Evaluating the economic costs, benefits and tradeoffs of dedicated biomass energy systems: The importance of scale

Conference · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:216291

Graham, R L; Walsh, M E

The economic and environmental costs, benefits and tradeoffs of bioenergy from dedicated biomass energy systems must be addressed in the context of the scale of interest. At different scales there are different economic and environmental features and processes to consider. The depth of our understanding of the processes and features that influence the potential of energy crops also varies with scale as do the quality and kinds of data that are needed and available. Finally, the appropriate models to use for predicting economic and environmental impacts change with the scale of the questions. This paper explores these issues at three scales - the individual firm, the community, and the nation.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 216291
• Report Number(s): CONF-9508218-1; ON: DE96008671; TRN: 96:002491
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. biomass conference of Americas, Portland, OR (United States), 20-24 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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