Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Poplar Plantations Global warming potential and energy consumption in the US PNW

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1 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Poplar Plantations Global warming potential and energy consumption in the US PNW Ph.D.(c )Marcia Vasquez-Sandoval and Dr. Michael Milota Wood Science and Engineering Department, College of Forestry Western Forest Graduate Research Symposium, April 28 th, 2015

2 Outline Demand and sources of energy Biomass and growing requirements Case studies LCA tool/ Databases/LCIA methodology GWP and energy consumption Main findings

3 U.S. Renewable energy consumption 2014 Waste biomass 5% Biodiesel 2% Ethanol 12% Other 8% Hydroelectric power 26% Wood biomass 23% Wind 18% Geothermal 2% Solar 4% Total: ExaJoule 42% from biomass

4 WA: 15% x 2020* OR: 25%x 2025* (large utilities) CA: 33% x 2020 NV: 25% x 2025* Renewable Portfolio Standard Policies / March 2015 UT: 20% x 2025* AZ: 15% x 2025* MT: 15% x 2015 CO: 30% by 2020 (IOUs) * NM: 20%x 2020 (IOUs) ND: 10% x 2015 SD: 10% x 2015 KS: 20% x 2020 OK: 15% x 2015 MN:26.5% x 2025 (IOUs) 31.5% x 2020 (Xcel) IA: 105 MW MO:15% x 2021 WI: 10% 2015 IL: 25% x 2026 MI: 10% x 2015* IN: OH: 12.5% 10% x x NY: 29% x 2015 VA: 15% x 2025 DC NC: 12.5% x 2021 (IOUs) SC: 2% 2021 ME: 40% x 2017 NH: 24.8 x 2025 VT: 20% x 2017 MA: 15% x 2020(new resources) 6.03% x 2016 (existing resources) RI: 14.5% x 2019 CT: 27% x 2020 NJ: 20.38% RE x % solar by 2027 PA: 18% x 2021 DE: 25% x 2026* MD: 20% x 2022 DC: 20% x 2020 HI: 40% x 2030 Renewable portfolio standard Renewable portfolio goal * TX: 5,880 MW x 2015* U.S. Territories NMI: 20% x 2016 Guam: 25% x 2035 PR: 20% x 2035 USVI: 30% x 2025 Extra credit for solar or customer-sited renewables Includes non-renewable alternative resources 29 States + Washington DC + 2 territories have a Renewable Portfolio Standard (8 states and 2 territories have renewable portfolio goals)

5 Biomass Poplar SRWC and lumber plantations

6 Goal: Compare GWP and energy consumption of poplar biomass sites Scope: From cutting production to biomass (cradle-to-gate) Functional unit: 1 BDmT

7 Sites Irrigation with river water Without irrigation Irrigation with landfill leachate Irrigation with treated wastewater

8 Site 1 Area: ha Planting density: 3586 # clones: 11 Harvesting cycle: 4 Lifetime: 11 years Soil type: Clay Site 2 Area: 315 ha Planting density: 470 # clones: 3 Harvesting cycle: 4 Lifetime: 12 years Soil type: Sandy Site 4 Area: 4.45 ha Planting density: 1375 # clones: 1 Harvesting cycle: 1 Lifetime: 12 years Soil type: Clay Site 3 Area: ha Planting density: 553 # clones: 3 Harvesting cycle: 1 Lifetime: 10 years Soil type: Clay

9 Herbicide Diesel Herbicide Water Electricity Diesel Transportation effort Biosolids / Leachate Herbicide Diesel Water Electricity Fertilizer Diesel Herbicide Diesel Pesticide Cuttings Land preparation Plantation S management Harvesting Land restoration 1 BDmT biomass System boundary Air emissions Liquid emissions Solid waste

10 Methodology LCA LCI (Questionnaire, Report PD & Papers SD) 3PG biomass estimation SimaPro v.8 with USLCI & Ecoinvent databases TRACI (Tool for the Reduction and assessment of Chemical and other Environmental Impacts) Global warming [kg CO₂ eq per ton] Inventory Sources of energy [MJ per ton]

11 Processes Input/BDmT Unit Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Land Preparation Stock for initial planting Herbicide kg Diesel l Cuttings # Transportation t km Herbicide kg Diesel l Water l Plantation Management Electricity Biosolids kwh kg N eq Leachate kg N eq Fertilizer kg N Pesticide kg 0.11 Harvest Diesel l Land Herbicide kg Diesel l Restoration Pesticide kg 0.023

12 Processes Input/BDmT Unit Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Land Preparation Stock for initial planting Plantation Management Herbicide kg Diesel l Cuttings # Transportation t km Herbicide kg Diesel l Water l Electricity kwh Biosolids kg N eq Leachate kg N eq Fertilizer kg N Pesticide kg 0.11 Harvest Diesel l Land Restoration Herbicide kg Diesel l

13 Results Biomass yield [odt ha ¹ yr ¹] Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site

14 Impact [kg CO 2 eq t -1 ] Process or Inputs Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site GWP Energy Process Contributions, % Consumption [MJ t -1 ] Inputs Contributions, % Cutting Harvesting Management Oil Coal Natural gas

15 Process or Inputs Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 GWP Energy Impact [kg CO 2 eq t -1 ] Process Contributions, % Consumption [MJ t -1 ] Inputs Contributions, % Cutting Harvesting Management Oil Coal Natural gas

16 Impact [kg CO 2 eq t -1 ] Process or Inputs Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site GWP Energy Process Contributions, % Consumption [MJ t -1 ] Inputs Contributions, % Cutting Harvesting Management Oil Coal Natural gas

17 Site Site 3 GWP [kg CO2 eq/bdmt] Site Site Energy consumption [MJ/BDmT]

18 Is poplar GWP higher/lower than other sources of energy? Fuel LHV MJ per kg GWP Kg CO₂ per ton GWP Kg CO₂ per MJ Poplar Mix Douglas-fir& Hemlock Hard coal (2.7%)* Natural gas (24%)* Oil (6.6%)* * GWP only includes extraction and treatment of raw material Sources Dinca et al

19 Main findings GWP was low in plantations with low rotation. GWP in site 2 was the lowest due to reduced amount of chemicals. Harvesting process had the highest contribution to GWP and energy consumption in all sites. Sites 3 and 4 had higher energy consumption due to applications of treated wastewater and landfill leachate.

20 Suggested research Do irrigation with treated wastewater and landfill leachate have an effect on biomass yield? Can integrating waste in a poplar plantation reduce operational and disposal costs?

21 Conclusions Biomass compared with fossil fuel as source of energy can contribute to reduce GWP. Biomass energy can be environmentally friendly if plantation managements and operational systems are carefully selected to reduce chemical and fuel consumptions.

22 Source Questions?

23 More about this topic Graduate Seminar May 13th Ph.D. Final defense June 30 th Contact information: Office number: RH 252 Office phone number: (541)

24 Estimation of biomass 3PG simulation software Source

25 TRACI impact categories Ozone depletion [kg CFC-11 eq] Global warming [kg CO₂ eq] Smog [kg O₃ eq] Acidification [kg SO₂ eq] Eutrophication [kg N eq] Cancerogenic [CTUh] Non-cancerogenic [CTUh] Ecotoxicity [CTUe] Fossil fuel depletion [MJ surplus]

26 SimaPro network 1E3 kg BIOMASS FOR ENERGY, SITE kg CO2 eq 7.96 p Cutting, planted in sites 5.62 kg Nitrogen fertilizer, production mix, at plant/kg/us m3 Diesel, combusted in industrial boiler/l/us 10.2 kg CO2 eq 11 kg CO2 eq 60.9 kg CO2 eq 114 MJ Electricity, at Grid, WECC, 2008/kWh/RNA 9.85 m3 Natural gas, processed, at plant/m3/us m3 Crude oil, in refinery/kg/us 17.7 kg CO2 eq 3.96 kg CO2 eq 8.76 kg CO2 eq 39.4 MJ Electricity, natural gas, at power plant/kwh/us 43.2 MJ Electricity, bituminous coal, at power plant/kwh/us 10.1 m3 Natural gas, at extraction site/m3/us 18.4 kg Crude oil, at production/kg/rna 15.1 MJ Electricity, at grid, US/kWh/US m3 Residual fuel oil, combusted in industrial boiler/l/us 84.4 tkm Transport, ocean freighter, average fuel mix/tkm/us 7.86 kg CO2 eq 12.8 kg CO2 eq 3.03 kg CO2 eq 3.79 kg CO2 eq 3.2 kg CO2 eq 1.57 kg CO2 eq 1.51 kg CO2 eq 1.27 m3 Natural gas, combusted in industrial 2.9 kg CO2 eq Example: Site 4

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