The ‘debt’ is in the detail: A synthesis of recent temporal forest carbon analyses on woody biomass for energy
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The temporal imbalance between the release and sequestration of forest carbon has raised a fundamental concern about the climate mitigation potential of forest biomass for energy. The potential carbon debt caused by harvest and the resulting time spans needed to reach pre‐harvest carbon levels (payback) or those of a reference case (parity) have become important parameters for climate and bioenergy policy developments. The present range of analyses however varies in assumptions, regional scopes, and conclusions. Comparing these modeling efforts, we reveal that they apply different principle modeling frameworks while results are largely affected by the same parameters. The size of the carbon debt is mostly determined by the type and amount of biomass harvested and whether land‐use change emissions need to be accounted for. Payback times are mainly determined by plant growth rates, i.e. the forest biome, tree species, site productivity and management. Parity times are primarily influenced by the choice and construction of the reference scenario and fossil carbon displacement efficiencies. Using small residual biomass (harvesting/processing), deadwood from highly insect‐infected sites, or new plantations on highly productive or marginal land offers (almost) immediate net carbon benefits. Their eventual climate mitigation potential however is determined by the effectiveness of the fossil fuel displacement. We deem it therefore unsuitable to define political guidance by feedstock…
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- Authors
- Lamers, P., & Junginger, M.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Lamers, Patrick
- Venue
- Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-04-12
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 373-385
- ISSN
- 1932-1031 (ISSN-L)
- 1932-104X
- OpenAlex
- W2099427483
- Cited by
- 146
- References
- 68
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 8
- FWCI
- 16.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Keywords
- carbon payback time, forest carbon sequestration, land use change emissions, wood pellets, forest management, bioenergy policy
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