Great Lakes Regional Biomass Energy Program. Quarterly report, March 1-May 31, 1985

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5110322

This report covers activities for the period March 1, 1985 through May 31, 1985. The program is intended to provide resources to public and private organizations in the Great Lakes region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin) to increase the utilization and production of biomass fuels. Under the state grant program this quarter, the State of Michigan solicited sixty firms to identify which ones would be interested in having wood energy feasibility analyses performed on their facilities. The State of Wisconsin performed 13 such analyses during the last quarter for firms and institutions in the southern two-thirds of the state. Emissions testing of a wood-fired heating system was completed by the State of Minnesota. The State of Iowa awarded five subcontracts to examine municipal waste/short rotation forestry and conventional wood residues for energy. Small Business Innovators submitted a draft slide show on the use of municipal waste for energy as part of its overall technology transfer contract. A landowner questionnaire designed to test the attitudes of farmers toward growing short rotation trees, herbaceous crops and collecting agricultural residues on marginal land was developed by the University of Illinois. Employment Research Associates defined a computer program to estimate the employment and tax implications of increased biomass use in the seven state Great Lakes region. A brochure describing the structure and functions of the Great Lakes Regional Biomass Energy Program was developed and printed. Great strides were made this quarter in scoping down the focus of the Great Lakes program. Attachments to this report include the Technical Advisory Committee's report on issues and barriers to biomass energy development in the Great Lakes Region.

• Research Organization: Council of Great Lakes Governors, Inc., Madison, WI (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-83OR21390
• OSTI ID: 5110322
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21390-8; ON: DE86001948
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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