Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy on National Forest System Lands

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OSTI ID:15014827

This technical report and CD for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (USFS), evaluates the potential for renewable energy resource development on National Forest System (NFS) lands. USFS can use the report findings to consider potential for development of solar and wind energy resources on NFS lands, in land management decisions. The Geographical Information System (GIS) based analysis resulted in the following findings: (1) Ninety-nine National Forest Units have high potential for power production from one or more of these solar and wind energy sources; and (2) Twenty National Forest Units in nine states have high potential for power production from two or more of these solar and wind energy sources.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15014827
• Report Number(s): NREL/BK-710-36759; TRN: US200508%%271
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 2005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AGRICULTURE
ENERGY SOURCES
FORESTS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
POWER GENERATION
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
WIND ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAICS
PV
CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER
CSP
NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
NATIONAL FOREST LANDS
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCE POTENTIAL
USDA
FOREST SERVICE
BUILDINGS