Economic and energy efficiency assessment of biomass harvesting at a northern off-grid community: a case study of Barren Lands First Nation at Brochet, Manitoba, Canada.
| dc.contributor.author | Fennell, Kipp | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Neudoerffer,Cynthia (Canadian Foodgrains Bank) Longpre, Trevor (Natural Resources Canada) Westwood, Richard (Natural Resources Institute) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Thompson, Shirley (Natural Resources Insitute) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-12T18:49:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-12T18:49:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12 | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was the first to analyze the cost and energy requirements to harvest and transport wood-biomass to an off-grid community, namely Brochet, Manitoba, for the purpose of bioenergy. The study takes the unique local conditions and circumstances of a remote northern off-grid community into consideration, including: marginal forest resources and transport over winter road networks. Analysis of the forest resources within the study area using various resources found that the wood supply for a biomass facility was adequate. Under most conditions, the combined cost to harvest and transport biomass to Brochet using a variety of systems was less expensive than the combined purchase and transport cost of diesel fuel. The analysis also found that significant employment opportunities and a reduction in carbon emissions would be realized through wood biomass production. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | May 2014 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fennell, K (2013). Economic and energy efficiency assessment of biomass harvesting at a northern off-grid community: a case study of Barren Lands First Nation at Brochet, Manitoba, Canada. Natural Resources Institute Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/23299 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Natural Resources Institute Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources, University of Manitoba | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biomass | en_US |
| dc.subject | northern | en_US |
| dc.title | Economic and energy efficiency assessment of biomass harvesting at a northern off-grid community: a case study of Barren Lands First Nation at Brochet, Manitoba, Canada. | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |