Economic Analysis of Biomass Supply Chains: A Case Study of Four Competing Bioenergy Power Plants in Northwestern Ontario
Table 6
Per unit procurement cost of woody biomass supply to four power plants.
Scenario
Unit procurement cost of biomass supply ($·ODt−1)
ABFF
ABTB
DDPP
AGS
BASE
65.64
64.49
61.20
60.76
INTC
76.81 (17.03%)
75.37 (16.87%)
71.31 (16.52%)
70.39 (15.85%)
INPC
70.45 (7.34%)
69.24 (7.37%)
65.79 (7.51%)
65.47 (7.75%)
DEPC
60.81 (−7.34%)
59.72 (−7.40%)
56.57 (−7.56%)
56.03 (−7.79%)
INBA
65.26 (−0.58%)
64.17 (−0.49%)
60.86 (−0.54%)
60.21 (−0.90%)
IHR W1
65.26 (−0.58%)
64.17 (−0.49%)
60.86 (−0.54%)
60.21 (−0.90%)
IHR W2
64.89 (−1.13%)
63.89 (−0.93%)
60.57 (−1.03%)
59.86 (−1.48%)
IHFR
65.08 (−0.85%)
64.01 (−0.74%)
60.61 (−0.95%)
60.02 (−1.22%)
DEDP
65.21 (−0.64%)
64.14 (−0.54%)
60.83 (−0.60%)
60.17 (−0.97%)
DEBA
66.11 (0.72%)
64.86 (0.57%)
61.58 (0.63%)
61.23 (0.77%)
DHR W
66.11 (0.72%)
64.86 (0.57%)
61.58 (0.63%)
61.23 (0.77%)
DHFR
66.26 (0.96%)
65.02 (0.82%)
61.85 (1.07%)
61.46 (1.16%)
IHOR
70.41 (7.27%)
68.07 (5.56%)
67.30 (9.97%)
63.14 (3.93%)
INDP
66.06 (0.65%)
64.82 (0.52%)
61.55 (0.58%)
61.18 (0.70%)
ABFF: Abitibi-Bowater Fort Frances Power Plant, ABTB: Abitibi-Bowater Thunder Bay Power Plant, DDPP: Domtar Dryden Power Plant, AGS: Atikokan Generating Station; figures in brackets indicate the % change of per unit biomass procurement costs from the BASE scenario.
