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Table 4 Proportion of sawn wood grades (%) of total harvested volume over the rotation with Policy 0 (conventional harvest), and percentage changes (+/−%) of Policy II (compulsory energy harvest) compared to Policy 0 for five Scots pine stands (initial density 3000 trees∙ha−1), energy wood price 15 €∙m−3, interest rate 3 %

From: An integrated assessment approach to optimal forest bioenergy production for young Scots pine stands

Sawn wood grades

Stand 3

Stand 6

Stand 9

Stand 12

Stand 15

P0

PII

P0

PII

P0

PII

P0

PII

P0

PII

A-side

1.20

−0.06

2.24

+0.14

1.89

−0.25

2.06

−0.26

1.54

−0.45

B-side

0.74

+0.01

1.30

+0.09

1.35

+0.37

1.89

−0.02

1.90

−0.22

C&D-side

1.43

+0.02

1.56

+0.05

1.65

+0.14

1.69

+0.18

1,96

+0.03

A-centre

7.50

+0.02

10.35

+0.51

9.98

−0.07

10.34

+0.10

10.12

−1.17

B-centre

0.88

+0.04

1.47

+0.13

1.66

+0.65

2.26

+0.22

2.27

−0.07

C&D-centre

0.01

+0.00

0.04

−0.01

0.03

−0.01

0.05

0.02

0.02

0.01

  1. A-D denote sawn wood grades, e.g. A-side means grade A (side sawn wood), C&D-centre means grades C and D (centre sawn wood)
  2. P0 Policy 0, PII Policy II