Forest Products
Although the forest products industry self-generates more than half of its energy needs from the on-site combustion of biomass and pulping byproducts, it still ranks among the largest consumers of fossil energy. Therefore, the industry seeks to reduce energy intensity, increase renewable energy use, and optimize its renewable resource base by developing and implementing advanced technologies to convert biomass residues and manufacturing byproducts into higher-value biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts.
Energetics helps our forest products industry clients develop robust research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) portfolios directed at achieving these goals. Energetics has worked with the DOE Industrial Technologies Program, DOE Biomass Program, American Forest & Paper Association, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Biomass Energy Research Association, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and many others to conduct:
- Detailed energy use and loss analysis for the pulp and paper industry
- Energy saving opportunity assessments
- Characterization and analysis of the industry’s baseline energy use for benchmarking
- Strategic planning, including technology roadmapping and multi-year R&D program planning
- Technical meetings and workshops
- Technology showcases at operating pulp and paper plants
- Peer reviews and R&D portfolio analysis
- Cost and benefit assessments for new technologies and best practices
- Communications activities including technical white papers, R&D plans, research project fact sheets, accomplishment summaries, success stories, and commercial product compendiums