Optimization model of energy related economic development in the Upper Colorado River Basin under conditions of water and energy resource scarcity

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7108286· OSTI ID:7108286

Morris, G E

A mathematical model was designed for computer analysis of the likely impact of energy development in the upper Colorado River Basin in the period 1980 to 1985. The upper Colorado River Basin, with its reserves of coal, oil shale, uranium ore, petroleum, and natural gas is regarded as an important source of increased energy resources. The Basin now contains several major mature oil fields, seven major hydroelectric facilities, and has produced the major portion of uranium mined in the U.S. Energy projects proposed, planned, or under construction in the Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming portions of the Basin in 1977 include 39 new or expanded coal mines, 10 new or expanded thermoelectric power plants, eight oil shale developments, one coal gasification plant, and three tar sand projects, with the possibility of increased uranium mining and milling. The model is an interregional input-output depiction of economic activity coupled with export, water, and energy resource constraints and runs in a linear optimized framework. (CH)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 7108286
• Report Number(s): LA-6732-T
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
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040000 -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands
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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
A CODES
BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
C CODES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
COAL INDUSTRY
COLORADO RIVER BASIN
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
M CODES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL SANDS
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POWER PLANTS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
URANIUM RESERVES
USA
WATER RESOURCES