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| DOI | 10.2172/481490 |
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The environmental costs and benefits of biomass energy use in California loading...
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| Creator/Author | Morris, G. [Future Resources Associates, Inc., Berkeley, CA (United States)] |
| Publication Date | 1997 May 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 481490; Legacy ID: DE97000254 |
| Report Number(s) | NREL/SR--430-22765 |
| DOE Contract Number | AC36-83CH10093 |
| DOI | 10.2172/481490 |
| Other Number(s) | Other: ON: DE97000254; TRN: TRN: AHC29712%%30 |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
| Resource Relation | Other Information: PBD: May 1997 |
| Research Org | National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States); Future Resources Associates, Inc., Berkeley, CA (United States) |
| Sponsoring Org | USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States) |
| Subject | 29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY; BIOMASS; REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; WOOD WASTES; FOREST LITTER |
| Description/Abstract | The California renewable energy industries have worked diligently during the past couple of years to develop public policies conducive to the future of renewable energy production within the context of electric market restructuring and the evolving competitive electric services industry. The state`s biomass power industry has organized itself as the California Biomass Energy Alliance (CBEA), and has participated vigorously in the regulatory and legislative processes. In order to reward biomass power generators for the special services they provide, CBEA has promoted the concept of providing incentives specifically targeted to biomass within the context of any renewables program enacted in the state. This concept has been embraced by the other renewables industry organizations, but resisted by the utilities. This study represents an effort to identify, characterize, ad quantify the environmental costs and benefits of biomass energy use in California, and to elucidate the future role of biomass power production within the context of the evolving deregulation of the California electricity industry. The report begins with a review of the development and growth of the California biomass power industry during the past 15 years. This is followed by an analysis of the biomass fuels market development during the same period. It examines trends in the types and costs of biomass fuels. The environmental performance of the mature California biomass energy industry is analyzed, and takes into account the environmental impacts of the industry, and the impacts that would be associated with disposing of the materials used as fuels if the biomass power industry were not in operation. The analysis is then extended to consider the environmental and economic consequences of the loss of biomass generating capacity since 1993. The report ends with a consideration of the future prospects for the industry in the context of restructuring. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: ED; Size: 44 p. |
| Availability | OSTI as DE97000254 To purchase this media from NTIS, click here |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Nov 12 |
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