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COEE

Availability of Woody Biomass in Northeastern Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Transportation Systems
Decision Support Modeling for Supply Chain Planning
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Life-cycle Assessment of Forest Feedstock Supply Chain
Modeling Energy Crop Productivity
Review of Existing Biofuels Supply Chain Models
State and Federal Forest Policies

FBSCC

Assessing the Availability of Woody-Biomass in Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Commercial Production of Tree Energy Crops
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Plantations
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems
Evaluation of Michigan Forest Biomass Processing
Feedstock Supply Chain from Landing to Biorefinery
Improving Yields of Poplar and Willow Energy Plantations
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Michigan Forest Biomass Inventory
Understanding Forest Residue Recovery and Sustainability

Full Supply Chain

Decision Support Modeling for Supply Chain Planning
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Feedstock Supply Chain from Landing to Biorefinery
Life-cycle Assessment of Forest Feedstock Supply Chain
Review of Existing Biofuels Supply Chain Models
State and Federal Forest Policies

Harvest

Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
State and Federal Forest Policies

How can we efficiently harvest, move, and produce biofuel?

Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Transportation Systems
Decision Support Modeling for Supply Chain Planning
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems
Evaluation of Michigan Forest Biomass Processing
Feedstock Supply Chain from Landing to Biorefinery
Life-cycle Assessment of Forest Feedstock Supply Chain
Review of Existing Biofuels Supply Chain Models
State and Federal Forest Policies

How can woody material for fuel be sustainably produced?

Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Commercial Production of Tree Energy Crops
Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Plantations
Improving Yields of Poplar and Willow Energy Plantations
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
State and Federal Forest Policies
Understanding Forest Residue Recovery and Sustainability

How much forest-based biomass is available?

Assessing the Availability of Woody-Biomass in Michigan
Availability of Woody Biomass in Northeastern Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Michigan Forest Biomass Inventory
Modeling Energy Crop Productivity

Loggers

Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems

Michigan Statewide

Assessing the Availability of Woody-Biomass in Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Commercial Production of Tree Energy Crops
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Plantations
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems
Evaluation of Michigan Forest Biomass Processing
Feedstock Supply Chain from Landing to Biorefinery
Improving Yields of Poplar and Willow Energy Plantations
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Michigan Forest Biomass Inventory
Understanding Forest Residue Recovery and Sustainability

Northeastern Michigan

Availability of Woody Biomass in Northeastern Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Transportation Systems
Decision Support Modeling for Supply Chain Planning
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Life-cycle Assessment of Forest Feedstock Supply Chain
Modeling Energy Crop Productivity
Review of Existing Biofuels Supply Chain Models
State and Federal Forest Policies

Production at Facility

Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Evaluation of Michigan Forest Biomass Processing

Project 1

Decision Support Modeling for Supply Chain Planning
Review of Existing Biofuels Supply Chain Models
State and Federal Forest Policies

Project 2

Availability of Woody Biomass in Northeastern Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Modeling Energy Crop Productivity

Project 3

Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Transportation Systems
Life-cycle Assessment of Forest Feedstock Supply Chain

Storage

Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate

Sustainable production

Assessing the Availability of Woody-Biomass in Michigan
Availability of Woody Biomass in Northeastern Michigan
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Biomass Availability in Managed Northern Hardwoods Forests
Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Commercial Production of Tree Energy Crops
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Plantations
Improving Yields of Poplar and Willow Energy Plantations
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Landowner Practices and Biomass Availability in Northern Forests
Michigan Forest Biomass Inventory
Modeling Energy Crop Productivity
State and Federal Forest Policies
Understanding Forest Residue Recovery and Sustainability

Task A

Assessing the Availability of Woody-Biomass in Michigan
Michigan Forest Biomass Inventory

Task B

Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Biomass Harvesting, Forwarding and Processing Systems
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems
Evaluation of Michigan Forest Biomass Processing
Feedstock Supply Chain from Landing to Biorefinery

Task C

Chemical and Thermal Properties of Poplar and Willow
Commercial Production of Tree Energy Crops
Environmental Impacts of Woody Biomass Plantations
Improving Yields of Poplar and Willow Energy Plantations
Increasing Plantation Biomass Availability
Understanding Forest Residue Recovery and Sustainability

Transportation

Biomass Transportation Systems
Environmental Impacts of Biomass Supply from Forest to Factory Gate
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems

Truckers

Biomass Transportation Systems
Evaluation of Michigan Biomass Transportation Systems