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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Abstract : Wood-based bioelectricity production is expanding due to its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil fuel resources. U.S. non-industrial private forest landowners (NIPFs) are key to the production of wood-based bioelectricity since they own 59% of the forestland in the country that could supply bioelectricity feedstocks (The National Association of State Foresters 2018). This is particularly important in states like Wisconsin with a mandatory renewable portfolio electricity standard (RPS). My dissertation focuses on issues around Wisconsin bioelectricity production including related NIPF views and the creation of the state's sustainable biomass harvesting guidelines. In Chapter Two, I present findings from analysis of NIPF interviews showing that they support local bioelectricity production while holding concerns about negative social and ecological impacts. Chapter Three focuses on findings from a survey conducted of NIPFs close enough to a local bioelectricity plant to supply it with biomass feedstock. I found that they perceive the plant as having negative environmental but positive socioeconomic impacts and that environmental membership was negatively associated with support for local bioelectricity. Chapter Four presents findings from my study of Wisconsin's biomass harvesting guidelines (BHGs) creation process. These findings focus on the degree to which the process adhered to Collaborative Governance (CG) guidelines and how this process impacted outcomes. In combination, these three chapters enhance our understanding of the sustainability dimensions of Wisconsin's RPS and suggest strategies related to the success of state and federal renewable energy and bioelectricity goals.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Abstract : Wood-based bioelectricity production is expanding due to its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional fossil fuel resources. U.S. non-industrial private forest landowners (NIPFs) are key to the production of wood-based bioelectricity since they own 59% of the forestland in the country that could supply bioelectricity feedstocks (The National Association of State Foresters 2018). This is particularly important in states like Wisconsin with a mandatory renewable portfolio electricity standard (RPS). My dissertation focuses on issues around Wisconsin bioelectricity production including related NIPF views and the creation of the state's sustainable biomass harvesting guidelines. In Chapter Two, I present findings from analysis of NIPF interviews showing that they support local bioelectricity production while holding concerns about negative social and ecological impacts. Chapter Three focuses on findings from a survey conducted of NIPFs close enough to a local bioelectricity plant to supply it with biomass feedstock. I found that they perceive the plant as having negative environmental but positive socioeconomic impacts and that environmental membership was negatively associated with support for local bioelectricity. Chapter Four presents findings from my study of Wisconsin's biomass harvesting guidelines (BHGs) creation process. These findings focus on the degree to which the process adhered to Collaborative Governance (CG) guidelines and how this process impacted outcomes. In combination, these three chapters enhance our understanding of the sustainability dimensions of Wisconsin's RPS and suggest strategies related to the success of state and federal renewable energy and bioelectricity goals.
Author: Lana Landra Narine Publisher: ISBN: Category : Biomass energy Languages : en Pages : 13
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Non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners control 58% of all forests in the U.S. Great Lakes States consisting of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. A regional assessment of the availability of woody biomass for bioenergy will therefore be incomprehensive without a consideration of supply from the most dominant ownership group. This study aimed to evaluate the social availability of woody biomass for renewable energy in the U.S. Great Lakes States by examining NIPF landowners' willingness-to-harvest (WTH) their woodlands. Following the Tailored Design Method, surveys were mailed to 4,190 NIPF landowners from Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Results identified two latent factors summarizing landowners' bioenergy perceptions: (a) bioenergy support and (b) environmental degradation and four latent factors behind woodland ownership: (a) amenity, (b) personal use, (c) production and (d) legacy. A two-step cluster analysis approach was used to construct a landowner typology for the region based on landowners' bioenergy views and reasons for woodland ownership. Four types of landowners were consequently identified: recreationist, indifferent, preservationist and multiple-objective. Recreationists were found to own the majority or 51% of the total woodlands reported by sample respondents and were also most willing to harvest their woodlands with an estimated 38% potentially available for timber harvest and 46% for biomass harvest. A comparison of WTH by landowner type and state revealed that the greatest level of acceptance as indicated by potential acreage availability were from recreationists owning NIPFs in Michigan. Binary logit regression models were also used to determine significant factors influencing landowners' WTH timber and woody biomass. Findings indicated that non-timber objectives decreased the odds of harvesting and timber and biomass prices increased those odds. However, marginal probability effects of prices on WTH highlighted the substantial impact that timber price, rather than biomass price had on landowners' choice to harvest. These results suggested that the availability of woody biomass will be contingent upon timber prices.
Author: Marissa "Jo" Daniel Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 110
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The importance of bioenergy, particularly woody biomass, continues to gain significance in Missouri. Although physical estimates of standing wood have been used to assess and project total above-ground woody biomass, these estimates fail to explore its social availability. Over 85% of Missouri's forests are privately owned, indicating that without the state's private landowners' acceptance utilizing woody biomass as bioenergy feedstock to the energy industry is impossible. Data was collected through focus groups and a mail survey, following the Tailored Design Method, to determine the states level of social acceptance towards woody biomass harvesting. Factor and cluster analysis were conducted to provide a current typology of Missouri's Non-industrial Private Forest Landowners (NIPFLs) as well as analyze the impacts of dominant timber prices and government incentive payments. Ordinal probability regression models and a marginal effects analysis determined the percentage of socially available woody biomass feedstock in Missouri as a function of timber and biomass prices, subsidy payments, and demographic profiles. Although results indicate many landowners are not knowledgeable about woody biomass for energy, they are interested in learning more about its potential uses. Results also suggest that landowners will sell their timber and woody biomass if the prices are sufficiently high enough in those markets. Today's market prices however are not deemed adequate to interest NIPFLs whose primary objectives include conservation/recreation rather than forest management.
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Author: Lana Landra Narine
Author: Richard D. Lindberg
Author: John C. Roberts
Author: Gordon R. Cunningham
Author: John J. Lindsay
Author: Wisconsin Economic Development Coordinating Committee. Forest Industries Development Subcommittee
Author: Marissa "Jo" Daniel
Author: Omkar Joshi