Technology assessment of solar energy systems: northeastern regional biomass scenario assessment
The environmental impacts of the biomass energy technologies have been assessed in Federal Regions I (New England) and II (New York and New Jersey) as part of a national study using the Strategic Energy Assessment System to estimate the differential impacts of a high (14 quad) vs. an unaccelerated (6 quad) scenario for year 2000. Implementation of a high solar energy scenario by the year 2000 is seen to reduce electric demand and increase biomass use in the Northeast. Substantial shifts are seen in all sectors, but especially in the industrial sector where total demand is increased, coal use is decreased, and oil use is slightly increased. This regional biomass report examines the impact of eight biomass technologies as defined by TASE: residential wood stoves, anaerobic digestion of feedlot manures, anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge, pyrolysis of municipal solid waste, incineration of municipal solid waste for steam generation, combustion of process wastes for process heat, cogeneration at pulp and paper mills, pyrolysis of wood to gas, and electric generation using refuse-derived fuel. The impacts of these technologies on air and water quality, their implications regarding land use, and their effects of health, safety, and employment are assessed.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5664088
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-51437; ON: DE82011422
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Energy from biomass and wastes: 1982 update
Report of the Advisory Committee on Agriculturally Derived Fuels to the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council
Related Subjects
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
BIOMASS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
AIR POLLUTION
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
COGENERATION
FORECASTING
FORESTS
HEALTH HAZARDS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
POWER DEMAND
PYROLYSIS
SEWAGE SLUDGE
WATER POLLUTION
BIOCONVERSION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DEUS
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
HAZARDS
MANAGEMENT
POLLUTION
POWER GENERATION
PROCESSING
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SEWAGE
STEAM GENERATION
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
140504* - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989)
299003 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation- Other- (-1989)