Issues in the use of wood as an energy source in the northeastern US

doi:https://doi.org/10.2172/6479087

Title: Issues in the use of wood as an energy source in the northeastern US

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This report analyzes some of the concerns surrounding the use of wood for energy in the Northeast. It reviews the information on resource availability and ownership patterns in the Northeast, then focuses on New England, to assess the affect of potential resource constraints on the supply of wood available for energy and the effects of wood energy use on land use patterns. Finally, the application of specific technologies in settings that may experience significant wood energy use in the future is considered, including an assessment of the regional employment and income benefits of a major woodfuel installation.

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Munson, J. S. ^[1]

Publication Date:: 1980-05-01

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA). National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems

OSTI Identifier:: 6479087

Report Number(s):: BNL-51196

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH00016

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; WOOD-FUEL POWER PLANTS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; AVAILABILITY; COST; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; INCOME; LAND USE; MAINE; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; OWNERSHIP; POWER RANGE 10-100 MW; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD; WOOD FUELS; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; NORTH AMERICA; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; USA; 140504* - Solar Energy Conversion- Biomass Production & Conversion- (-1989); 090400 - Solid Waste & Wood Fuels- (-1989); 299003 - Energy Planning & Policy- Unconventional Sources & Power Generation- Other- (-1989)

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  abstractNote = {This report analyzes some of the concerns surrounding the use of wood for energy in the Northeast. It reviews the information on resource availability and ownership patterns in the Northeast, then focuses on New England, to assess the affect of potential resource constraints on the supply of wood available for energy and the effects of wood energy use on land use patterns. Finally, the application of specific technologies in settings that may experience significant wood energy use in the future is considered, including an assessment of the regional employment and income benefits of a major woodfuel installation.},

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