What’s Happening in AREC

The Wood Resource Transportation Analysis System (WTRANS) is a spreadsheet based program which allows wood residue users to examine:

• where hardwood and softwood green mill residues may be located on a county-by-county basis in Tennessee,
• estimates of transportation and delivered product costs on a county-to-county basis in Tennessee,
• estimates of transportation and delivered product costs to your county from each county in Tennessee,
• potential residue needs for energy use, and
• estimated fuel cost comparisons using residues for greenhouse heating

The Switchgrass Production Decision Tool is an Excel-based decision tool for potential switchgrass producers that provides the user with detailed information on costs incurred in each stage of a switchgrass operation in each year of its duration (assumed to be 10 years in this tool).