Fuel Procurement Plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin - Placer County ...
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lend will likely be greenwaste (grass, tree trimmings). Fulcrum Bioenergy plans tobreak ground on <strong>the</strong> Sierra Bio<strong>Fuel</strong>s facility later this year.FUEL PROCUREMENTThis section of <strong>the</strong> procurement plan is focused on confirming <strong>the</strong> existing fuelprocessing infrastructure and opportunities to expand it in addition to ranking suppliersand contracting <strong>for</strong> fuel.<strong>Fuel</strong> Processing InfrastructureForest-Sourced <strong>Fuel</strong> Processing InfrastructureThere are currently several commercial-scale contractors actively treating <strong>for</strong>est fuelsand/or processing thinning/<strong>for</strong>est harvest residuals within and adjacent to <strong>the</strong> CFSA. Thecurrent downturn in <strong>for</strong>est-sourced fuel demand will likely impact <strong>the</strong>se contractors shortterm due to reduced demand and pricing <strong>for</strong> biomass fuel in <strong>the</strong> region. However, asstated previously, <strong>the</strong> Sierra Pacific Industries facility at Loyalton is expected to re-start,and this will add fuel demand in <strong>the</strong> marketplace.There has been infrastructure development using innovative approaches to <strong>the</strong> recoveryof biomass material. For example, <strong>Placer</strong> <strong>County</strong> has implemented a biomass collectionprogram that provides bins <strong>for</strong> local residents, contractors, and fire agencies. Thebiomass collection program also facilitates processing and transport of biomass materialremoved and stockpiled at biomass accumulation yards that are located strategically nearhigh concentrations of hazardous fuels adjacent to residential areas and <strong>the</strong> WUI. Theseyards have produced significant volumes of limbs, brush and small stems that would havenormally been piled and burned. Initiated in 2007, this program has been very successfulwith local homeowners and has facilitated <strong>the</strong> removal of hundreds of tons of biomassmaterial. 17 Most of <strong>the</strong> biomass collected was transported to biomass plants <strong>for</strong> use asfuel. In 2010, <strong>Placer</strong> <strong>County</strong> began working with <strong>the</strong> Cali<strong>for</strong>nia <strong>Tahoe</strong> Conservancy andCali<strong>for</strong>nia State Parks to collect and remove biomass material from <strong>the</strong>ir operations aswell.Due to <strong>the</strong> demonstrated success of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Placer</strong> <strong>County</strong> Biomass Collection Program, o<strong>the</strong>rcommunities have replicated this model. A similar program is now underway in <strong>the</strong>South <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Tahoe</strong> area. Managed by <strong>the</strong> Nevada Division of Forestry, <strong>the</strong> biomassrecovery program has been using biomass bins to collect processed biomass <strong>for</strong> use asfuel at <strong>the</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Nevada Correctional Center biomass cogeneration plant. Now that<strong>the</strong> NNCC facility has closed, <strong>the</strong> Nevada Division of Forestry is seeking alternativevalue-added markets.17 Per discussions with <strong>Placer</strong> <strong>County</strong> staff.<strong>Fuel</strong> <strong>Procurement</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Tahoe</strong> <strong>Basin</strong> Biomass Power FacilityTSS Consultants27
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