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 !    Hardwood Small Diameter Task Force - Small Diameter/Low Grade Utilization References
1 High value products from low value wood (2003)
2 Value analysis of lumber produced from small-diameter timber (FPJ, Oct, 2004)
3 Small diameter wood processing in the southwestern United States: An economic case study and decision analysis tool (FPJ, May, 2004)
4 Market potential for fine furniture manufactured from low-grade hardwood (FPJ, May, 2004)
5 Flooring's Impact on the Hardwood Market (2004)
6 What is low-value and/or low-grade hardwood? (USFS, 2003)
7 Opportunities for expanded and higher-value utilization of 3A Common hardwood lumber (USFS, 2004)
8 Factors affecting the merchandising of hardwood logs in the southern tier of New York (USFS, 2004)
9 Processing Small Diameter Hardwood Logs - An Economic Appraisal (2005, Wales)
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/HCOU-4U4JQF
10 Characterizing the adoption of low-grade hardwood lumber by the secondary processing industry (2004)
11 Low-grade hardwood lumber production, markets, and issues (2003)
12 Use of Low-Grade and Underutilized Wood Resources in New Hampshire (2001)
http://www.nhdfl.org/publications/Review%20of%20Markets%20for%20Low%20Grade%20Wood,%20NH.pdf
13 New Hampshire Timber Owners Associations addresses low-grade wood markets crisis (2001)
http://www.nhtoa.org/memberonly/timbercrier9-01.pdf
14 Summary: Existing and Potential Markets for Low-Grade Wood in New Hampshire (2002)
http://www.nhdfl.org/publications/Summary%20-%20Markets%20for%20Low%20Grade%20Wood%20in%20NH.pdf
15 High-quality wood from low-quality trees: bolts/short logs (2001)
http://www.uvm.edu/extension/publications/nrem/br1393.pdf
16 Species Shift: Implications of the rising use of hardwoods in OSB (2001)
17 Sustainable development of the Scottish wood products industry (2001)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/orange/sdsp-10.asp
18 Options for small-diameter hardwood utilization: past and present (2000)
19 Hardwood timber product markets: a focus on small-diameter (1999)
20

National Options on Wood Utilization Options for Ecosystem Management (1997)

93 Minnesota Sawmills Turning "Green" (1997)
21 Utilization of Low-Grade Hardwoods in Pennsylvania (Mater Engineering, 1990)
 !    Hardwood Small Diameter Task Force - Penn State References
22 A profile of Pennsylvania's hardwood sawmill industry (FPJ, May, 2004)
23 Estimating the size of the hardwood sawmill industry in Pennsylvania (2003)
24 Small Diameter Hardwood Utilization with Emphasis on Higher Value (2003)
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/forest/feop/symposium/proceedings_2003/PDFs/Wiedenbeck.pdf
25

Trends in the Forest Products Industry (PennTAP for HDC, 2001)

26 A description of the 1986 pallet manufacturing industry in Pennsylvania (1990)
27 Developing Financial and Energy Accounting Models for Woody Biomass Systems (1989)
28 A cost analysis of alternate biomass supply systems (1988)
29 Effects of species, specimen size, and heating rate on char yield and fuel properties (1985)
30 The characterization of hybrid poplar as a potential feedstock for fermentation to ethanol (1984)
31 Energy relationships for selected cultural investments (1982)
32 Moisture effects on an energy balance developed for using forest biomass as a fuel (1980)
33

Recoverable energy from the forests (1978)

34 Evaluation procedure for consideration of forest biomass as a fuel source for a 100 megawatt electric generating facility (1978)
 !    Hardwood Small Diameter Task Force - Wood Energy References
106 Wärtsilä wood-fired heating plants for Stora Enso in Russia (12-27-07)
105 Forestry college, partners to build pilot wood-to-ethanol plant (12-20-06)
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--ethanol-wood1220dec20,0,6504376.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
104 SunOpta and GreenField Ethanol Create Wood-Chip Cellulosic Ethanol Joint Venture; NY State Makes Two Wood Cellulosic Ethanol Development Awards (12-21-06)
103 "The Billion Ton Vision" (US DOE, 2005)
102 With woodchips in the burner, college cuts costs and pollution (11-27-05)
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/11/27/with_woodchips_in_the_burner_college_cuts_costs_and_pollution/
101 Finland's National Forest Programme 2010 (1999)
99 Renewable Energy Project Proceeds in Buffalo (9-6-05)
94 The U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry: A Key Player in the Coming Bio-revolution (7-05)
95 WOOD CHEMICALS
35 Wood Fuel Pellet Technologies
36 A history of wood chemical plants in Pennsylvania
37 Governor Doyle Announces $5 Million in State Budget for Bio-Based Industry Development (7-21-05)
38 Process Converts Small Trees into Wood Alcohol (2004)
39 Wood Energy Business Scheme (Wales)
40

Economic potential of biomass-based fuels for greenhouse gas emission mitigation

41 Competitiveness of Biomass-Fueled Electrical Power Plants
42 Laidlaw power plant to burn wood instead of natural gas (8-4-04)
43 Gas to Biomass Conversion at NY Plant (12-14-04)
44 Laidlaw Energy Group Signs Definitive Agreement for Renewable Energy Project with New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (12-10-04)
45 RC&D Projects on Bio-Digesters and Methane Capture; Small Diameter and Underutilized Wood; Ethanol; Biofuels; and Wind and Solar Energy (2004)
http://www.rcdnet.org/pdf/energysuccess.pdf
46 BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR WOOD AS A FUEL IN SCOTLAND (2004)
47 Pre-Feasibility Assessment: Small Diameter Underutilized (SDU) Wood Feedstock for a 10-Mw Co-Generation Facility at the Milltown Dam Site (2003)
http://www.mtcdc.org/downloads/fin.PDF
48 Alternatives to Sustain the Wood-Fired Electricity Industry in New Hampshire (2002)
49 Wood for Alcohol Fuels Status of technology and cost/benefit analysis of farm forestry for bioenergy (Australia, 2002)
50 FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING ETHANOL FROM BIOMASS IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA (2001)
51 Methanol -The Other Alcohol: A bridge to sustainable clean liquid fuel (2000)
52 Ethanol from Cellulose: Too Good To Be True? (2000)
53 Feasibility Study of A Biomass Power Plant Cofired with Natural Gas
for the Village of Angel Fire, New Mexico (2000)
54 District Energy Plan - Vermont (1999)
55 U.S. Wood Biomass for Energy and Chemicals: Possible Changes in Supply, End Uses, and Environmental Impacts (1997)
56 The Economics of Biomass Production in the United States (1995)
57 Report on Feasibility: Ethanol Plant Development in Southeast Alaska
http://www.seacc.org/Publications/EthanolPlant.htm
58 Economic aspects of low-grade hardwood utilization (1978)
59 The Feasibility of Utilizing Forest Residues for Energy and Chemicals (USFS, 1976)
60 USFS Wood for Energy web site
 !    Hardwood Small Diameter Task Force - Other References
61 An investigation of the potential to expand the manufacture of recycled wood-plastic composite products in Massachusetts (2000)
62 An examination of eastern U.S. hardwood roundwood markets (FPJ 12-2004)
63 Risk and feasibility of processing small-diameter material in the U.S. West Part2: Market pulp and oriented strandboard (FPJ 12-2004)
64 Risk and feasibility of processing small-diameter material in the U.S. West Part1: Structural Lumber (FPJ 12-2004)
65 Economic feasibility of products from Inland West small-diameter timber (1996)
66 Live-sawing low-grade red oak logs (1987)
67 Issues affecting the interpretation of eastern hardwood resource statistics (2000)
68 Green dimensioning below-grade red oak logs: a Minnesota case study (2000)
69 Inside-out beams from small-diameter Appalachian hardwood logs (1998)
70 Relationship between hardwood lumber and sawlog prices: a case study of Ohio, 1975-1994 (1996)
71 A qualitative investigation of competition in the U.S. hardwood lumber industry (1991)
72 Estimating the size of hardwood industries: an Ohio case study (1991)
73 Linear programming model for the conversion of small hardwood logs into furniture shorts. Part 1.(1991)
74 Linear programming model for the conversion of small hardwood logs into furniture shorts. Part 2. (1991)
75 Factors affecting regional changes in hardwood lumber production (1994)
76 Dimension yields from Factory Grade 2 and 3 red oak logs (1994)
77 Determining the economic feasibility of salvaging gypsy moth-killed hardwoods (1990)
78 Economic feasibility of an integrated harvesting system for small-diameter trees in southwest Idaho (2004)
79 Pallet and component parts from small-diameter red oak bolts (2000)
80 Creating New Jobs (Massachusetts, 1992)
81 Trends in the use of material for pallets and other factors affecting the demand for hardwood products (USFS, 2003)
82 Feasibility Analysis of MDF Manufacturing in New Hampshire (2001)
http://www.nhdfl.org/publications/MDF%20Feasibility%20Analysis%20for%20New%20Hampshire.pdf
83 Research and development in plantation hardwood products (2003)
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/hardwoodsqld/4048.html
84 Technology at The University of Maine is transforming the state’s lower-grade wood species into “super wood” — new value-added building materials (2002)
85 Effect of FRP Reinforcement on Low-Grade Eastern hemlock glulams (1996)
86 Company finds new market for its low-grade wood (2004)
87 Text of the 1999 Virginia Legislature Chip Mill Study Bill (1999)
88 Top Weight Estimates for Sawlog Size Hardwood Lumber (1992)
89 Small Diameter Timber Utilization News (western species)
90 Federal Grants to assist small forest products businesses, community leaders, entrepreneurs, non-profits, and others turn small diameter and underutilized wood species into marketable forest products, including biomass energy.
91 Small Diameter Success Stories (western species) (2004)
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/tmu/pdf/sd_success_stories.pdf
92 Improving Landowner Returns from Red Alder in the Pacific Northwest
http://www.westernhardwood.com/landowner.shtml
96 Panel production rising despite falling prices and current overcapacity
97 Canfor Corporation Announces Weaker Second Quarter Earnings (7-29-05)
98 LP Reports Second Quarter Profits (7-27-05)
100 Utilization of Low-Grade Southern Hardwoods - Feasibility Studies of 36 Enterprises (FPRS, 1981)

 

 

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