Logistics

With an estimated biomass storage capacity of 180,000 cubic yards, the repository would accept 18,000 cubic yards of biomass per year over a 10-year period. A cord is 4.75 cubic yards and weighs approximately one metric ton depending on the type of wood (softwood) and the moisture content*. Each live bottom truck load would carry in 11.5 tons of biomass, equivalent to 5.75 tons of carbon by weight*. According to American Forests, each ton of wood equates to 1.7 metric tons of avoided CO2. A single live-bottom bulk trailer can carry 54.5 yards per truck load. It would require 331 truck loads per year, just 6.6 deliveries on average per week.

* https://futuremetrics.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/CO2-from-Wood-and-Coal-Combustion.pdf ** https://www.greenbiz.com/sites/default/files/document/EIARVol28Issue2-3pgs106-115.pdf, https://www.americanforests.org/ 39