Download or read book The Potential for Biomass to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeastern US Northeast Regional Biomass Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, for the Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP) of the Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG), evaluates the potential for local, state and regional biomass policies to contribute to an overall energy/biomass strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas releases in the Northeastern United States. Biomass is a conditionally renewable resource that can play a dual role: by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in meeting our energy needs; and by removing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in standing biomass stocks and long-lived products. In this study we examine the contribution of biomass to the energy system in the Northeast and to the regions̀ net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, and project these releases over three decades, given a continuation of current trends and policies. We then compare this Reference Case with three alternative scenarios, assuming successively more aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic implementation of energy efficiency and biomass resources. Finally, we identify and examine policy options for expanding the role of biomass in the regions̀ energy and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.
Download or read book The Potential for Biomass to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeastern US written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, for the Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP) of the Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG), evaluates the potential for local, state and regional biomass policies to contribute to an overall energy/biomass strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas releases in the Northeastern United States. Biomass is a conditionally renewable resource that can play a dual role: by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in meeting our energy needs; and by removing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in standing biomass stocks and long-lived products. In this study we examine the contribution of biomass to the energy system in the Northeast and to the region's net releases of carbon dioxide and methane, and project these releases over three decades, given a continuation of current trends and policies. We then compare this Reference Case with three alternative scenarios, assuming successively more aggressive efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through strategic implementation of energy efficiency and biomass resources. Finally, we identify and examine policy options for expanding the role of biomass in the region's energy and greenhouse gas mitigation strategies.
Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Potential for Biomass to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Northeastern U S written by Stephen S. Bernow and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains written by Norman J. Rosenberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-02-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Great Plains is a major global breadbasket but its agriculture is stressed by drought, heat, damaging winds, soil erosion and declining ground water resources. Biomass production and processing on the Plains would partially restore a perennial vegetative cover and create employment opportunities. This book explores the possibility that the ecology and economy of the Plains region, and similar regions, would benefit from the introduction of perennial biomass crops.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Download or read book Near Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomass into the U S Electricity Supply written by David S. Ortiz and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. One near-term option for using biomass to generate electricity is to cofire biomass in coal-fired electricity plants. This report focuses on two aspects of biomass use: plant-site modifications, changes in operations, and costs associated with cofiring biomass; and the logistical issues associated with delivering biomass to the plant.
Download or read book Northeast Regional Biomass Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book General Technical Report NE written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Northeast Regional Biomass Program written by Coneg Policy Research Center and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Long Range Planning Task Forces of the Northeast Regional Biomass Program written by Northeast Regional Biomass Program and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biofuels Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Global Warming written by Ashwani Kumar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book is a compilation of edited articles by distinguished international scientists discussing global warming, its causes as well as present and future solutions. Social and economic growth at global level is measured in terms of GDP, which requires energy inputs generally based on fossil fuel resources. These, however, are major contributors to increasing levels of CO2, causing 15 tonnes of green house gas emissions per capita. Renewable sources of energy offer an alternative to fossil fuels, and would help reduce this to the 2 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per capita per annum needed to achieve sustainable growth. As such, the book discusses the next-generation of biofuels and all related aspects, based on the editors’ significant investigations on biofuels over the last 30 years. It also presents the latest research findings from research work carried out by contemporary researchers. Presenting global biofuel perspectives, it examines various issues related to sustainable development of biofuels in the contexts of agriculture, forestry, industry and economic growth. It covers the 1st to 4th generation biofuels, as well as the status of biofuel resources and their potential in carbon neutral economy. Offering a comprehensive, state-of-art overview of current and future biofuels at local and global levels, this book appeals to administrators, policy makers, universities and research institutions.
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Northeast Regional Biomass Program Retrospective 1983 1993 written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, when Congress initiated the Regional Biomass Energy Program, biomass fuel use in the Northeast was limited primarily to the forest products industry and residential wood stoves. An enduring form of energy as old as settlement in the region, residential wood-burning now takes its place beside modern biomass combustion systems in schools and other institutions, industrial cogeneration facilities, and utility-scale power plants. Biomass today represents more than 95 percent of all renewable energy consumed in the Northeast: a little more than one-half quadrillion BTUs yearly, or five percent of the region's total energy demand. Yet given the region's abundance of overstocked forests, municipal solid waste and processed wood residues, this represents just a fraction of the energy potential the biomass resource has to offer. This report provides an account of the work of the Northeast Regional Biomass Program (NRBP) over it's first ten years. The NRBP has undertaken projects to promote the use of biomass energy and technologies.
Download or read book Agriculture Land Use and Commercial Biomass Energy written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Potential of Biomass based Fuels for Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation written by Uwe A. Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Plant Power written by Amanda Dulcinea Cuellar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, biomass has not been a large source of power generation in the United States, despite the potential for greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits from displacing coal with carbon neutral biomass. In this thesis, the fuel cycle GHG emissions of power generation from both dedicated biomass power plants and coal power plants with biomass co-firing are quantified using a model based on Argonne National Laboratory's GREET model. The potential for negative emissions by adding a carbon capture and sequestration unit to the power plant is also analyzed. Finally an economic analysis of retrofitting existing coal plants to fire or co-fire biomass is conducted. If no land use change emissions are incurred during biomass production, co-firing as little as 5% biomass with coal can lead to a decrease in GHG emissions compared to coal alone. When a CCS unit is added to the modeled power plants, those co-firing 15% or higher biomass have negative emissions; essentially the plants capture CO2 from the air. Nonetheless a carbon price of at least $52 per ton CO2 equivalent is needed to make co-firing plants economically competitive with coal plants and a price of $71 per ton CO2 equivalent is needed for co-firing plants with CCS. A policy analysis concludes that the lack of political support for biomass power generation stems from the lack of benefits directly related to current policy goals (e.g., energy security), high costs, and the perception that biomass firing with coal is not a 'clean' energy source. Nonetheless, this thesis demonstrates that the potential exists for immediate greenhouse gas emissions benefits from biomass power generation and, through technology development, for a future in which biomass is less costly to convert to power. In order to capture the benefits available today from biomass and to accelerate the development of preferred biomass feedstocks, policy measures are necessary to incentivize biomass power generation. Existing state policies and proposed rules at the federal level are inconsistent and do not provide the necessary incentives for biomass power systems. Two policy measures are proposed: first, a nationwide sustainable biomass certification system and second, policy measures that promote use of biomass that meets the certification criteria. These policies will result in both a supply of sustainable biomass and an increased demand for biomass power generation.
