Waste To Wisdom: Utilizing Forest Residues For The Production Of Bioenergy And Biobased Products Award Number: DE-EE0006297 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 07/06/2015 Location(s): CA Office(s): Golden Field Office
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July 6, 2015
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Waste To Wisdom: Utilizing Forest Residues For The Production Of Bioenergy And Biobased Products
Award Number: DE-EE0006297
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.1
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 07/06/2015
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU) to research the production of bioenergy and bio-based products through the utilization of forest residues (defined as the biomass material remaining in forests that have been harvested for timber) using different biomass conversion technologies (BCTs) and optimized biomass operations logistics. HSU would conduct field-based experiments to develop innovative tools and systems that improve the economics, accessibility, and production of quality feedstock from forest residues; develop and test field-deployable BCTs to evaluate the economic feasibility of commercialization of BCTs for the production of biochar, torrefied pellets, and briquettes; and perform macro- and micro-economic and life-cycle analyses to quantify the economic and environmental life-cycle benefits of utilizing forest residues with BCTs for the production of bioenergy and bioproducts.
DOE completed three previous NEPA determinations for subtasks defined in Tasks 1, 2, 3, and 4 (GFO-0006297-001, CX A9, B3.6, B3.8, B3.11, 12/20/2013, GFO-0006297-002, CX A9, B3.6, 7/7/2014 and GFO-0006297-003, CX A9, B5.15, 5/18/2015) which included project management, feedstock development, biofuel and bio-based product development and analysis, and testing and field deployment of biochar production, torrefaction and briquetting equipment. This NEPA determination applies to Subtask 4.6 only.