British Columbia's beetle infested pine

For Case 1, 45.6% of the total cost of power is the delivered cost of wood to the power plant, 38.5% is the recovery of investment in the power plant (over the 20 year life of the plant), and 15.9% is operating and maintenance cost. [...] Given the range of reported values, one critical component of future evaluation of this project is a detailed cost analysis of all components of the delivery of MPB wood to a power plant. [...] This study estimates the size of the biomass power plant and the cost of producing power from the infested wood. [...] The extent of infestation is difficult to estimate because of the variability in the rate of infestation and the increase in infestation every year. [...] The equations for estimation of EMC are given in Appendix C. In this study EMC is estimated for Williams Lake, which is approximately in the center of the study area; its temperature and relative humidity are assumed to be representative of the study area.