Cath Carney
Cath has a background in forest science research, GIS and horticulture. She started with the forest research group in 1997 and has 20 years’ experience working in this team with technical expertise in forest carbon and bioenergy; GIS and remote sensing; forest health surveillance; and vegetative propagation of hardwood species for tree improvement.
Cath is currently the Research Officer on the Climate Change Fund’s Biomass for Bioenergy Project which is looking at sustainable biomass use in NSW with a focus on electricity generation at varying scales and identifying available and potential feedstocks for bioenergy generation. Cath was previously working on the national Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment (ABBA) Project which ran from 2015-2020. Cath calculated and mapped biomass residues for key primary industries across NSW and these spatial datasets now support the Biomass for Bioenergy Project. The main biomass residues captured are from forestry, agricultural cropping and livestock, horticultural crops and urban solid organic waste.
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Investigating opportunities for increasing the amount of sustainable biomass use in NSW with a focus on electricity generation and identifying available and potential feedstocks for bioenergy generation at varying scales, with an understanding of techno-economic and social constraints.
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Scenario modelling of biomass usage in the Australian electricity grid
Li M, Middelhoff E, Ximenes F, Carney C, Madden B, Florin N, Malik A & Lenzen M.
Resources, Conservation & Recycling 180 (2022) 106198
Assessing electricity generation potential and identifying possible locations for siting hybrid concentrated solar biomass (HCSB) plants in New South Wales (NSW), Australia
Middelhoff E, Madden B, Ximenes F, Carney C & Florin N.
Applied Energy 305 (2022) 117942
Adoption of new airborne technologies for improving efficiencies and accuracy of estimating standing volume and yield modelling in Pinus radiata plantations
Stone C, Turner R, Kathuria A, Carney C, Worsley P, Penman T, Bi H, Fox J & Watt D.
Project number: PNC058-0809. Final Report prepared for Forest & Wood Products Australia, 80pp.
Forest canopy health and stand structure associated with bell miners (Manorina melanophrys) on the central coast of New South Wales
Stone C, Kathuria A, Carney C & Hunter J.
Australian Forestry, Vol. 71 No. 4, pp. 294-302.
Effect of fertiliser and water supply on the growth, nutrient status and photochemical efficiency of Eucalyptus pilularis seedlings in a phosphorus-deficient soil
Weggler K, Carney C & Stone C.
Australian Forestry, Vol.71 No.1, pp. 54-63.
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Email: cath.carney@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Research branch: Science and Research
Location: Parramatta