Technology assessment of solar energy systems: northeastern regional biomass scenario assessment

• Main Authors: Graves, W.L., Calef, C., Lipfert, F.W., Morris, S.C. III
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; AIR POLLUTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COGENERATION; FORECASTING; FORESTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MUNICIPAL WASTES; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; POWER DEMAND; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER POLLUTION; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; DEUS; DIGESTION; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; POWER GENERATION; PROCESSING; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SEWAGE; STEAM GENERATION; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5664088; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5664088; https://doi.org/10.2172/5664088

The environmental impacts of the biomass energy technologies have been assessed in Federal Regions I (New England) and II (New York and New Jersey) as part of a national study using the Strategic Energy Assessment System to estimate the differential impacts of a high (14 quad) vs. an unaccelerated (6 quad) scenario for year 2000. Implementation of a high solar energy scenario by the year 2000 is seen to reduce electric demand and increase biomass use in the Northeast. Substantial shifts are seen in all sectors, but especially in the industrial sector where total demand is increased, coal use is decreased, and oil use is slightly increased. This regional biomass report examines the impact of eight biomass technologies as defined by TASE: residential wood stoves, anaerobic digestion of feedlot manures, anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge, pyrolysis of municipal solid waste, incineration of municipal solid waste for steam generation, combustion of process wastes for process heat, cogeneration at pulp and paper mills, pyrolysis of wood to gas, and electric generation using refuse-derived fuel. The impacts of these technologies on air and water quality, their implications regarding land use, and their effects of health, safety, and employment are assessed.