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Fuelwood consumption in Newfoundland

Abstract

This study was undertaken to get a first estimate of fuelwood consumption for the island of Newfoundland for the period April 1, 1977 to March 31, 1978. Available literature was reviewed and an assessment made on the existing data collection systems on fuelwood consumption used by the various forestry agencies in the province. A personal interview telephone survey on fuelwood use was conducted for most parts of the Island that had access to wood supplies. Householders were asked how much wood they burned, when they started burning wood, type of wood burning unit used, other sources of heat used, reasons for burning wood, employment, distance travelled to obtain wood, and expected consumption in 1978-79 compared to 1977-78. It was found that the estimated number of households burning wood increased to ca 32,000 in 1977-78. There was a further estimated increase to about 39,500 in 1978-79. In 1977-78, it was estimated that 461,571 stacked cubic metres of fuelwood were consumed on the Island. This was broken down into 318,916 m/sup 3/ of softwood and 142,655 m/sup 3/ of hardwood. Although the statistical methodology used may have led to an overestimate of the volume of wood consumed, the criteria used in the  More>>
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1980
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
NA-N-X-177; MICROLOG-89-00159
Reference Number:
CANM-89-000897; EDB-89-062429
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; NEWFOUNDLAND; WOOD FUELS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; COST; DATA COMPILATION; DATA COVARIANCES; ELECTRIC HEATING; FORECASTING; FUEL OILS; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL DATA; SURVEYS; WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES; CANADA; DATA; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; HEATING; INFORMATION; ISLANDS; LIQUID FUELS; NORTH AMERICA; NUMERICAL DATA; OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; 299003* - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation- Other- (-1989); 090400 - Solid Waste & Wood Fuels- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6296653
Research Organizations:
Northland Associates Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada)
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Availability:
Forestry Canada, Place Vincent Massey, 351 St. Joseph Blvd., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 1G5; $N/C; MF CANMET/TID, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0G1; $10 CAN.
Submitting Site:
CANM
Size:
Pages: 91
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

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title = {Fuelwood consumption in Newfoundland}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {This study was undertaken to get a first estimate of fuelwood consumption for the island of Newfoundland for the period April 1, 1977 to March 31, 1978. Available literature was reviewed and an assessment made on the existing data collection systems on fuelwood consumption used by the various forestry agencies in the province. A personal interview telephone survey on fuelwood use was conducted for most parts of the Island that had access to wood supplies. Householders were asked how much wood they burned, when they started burning wood, type of wood burning unit used, other sources of heat used, reasons for burning wood, employment, distance travelled to obtain wood, and expected consumption in 1978-79 compared to 1977-78. It was found that the estimated number of households burning wood increased to ca 32,000 in 1977-78. There was a further estimated increase to about 39,500 in 1978-79. In 1977-78, it was estimated that 461,571 stacked cubic metres of fuelwood were consumed on the Island. This was broken down into 318,916 m/sup 3/ of softwood and 142,655 m/sup 3/ of hardwood. Although the statistical methodology used may have led to an overestimate of the volume of wood consumed, the criteria used in the selection of households had the opposite effect in that the volume consumed by a large number of casual wood burners (less than 3 stacked m/sup 3/) was omitted from the estimate. Fuelwood consumption accounted for anywhere from 1% to 77% of the calculated allowable annual cut for the various forest management units on the Island for 1977-78. Overall, fuelwood consumption estimated by the survey accounted for 8% of the estimated allowable annual cut. Use of wood as a fuel is expected to continue increasing and it is recommended that estimates of consumption be periodically updated so that forest management plans can make adequate provision for this demand in future. 5 refs., 16 figs., 7 tabs.}
place = {Canada}
year = {1980}
month = {Jan}
}