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forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
“Adding Value to the Wood Supply Chain
through R&D, Innovation and
Promotion”.
Andy Leitch Andy.leitch@forestry.gov.scot
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Outline of presentation
• Focus on Softwood.• Wood Resource availability.• Wood production.• Current priorities and actions for adding value.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
What do I mean by “Adding Value”
Measures of success• Creating additional feedstock through;
• woodland creation. • increased productivity• resource efficiency
• Increasing downstream manufacture and economic activity.• Increased overall GVA from sector. • Contributing to achieving climate change mitigation targets through carbon
sequestration, substitution and storage
Vehicles of Delivery: Collaboration• Innovation.• Research and Development • Promotion.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Woodland cover and ownership 2018
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
GB Conifer standing volume = 336 million m³obs• Scotland = 212 million m³obs.• Wales = 37 million m³ obs. • England = 87 million m³ obs.
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forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Analysis of coniferous roundwooddemand and potential availability for GB to 2025, John Clegg Consulting 2019
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Scotland: Forecast Potential Availability & Demand (tonnes) for
Coniferous Roundwood 2013 –2050
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50 Year Coniferous Roundwood Availability Existing Users + New Wood Energy Plants
Production in 2017 = 7Mt
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Potential available volume by species
Scotland – 212M m3obs Wales – 37M m3obs
Sitka spruce
56%
Norway spruce
8%
Scots pine 2%
Douglas fir8%
Larch16%
Corsican pine…
Lodgepole pine …
Other conifers
6%
Sitka spruce
62%Norway spruce
4%
Scots pine 15%
Corsican pine 0%
Larches 8%
Douglas fir 2%
Lodepole pine 7%
Other conifer
2%
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6170
Established wood supply chains?
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160670Sawlogs
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Small round wood
1000 m3
100Brash/lop & top
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Posts
Pallets
Construction
Engineered timber
Fencing
Pellets
BarkBio-energy
Panels
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Sawmills
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forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Softwood sawnwoodproduction and markets
Year England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
UK
2015 1056 324 1787 284 3451
2016 1093 366 1871 294 3624
2017 1163 319 1920 326 3728
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Tree Breeding: improving productivity and quality
• National Tree Improvement Strategy http://www.futuretrees.org/files/uploads/National-Tree-Improvement-Strategy.pdf
• Forest Research Agency. – DNA marker aided selection in Sitka; focussing on improving stiffness and yield– Further developing Breeding Plans for Alternative Species, including WRC and WH. – Tissue culture – Larch
• 4-year PhD in Monitoring and Managing Genetic Diversity in Sitka spruce. (Edi Uni)
• Conifer Breeding Co-op http://www.coniferbreedingcoop.co.uk/
• Future Trees Trust. www.futuretrees.org• Hardwood focus
Improved Sitka spruce and improved wood availability forecasts
24/07/2018
YC 44?YC 24
YC 6
Sitka Spruced. https://sitkaspruced.web.ox.ac.uk/home
Project overview: The Sitka Spruced £1.5M project aims to create novel capacity to increase the rates of genetic gain in the UK’s breeding programme. Sitka Spruced will develop Genomic Selection methods aiming to shorten the breeding process and increase the rate of yield gains more than two-fold. The proposed research will develop large-scale genotyping capacity, a genetic linkage map for Sitka spruce, and large training set for predictive genomics model development. We will use this platform to investigate issues of genomic prediction accuracy, models for both yield and wood quality traits, genotype imputation, resistance to damaging insects.
Sitka Spruced is a collaboration of the University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh (Roslin Institute) and Forest Research (an Agency of the Forestry Commission). It is funded by BBSRC and a group of forest and wood processing industries.
The industrial partners for Sitka Spruced are BSW Timber Ltd., Maelor Forest Nurseries Ltd., Forestart Ltd., The Conifer Breeding Cooperative Ltd., and Scottish Woodlands Ltd.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
•Forest Research Agency https://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/BEEH-ABUAYL–Alternative species, including birch and sycamore. –Measuring and Modelling Timber Properties.
•Managing for Timber Quality Decision Support System. https://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/beeh-aegjme•Genomics : Measurements from improved SS sites. •Scots pine bulletin. – Larch and Douglas Fir due in next two years.
• SIRT (Strategic Integrated Research in Timber http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/)–3-year work plan (2019-21)
•Alternative species structural performance . •Investigation in degrade issues (so called drought crack) in spruce. •Grading support for UK processing sector.
–Grading for tiling battens. –DF Grading settings in development in partnership with Irish. –Possible new grading settings for Scots pine
•PhD DNA markers for selection for Micro fibril angles. (UHI)
Understanding the timber resource.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Timber in Construction projects
Wood Product Innovation (ENU) : The purpose of this proposed research is to deliver timber product and process innovation whilst developing human capital. 4 thematic areas of research have been identified for exploration:
• Digitisation of Timber Offsite: Maximising the use of C16+ graded HG timber and updated carbon calculations.
• Solid Laminated Timber Systems: Gap analysis of R&D in use of HG for SLTS.• Timber Retrofit Solutions: Identification of opportunities for HG timber and
manufacture. • Sustainable Communities Pre-manufactured from offsite timber construction:
Analysis of current and future communities. SG timber offsite review.
Structural Timber Association and TTF : Fire tests for in-use timber constructions-positive results to date.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Maximising the potential of C16+ spruce
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Digitisation of components for
timber rich 3-bed house for BIM
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Construction Scotland Innovation Centre: Innovation Factory
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Increasing manufacturing and adding value.
Advanced Timber Construction Challenge Fund• 10 expressions of interest, led to 9 applications, which led to 7
awarded projects.• Total project value for all 7 projects is circa £350,000.• FCS total contribution is £50,000.• Leveraged £50,000 from CSIC and £250,000 from industry.• 120 days access to CSIC Innovation Factory and specialist
equipment.• ENU academic expertise support.• Products: volumetric timber components, wood fibre insulation
and solid timber laminate.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Resource Efficiency• Identify ways to increase wood fibre recovery from
our harvesting operations through innovation, research and development work.
• Carry out a study to understand the economic and environmental outputs from various wood flows in the Scottish/UK wood supply chain to better inform wood cascading.
• Identify and support innovation and new technologies to maximise the re-use of wood fibre along the wood supply chain and downstream industries.
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Timber Deconstruction
InFutUReWood Innovative Design For the Future – Use and Reuse of Wood
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Green Timber Transport –Hydrogen?
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Promotion: Publications
Mass Timber: An Introduction to Solid Laminate Timber Systems: Technical document including Napier research outputs on using homegrown timber to manufacture solid laminate timber systems.
Modern Timber HouseHigh end document aimed mainly at English housing market and beyond...Wood For Good
Wood properties and uses of Scots pine in Great Britain Paul McLean, FR
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Promotion: Materials library and exhibitions.
https://materials.ads.org.uk/
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
forestry.gov.scotScottish Forestry is the Scottish Government agency responsible for forestry policy, support and regulation
Emerging Markets: Proposal for wood fibre as a feedstock for a
biorefinery.• 4-year PhD: Development of a process to valorise lignin (Ed Uni)
• 4-year PhD in Improved pre-treatments and fractionation of soft and hardwoods to access feedstock chemicals. (St Andrews Uni)
• Database of Chemical composition of softwoods and hardwoods. http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/ited/
• Two companies in UK currently working on new processes for breaking down wood fibre: https://www.novapangaea.com/ and http://bio-sepltd.com/,
– Now interest from the UK wood based industries.
– Potential for a learning journey to Finland to bioethanol plant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncQV8Qc7H9E https://www.st1.eu/about-st1/company-information/areas-operations/renewable-energy .
– Other websites that may be of interest https://borregaard.com/Products-Solutions and https://arbiom.com/
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