Performance metrics of the Department of Energy`s regional biomass energy program
- Resource Development Associates, Washington, DC (United States)
The Regional Biomass Energy Program (RBEP) is federally supported and covers five regions of the United States. Its specific goal is to increase the production and use of bioenergy resources. Near-term program objectives are concentrated in the biodiesel fuel and lubricants, ethanol fuel, residential and institutional heating, cofiring of industrial and utility boilers, advanced conversion, and biogas recovery. The performance metric goal for the year 2000 is to deploy a range of bioenergy technologies that would reduce annual fossil fuel consumption by over 74 quadrillion joules of conventional fuels. This would provide an equivalent CO{sub 2} offset of nearly 18 million tons. This would create nearly 7,000 total permanent jobs. The performance metric goal for 2010 is to reduce annual fossil fuel consumption by over 390 quadrillion joules. This would provide an equivalent CO{sub 2} offset of over 105 million tons. This would create almost 32,000 total permanent jobs. At average salary and marginal tax rates, the year 2000 job creation metric would generate $16.5 million in personal income taxes. The year 2010 job creation metric would generate over $76 million in personal income taxes.
- OSTI ID:
- 478671
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960958-; TRN: 97:002640-0062
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Partnerships to develop and apply biomass technologies, Nashville, TN (United States), 15-19 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Bioenergy `96: Partnerships to develop and apply biomass technologies. Volume I and II; PB: 1171 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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