Biomass

Bioenergy and Watershed Restoration in the Mountainous regions of the West: What are the Environmental/Community Issues?

Category: Biomass - Documnet Type: Technical Report
The mountainous regions of the interior west experience an elevated risk to fire danger.  Current forest conditions of continuous canopy coverage, deep tree crowns, and large quantities of dead and dry branches and trees provide prime conditions for large fires.  The recent outbreak of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) has also served to kill large stands of pine trees throughou... More»

Author: R. L. Graham and D. D. Huff - submitted on Thu, 12/06/2007 - 22:48.

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Biomass as Feedstock for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry: The Technical Feasibility of a Billion-Ton Annual Supply

Category: Biomass - Documnet Type: Technical Report
Biomass currently supplies 3 percent of the total energy consumption in the United States, making it the largest source of domestic renewable energy. More than 50 percent of this biomass comes from wood residues and pulping liquors generated by the forest products industry.... More»

Author: Robert D. Perlack - submitted on Sun, 12/02/2007 - 17:44.

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Biofuel Boundaries: Estimating the Medium-Term Supply Potential of Domestic Biofuels

Category: Biomass - Documnet Type: Technical Report
The total physical supply potential of biofuel feedstock from domestic municipal solid waste, forestry residues, crops residues and dedicated energy crops grown on existing cropland are estimated using optimistic assumptions about the promises of near-term conversion technologies.... More»

Author: Andrew Jones - submitted on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 01:15.

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