2021 Forestland Biomass Production Costs for the 2024 Billion Ton Analysis

This dataset contains harvesting, chipping, and production cost data for forestland production by region and forest harvest system. The dataset supports Biomass from the forested land base analysis in the BT23 (Davis et al., 2024) and subsequent modeling using the Forest Sustainable and Economic Analysis Model (ForSEAM). The cost data was updated by Burton English and is in 2014 dollars and 2021 dollars. Data sources can be found in the accompanying PDF, ‘2021 Biomass Production Costs for the 2024 Billion Ton Analysis’, and the details can be found in the accompanying Microsoft Word file.

Author(s)
Burton English , Jin Wook Ro , Lixia Lambert , Maggie Davis , Matthew H Langholtz
Bioenergy Category
Feedstock Production
Keywords
feedstock production
costs
forestland
BT23
forestry
small-diameter trees
logging residues
forest harvest system
harvesting cost
chipping cost
forest production cost
Publication Date
isPartOf parent DOI
https://doi.org/10.23720/BT2023/2281324
Data Source
2021 Biomass Production Costs for the 2024 Billion Ton Analysis
Metadata
Cost_by_FHS_and_Region.csv is a comma-separated file that holds the following variables: Forest_Harvest_Systems: This is for different forest silvicultural and harvest methods.
Region: This is for different production cost zones of the CONUS as defined by ForSEAM.
Slope_over_40%: This is a binary variable to indicate if the slope exceeds 40%.
CutToLength: This is a binary variable to indicate if the cut-to-length method is used.
Cut: This indicates the forest management practice of either thinning or clearcutting.
Type: This indicates the type of forest.
Harverst_Production_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The harvest costs of production per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Chipping_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The costs of production to chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Total_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The costs of production to harvest and chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Harverst_Production_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The harvest costs of production per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Chipping_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The costs of production to chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Total_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The costs of production to harvest and chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Total_Forest_Production_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The total production costs of forestland biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Timber_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for timber per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Chipper_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for chipper per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Total_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for timber and chipper per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Cost_by_Region.csv is a comma-separated file that holds the following variables:
Region: This is for different production cost zones of the CONUS as defined by ForSEAM.
Slope_over_40%: This is a binary variable to indicate if the slope exceeds 40%.
CutToLength: This is a binary variable to indicate if the cut-to-length method is used.
Type: This indicates the type of forest.
Cut: This indicates the forest management practice of either thinning or clearcutting.
Forest_Production_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The total production costs of forestland biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Timber_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for timber per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Chipper_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for chipper per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Total_Costs_2014$_per_dry_ton: The costs for timber and chipper per dry ton biomass in 2014 dollars.
Cost_by_FHS.csv is a comma-separated file that holds the following variables:
Forest_Harvest_Systems: This is for different forest silvicultural and harvest methods.
Cut: This indicates the forest management practice of either thinning or clearcutting.
Harverst_Production_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The harvest costs of production per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Chipping_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The costs of production to chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Total_Costs_2021$_per_bdt: The costs of production to harvest and chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2021 dollars.
Harverst_Production_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The harvest costs of production per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Chipping_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The costs of production to chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Total_Costs_2014$_per_bdt: The costs of production to harvest and chip the biomass per bone dry ton (bdt) in 2014 dollars.
Lab
ORNL
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 Forest Costs of production_vJuly2024_FromEnglish2023_0.pdf 978.66 KB
 vJuly22_2024_0.zip 17.67 KB
Associated Content in the KDF
A-customized-dataset-for-national-timberland-resources-modeled-with-ForSEAM