Dissemination
ShortFor Project - Work Package 5
Articles
- Kent, T., Coates, E., de Miguel, A., Cronin, B. and McGurren, C. (2018) Growing Eucalyptus for fuel and fibre in Ireland (PDF). Forestry & Energy Review 8(2): 68-69.
- Coates, E., McGurren, C., Cronin, B. and Kent, T. (2017) The Irish wood fuel database (PDF). Forestry & Energy Review 7(1): 18−20.
- De Miguel, A. (2017) Insights into forestry in Oregon (PDF). Forestry & Energy Review 7(1): 24−26.
- De Miguel, A., Sottocornola, M., Cronin, B. and Kent, T. (2016) Exploring market opportunities for SRF in the current Irish wood processing and solid biofuel sectors (PDF). Irish Forestry 73 (1&2): 141−160.
- Tobin, B., Foreman, S. and O’Reilly, C. (2016) Short Rotation Forestry in Ireland - new research trials (PDF). Forestry & Energy Review 6(1): 28−30.
- O’Reilly, C., Tobin, B. and Farrelly, N. (2014) Can SRF play a role in renewable energy demands? (PDF) Forestry & Energy Review 4(1): 32−34.
- Preliminary results on the properties of Eucalyptus in Ireland (PDF)
External conference contributions / Presentations
- Sevillano, I., Foreman, S., Short, I. and Farrelly, N. (2017) Which silvicultural practices might improve biomass production in Short Rotation Forestry systems? [Poster presentation, PDF]. Energy in Agriculture 2017, Tipperary, Ireland.
- Sevillano, I., Short, I. and Farrelly, N. (2017). Effect of planting density on survival and early growth of potential species for short rotation forestry in SE Ireland [Oral presentation]. Irish Plant Scientist Association Meeting 2017, Limerick, Ireland.
- Foreman, S., Short, I., Farrelly, N., Tobin, B. and O’Reilly, C. (2017) Effects of planting density of selected SRF species (PDF) [Oral presentation]. Environ 2017, Athlone, Ireland
- Clancy, M.A. and Byrne, K.A. (2016) Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Balances in Irish SRF [Oral presentation, PDF]. Environ 2016, Limerick, Ireland.
- Clancy, M.A. and Byrne, K.A. (2016) Life cycle assessment of short rotation forestry [Oral presentation, PDF]. Research perspectives on the optimal use of forest biomass, Limerick, Ireland.
- Foreman, S., Farrelly, N., Tobin, B., Short, I. and O’Reilly, C. (2016) Measuring the physiological and growth responses of potential short-rotation forestry species to variations in planting density [Poster presentation, PDF]. Irish Plant Scientists Association meeting, Dublin, Ireland.
- Foreman, S., Short, I., Farrelly, N., Tobin, B. and O’Reilly, C. (2016) Measuring the physiological and growth responses of potential short-rotation forestry species to variations in planting density [Poster presentation, PDF]. Environmental and Ecophysiology Field Techniques Workshop, Plant Environmental Physiology Group, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Sevillano, I. and Short, I. (2016) Impact of spacing on growth of potential species for SRF [Poster presentation, PDF]. Research perspectives on the optimal use of forest biomass, Limerick, Ireland.
- De Miguel, A., Sottocornola, M., Kent, T. and Murphy, G. (2015) An investigation of the economic potential of SRF for fibre and fuel in Ireland [Poster presentation, PDF]. Environ 2015, Sligo, Ireland.
- De Miguel, A., Sottocornola, M., Kent, T. and Murphy, G. (2015) An investigation of the economic potential of SRF for fibre and fuel in Ireland [Oral presentation, PDF]. Environ 2015, Sligo, Ireland.
- Clancy, M.A., Cummins, T. and Byrne, K.A. (2014) A life cycle assessment framework for assessing the greenhouse gas balance in SRF [Poster presentation, PDF]. Science & solutions for a sustainable environment, Dublin, Ireland.
Project meeting presentations
- 1. WP1 - Poplar characterisation (PDF)
- 2. WP1 - Eucalyptus resource and characterisation (PDF)
- 3. WP2 - SRF spacing trials (PDF)
- 4. WP2 - Effects of planting density and physiological responses (PDF)
- 5. WP3 - Market survey (PDF)
- 6. WP3 - Economic sustainability of SRF supply chains (PDF)
- 7. WP4 - Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Balances in Irish SRF (PDF)
- 8. WP4 - Nutrient and hydrological balance of a SRF system (PDF)
- 9. WP4 - Assessment of Eucalyptus nitens and E. delegatensis (PDF)
- 10. WP5 - Dissemination of the SHORTFOR project (PDF)
ShortFor Conference
A conference entitled “The potential of Short Rotation Forestry to supply biomass in Ireland” was held by the project on 11 December 2017 at Teagasc Ashtown Conference Centre, Dublin 15. The Keynote address was provided by Dr Andrew Leslie, University of Cumbria.
Presentations
- Keynote address: Eucalyptus for short rotation forestry in GB, Andrew Leslie - University of Cumbria
- Early results of plant density trials of some potential species for Short Rotation Forestry, Ignacio Sevillano, Ian Short and Niall Farrelly – Teagasc
- Morphological and physiological response to competition in alder, eucalyptus and spruce (PDF), Susan Foreman – University College Dublin / Teagasc
- Eucalyptus Short Rotation Forestry and harvesting methods (PDF), Enda Coates – Waterford Institute of Technology
- Greenhouse Gas Balance of Irish Short Rotation Forestry (PDF), Mike Clancy – University of Limerick
- Impact of Short Rotation Forestry on soil water and nutrients, Mark O’Connor and Liwen Xiao – Trinity College Dublin
- The economic potential of Short Rotation Forestry in Ireland, Ana de Miguel, Enda Coates and Tom Kent – Coillte (formerly Waterford Institute of Technology)