Biomass as a Fuel Resource in Electric Generation

Randy Kuipers

Terry DeBlaay

October 6th, 2011

Map of Holland BPW Woodshed Areas

County Total Acres x1000

Forested Acres x1000

Timber Volume Green Tons (x1000)

Allegan Barry Ionia Kalamazoo Kent Montcalm Muskegon Newaygo Oceana Ottawa Van Buren

530 356 367 360 548 453 326 539 346 362 391

178 111 75 75 155 133 160 331 182 79 122

8245 8245 3954 5015 9190 8133 5515 23508 10526 4903 7130

Total 4578 1601 94364

Map of Wood Using Industry’s in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula

Supplier County Type* Green Tons**

Delivered Price***

Miles to Plant***

Post Hardwoods Buskirk Sawmill Maple Rapids Lumer Quality Hardwoods Pallet One Blough Hardwoods Devereaux Sawmill Atwood Forest Prod TD Johnson Elders Forest Prod Rothig Forest Prod Gentz Forest Prod John Doyle & Sons Bisballe Forest Prod Biewer Sawmill Biewer Sawmill Mid-Michigan Logging Roger Bazuin & Sons Rush’s Forest Prod Pulpwood & Forestry Integrity Tree Services Al Northrup Logging

Allegan Barry Clinton Eaton Indiana Ionia Ionia Kent Kent Kent Lake Manistee Mecosta Missaukee Missaukee Missaukee Missaukee Missaukee Montcalm Muskegon Ottawa St. Joseph

SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC SMC WTC SMC WTC WTC WTC WTC SMC Saw Dust WTC WTC WTC WTC WTC WTC

3000 20000 3000 10000 20000 4000 2000 4000 40000 2000 50000 50000 50000 25000 12000 24000 15000 15000 20000 30000 50000 40000

32 30 34 34 32 28 34 32 28 32 28 30 29 28 30 17 28 26 30 27 27 29

20 50 90 70 110 50 90 50 60 50 110 90 90 140 130 130 140 130 80 40 20 70

Total Tons 489000

*WTC=Whole Tree Chip; SMC=Sawmill Chip **These are potential volumes to Holland; actual volumes may be higher or lower ***This is the dollars per green ton delivered to Holland in 2010 dollars ****Miles from supplier home base, miles from harvest location could be more or less.