The potential for biomass to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeastern US. Northeast Regional Biomass Program
Abstract
This study, for the Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP) of the Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG), evaluates the potential for local, state and regional biomass policies to contribute to an overall energy/biomass strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas releases in the Northeastern United States. Biomass is a conditionally renewable resource that can play a dual role: by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in meeting our energy needs; and by removing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in standing biomass stocks and long-lived products. In this study we examine the contribution of biomass to the energy system in the Northeast and to the region`s net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, and project these releases over three decades, given a continuation of current trends and policies. We then compare this Reference Case with three alternative scenarios, assuming successively more aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic implementation of energy efficiency and biomass resources. Finally, we identify and examine policy options for expanding the role of biomass in the region`s energy and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Tellus Inst., Inc., Boston, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10190075
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OR/21389-38
ON: DE93002800
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG05-83OR21389
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Apr 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MITIGATION; BIOMASS; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY POLICY; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FORESTRY; BIOMASS PLANTATIONS; WOOD-FUEL POWER PLANTS; REFUSE-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 095000; 290301; 299000; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES AND POWER GENERATION
Citation Formats
Bernow, S S, Gurney, K, Prince, G, and Cyr, M. The potential for biomass to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeastern US. Northeast Regional Biomass Program. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web. doi:10.2172/10190075.
Bernow, S S, Gurney, K, Prince, G, & Cyr, M. The potential for biomass to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeastern US. Northeast Regional Biomass Program. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10190075
Bernow, S S, Gurney, K, Prince, G, and Cyr, M. 1992.
"The potential for biomass to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeastern US. Northeast Regional Biomass Program". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10190075. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10190075.
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title = {The potential for biomass to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the Northeastern US. Northeast Regional Biomass Program},
author = {Bernow, S S and Gurney, K and Prince, G and Cyr, M},
abstractNote = {This study, for the Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP) of the Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG), evaluates the potential for local, state and regional biomass policies to contribute to an overall energy/biomass strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas releases in the Northeastern United States. Biomass is a conditionally renewable resource that can play a dual role: by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in meeting our energy needs; and by removing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in standing biomass stocks and long-lived products. In this study we examine the contribution of biomass to the energy system in the Northeast and to the region`s net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, and project these releases over three decades, given a continuation of current trends and policies. We then compare this Reference Case with three alternative scenarios, assuming successively more aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic implementation of energy efficiency and biomass resources. Finally, we identify and examine policy options for expanding the role of biomass in the region`s energy and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.},
doi = {10.2172/10190075},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10190075},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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