Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy on Public Lands

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/15003722· OSTI ID:15003722

This report represents an initial activity of the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) proposed National Energy Policy Implementation Plan: identify and evaluate renewable energy resources on federal lands and any limitations on accessing them. Ultimately, BLM will prioritize land-use planning activities to increase industrys development of renewable energy resources. These resources include solar, biomass, geothermal, water, and wind energy. To accomplish this, BLM and the Department of Energys National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established a partnership to conduct an assessment of renewable energy resources on BLM lands in the western United States. The objective of this collaboration was to identify BLM planning units in the western states with the highest potential for private-sector development of renewable resources. The assessment resulted in the following findings: (1) 63 BLM planning units in nine western states have high potential for one or more renewable energy technologies; and (2) 20 BLM planning units in seven western states have high potential for power production from three or more renewable energy sources. This assessment report provides BLM with information needed to prioritize land-use planning activities on the basis of potential for the development of energy from renewable resources.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15003722
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102003-1704; TRN: US201015%%77
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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09 BIOMASS FUELS
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY
BIOMASS
ENERGY POLICY
IMPLEMENTATION
LAND USE
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
PLANNING
POWER GENERATION
PUBLIC LANDS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
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SOLAR ENERGY
Geothermal Legacy
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
WIND ENERGY
FEDERAL LANDS
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Federal Energy Management Program