Dataset for greenhouse gas modelling in diesel dependent communities transitioning to bioenergy

The data presented here are from the research article entitled “Greenhouse
gas mitigation potential of replacing diesel fuel with wood-based
bioenergy in an arctic Indigenous community: A pilot study in Fort
McPherson, Canada”. Based on a pilot study realized in Northern Canada and
life cycle assessment, we provide a set of key parameters and operational
data gathered along the biomass supply chain to build a GHG mitigation
scenario and compute the quantity and timing of GHG savings in the
off-grid community of Fort McPherson, NWT. Given that GHG mitigation
scenarios are often assessed against a relative fossil-fuel reference
scenario, we are providing two categories of data; 1) data for the
reference fossil fuel scenario and; 2) data along the upstream operations
of biomass supply chains. Both categories contain data related to the
operational processes as well as forest growth or decomposition of unused
feedstock. Although the data presented are mostly derived from the boreal
forest, they could help guide other communities beyond the boreal to
develop a renewable bioenergy system and assess their GHG mitigation
options.