] | | Range of availability of UW | gt/km2 | 0–4,730.4 |
Alam et al. (2012) [36] | | Harvesting factor of FHR | % of FHR | 61 |
Own estimate | | Harvesting factor of UW | % of UW | 61 |
Own estimate | | Price of biomass at power plants | $·gt−1 | 39 | Own estimate | | Number of depleted forest cells | No | 19,315 | Alam et al. (2012) [36] |
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FHR: forest harvest residue, UW: underutilized wood, gt: green tonne, hr: hour, yr: year, ABTB: Abitibi-Bowater Thunder Bay Power Plant, CHP: combined heat and power, ABFF: Abitibi-Bowater Fort Frances Power Plant, AGS: Atikokan generating station, DDPP: Domtar Dryden Power Plant.
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