Large-scale regional tree deaths can create disposal challenges but have the potential to
<p>produce substantial feedstock for renewable electricity production. Using this feedstock, this
project offers a solution that addresses a range of California’s energy, climate, and air quality
goals. The project team designed, tested, and demonstrated a 150-kilowatt modular biomass
gasification electrical generator system called the Powertainer. This technology makes possible
the generation of renewable electricity using fire-damaged material, while lowering air
pollution emissions when compared to open burning.
</p><p>The use of forest residues from high fire risk regions to fuel the Powertainer benefits
California. Using biomass material from dead trees makes forest fires less prone and less
extreme, and produces fewer harmful emissions, while reducing property damage. Harvesting
forest products and generation of distributed renewable electricity supports the local economy
and creates jobs. The biochar production adds to the benefits of using biomass gasification
systems, since it can result in a carbon-negative outcome, contributing directly to the reversal
of climate change.
</p><p>Addressing the annual tree mortality crisis requires use of 9,589 Powertainers. In total, the
</p>
Powertainers would consume 10 million bone dry tons of lumber per year running 60 percent of the time (or 5,256 hours per year). This scenario would produce 7,560 gigawatt hours of renewable electricity. When compared to open pile burning, it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20.3 percent, methane by 51.7 percent, carbon monoxide by 99.9 percent, and particulate matter by 99.9 percent. Annually, this technology has the capacity to sequester 1.45 million metric tons of CO<sub>2</sub>, create 7,000 jobs, and manage 700,000 acres of forest.
<ul><li>Jim Mason</li>
<li>Ariel Fisk-Vittori</li>
<li>Brendan Quinlan</li>
<li><div class="commons-creator vcard"></div></li></ul><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r728533443">.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{background-color:#f0f0ff;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:95%;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{background-color:#e0e0ee;font-weight:bold;text-align:start}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{display:block;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody{border-right:1px solid #aaa;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr{border-top:1px solid #aaa;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1 100%}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border-left:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px;flex:1 1}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table{border:1px solid #aaa;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:5px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>td{border:1px solid #aaa;padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.halfwidth{max-width:10em}.mw-parser-output .commons-creator-table>tbody>tr>.fullwidth{max-width:20em}}</style><table class="commons-creator-table mw-collapsible mw-collapsed mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4"><span class="fn" id="creator"><bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Justin_Knapp" class="extiw" title="w:en:Justin Knapp"><span title="first person to log more than 1 million edits to the English Wikipedia">Justin Anthony Knapp</span></a>
</bdi></span> (1982–) <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creator:Justin_Anthony_Knapp" title="Creator:Justin Anthony Knapp"><img alt="Blue pencil.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/15px-Blue_pencil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/23px-Blue_pencil.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blue_pencil.svg/30px-Blue_pencil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"></a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331076" title="wikidata:Q3331076"><img alt="wikidata:Q3331076" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/30px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590"></a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/en:Author:Justin_Anthony_Knapp" title="s:en:Author:Justin Anthony Knapp"><img alt="s:en:Author:Justin Anthony Knapp" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/15px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/23px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/30px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430"></a> <div class="mw-collapsible-toggle mw-collapsible-toggle-collapsed"><span class="mw-collapsible-arrowtoggle"> </span></div></th>
</tr><tr><td rowspan="7" style="width:120px" id="fileinfotpl_creator_image"><span class="wpImageAnnotatorControl wpImageAnnotatorOff"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Justin_Anthony_Knapp_(cropped).jpg" class="image"><img alt="Justin Anthony Knapp" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="139" class="photo" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg/180px-Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg/240px-Justin_Anthony_Knapp_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1901" data-file-height="2198"></a></span></td>
</tr><tr><th scope="row">Alternative names</th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_alt-name_value"><div class="nickname">
Koavf; King of all Vext fans; Justin Knapp</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Description</th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_desc_value">American-German bibliographer, Wikimedian, delivery driver, Wiktionarian and writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Date of birth</th>
<td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_birthdate_value">
18 November 1982 <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331076#P569" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></td><td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_deathdate_value">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Location of birth</th>
<td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_birthloc_value">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Indiana_University_Health_Methodist_Hospital" class="extiw" title="w:en:Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital"><span title="teaching hospital in Indianapolis, United States">Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis</span></a></td><td class="halfwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_deathloc_value">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Work location</th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_work-location"><div class="locality">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:United_States" class="extiw" title="w:en:United States"><span title="country in North America">United States of America</span></a> <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331076#P937" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" style="vertical-align: text-top" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20"></a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Authority_file" class="extiw" title="w:en:Authority file"><span title="collection of authority records, where each record picks preferred heading, alternative heading and other information, used for bibliographic information">Authority file</span></a></th>
<td colspan="2" class="fullwidth" id="fileinfotpl_creator_authority_value"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331076" title="wikidata:Q3331076"><img alt="wikidata:Q3331076" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/30px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="590"></a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3331076" class="extiw" title="d:Q3331076">Q3331076</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:ORCID" class="extiw" title="w:en:ORCID">ORCID</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="plainlinks"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-834X">0000-0002-6234-834X</a></span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="display: none;">creator QS:P170,Q3331076</div>
<ul><li>Bear Kaufmann</li>
<li>Samuel Whipple</li></ul>
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