Analysis of Renewable Energy Potential on U. S. National Forest Lands

Technical Report · Fri Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1115595· OSTI ID:1115595

Zvolanek, E. ^[1]; Kuiper, J. ^[1]; Carr, A. ^[1]; Hlava, K. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

In 2005, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) completed an assessment of the potential for solar and wind energy development on National Forest System (NFS) public lands managed by the US Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (USFS). This report provides an update of the analysis in the NREL report, and extends the analysis with additional siting factors for solar and wind energy. It also expands the scope to biomass and geothermal energy resources. Hydropower is acknowledged as another major renewable energy source on NFS lands; however, it was not analyzed in this project primarily because of the substantially different analysis that would be needed to identify suitable locations.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Lands and Realty Management
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1115595
• Report Number(s): ANL/EVS-13/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
13 HYDRO ENERGY
14 SOLAR ENERGY
17 WIND ENERGY