Waste Streams as Bio-energy Opportunities for Federal Facilities

Abstract

This article describes a resource assessment conducted by the Na-
tional Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) that has identified specific
biomass opportunities for federal facilities. The focus on federal facilities
is an outgrowth of an Executive Order promoting the use of bio-energy,
and national energy policy goals to expand energy supplies, increase
energy security, and protect the environment. The resource assessment is
based on four primary factors determining project viability: 1) biomass
resource type 2) availability and size of the resource, 3) size of the fed-
eral facility, and 4) distance between the resource and the federal facility.
The resource assessment has identified a large number of biomass re-
sources that are potentially low cost because they represent waste
streams, and are located in close proximity to large federal facilities.