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Biomass Magazine
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released the October edition of its Short-Term Energy Outlook, along with its Winter Fuels Outlook, predicting household expenditures on natural gas, heating oil, electricity and propane will increase this winter. According to EIA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts this winter, measured in heating degree days, will be 3 percent warmer than the previous 10-year average, but much colder than last winter, which averaged 15 percent warmer than the 10-year average nationally.
Within the report, the EIA notes the number of households using cord wood or wood pellets as the primary spacing heating fuel has increased 26 percent since 2005, reaching approximately 2.5 billion households in 2015. In addition, approximately 8 percent of households use wood as a secondary source of heat, making wood second only to electricity as a supplemental heating fuel.
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FPS
The Forest Products Society is seeking presenters for its 71st International Convention, to be held June 26-28, 2017. The convention will be hosted by the Mississippi State University's College of Forest Resources.
The annual International Convention is designed to enhance professional connections and bridge the gap between the world's top researchers and industry leaders and students. Abstracts are now being accepted for papers and posters.
Suggested topics are as follows:
- Advances in Material Technology
- Marketing and Education
- Wood and the Environment
- Wood in Construction
Topics should be relevant to the forest products industry, and abstracts should be no more than 250 words.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Jan. 16, 2017
Author Notification: Feb. 14, 2017
Deadline to Submit Full Paper for Publication in Proceedings: May 15, 2017
For more information on the event, visit our website.
FPS
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory and Forest Products Society is issuing an invitation to present papers and posters at the 2017 Advancements in Fiber-Polymer Composites Symposium, set for May 16-18, 2017, in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Symposium provides a forum for experts from scientific, technical and industrial communication to exchange and disseminate information on the latest advances and future opportunities for fiber-polymer composites. Presentations and posters covering wood fibers, natural fibers and nanocellulose composites are all welcome.
The deadline for abstracts is Tuesday, Nov. 15. For more information on the Symposium, including submission information, visit here.
FPS
Register now for the Introduction to the Wood Science & Forest Products course, presented by the Forest Products Society, in conjunction with Mississippi State University. This three-day course will be held Feb. 28 through March 2 at Mississippi State's Department of Sustainable Bioproducts in Starkville, Mississippi.
This course is for suppliers, consultants, claims agents and anyone who needs to understand trees, harvesting, wood anatomy and how wood is processed into today's products. Students will also discuss current issues in the forest products industry, along with green building and product testing.
For question regarding the course, including registration, accommodation and program information, visit here, or contact Scott Springmier
AlerNet
Hurricane Matthew and the aftermath of devastating flooding across the Carolinas has been a dramatic example of the costs our communities have to bear in the face of increased impacts from a changing climate. It is yet another reminder that it's high time we get serious about addressing global climate change and reducing carbon in our atmosphere. But not all solutions are created equal and one in particular is actually making matters worse for the climate, forests and our communities.
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KFOR-TV
State forestry officials in Oklahoma say they plan to restrict the movement of ash wood in part of northeastern Oklahoma following the discovery of a destructive beetle that has destroyed tens of millions of ash trees across the nation. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry says the emerald ash borer has been discovered in Delaware County. The insect is a non-native, wood-boring beetle and represents a significant threat to ash trees across the state.
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WBIR-TV
As wildfire season kicks off, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture warns this season's record drought conditions require an extra level of caution. "We haven't had dry conditions like this since about 2000 - that's the last time it was this dry," said Assistant District Forester Nathan Waters, who is with the Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry. Waters says on a five-point scale, intense drought conditions brought Monday's fire danger level to a four.
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Biomass Magazine
FutureMetrics LLC recently released a white paper with estimates of industrial wood pellet tonnage demand and spot prices. The tonnage estimates are based on optimistic scenarios in which cofiring or full-firing wood pellets in large pulverized coal (PC) power plants develops in Japan, Korea, the U.S. and Canada. The spot price estimates are based on a model of industrial wood pellet price behavior.
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Scoop
Diesel use in the primary sector has increased in the last five years, and now accounts for over half of the sector’s energy use, Statistics New Zealand said today. The fishing and forestry industries were the main drivers of the increase. In the year ended March 2016, New Zealand's primary industries used about 630 million litres of diesel — enough fuel for a typical light vehicle to drive around Earth's circumference 193,000 times.
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