Paths to Sustainable Distributed Generation through 2050: Matching Local Waste Biomass Resources with Grid, Industrial, and Community Needs
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
This project identifies and evaluates current and future organic waste fuel types and matches these wastes with local grid, industrial, building power, and thermal energy needs. The team developed data on organic waste streams and thermal energy needs, and then constructed a techno-economic analysis model that can process the data and compute viable production of electricity, waste heat, biogas, and/or biomethane for a range of energy price points. Scenarios generated by the model include allocation of local organic waste streams to existing or new conversion infrastructure and are evaluated in a life-cycle assessment model to determine local and global environmental impacts. The project’s webbased tool provides rapid evaluation of potential waste-to-energy sites, including retrofits/expansions of existing facilities or entirely new construction, on the basis of resource availability, potential for waste heat use, and economic and environmental metrics.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); California Energy Commission, Sacramento, CA (United States)
- Contributing Organization:
- PepsiCo, Purchase, NY (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; EPC-14-030; AWD00003710
- OSTI ID:
- 1616177
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-2001306; CEC-500-2019-XXX
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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