Billion-ton study: Biomass as feedstock for a bioenergy and bioproducts industry: The technical feasibility of a billion-ton annual supply
HERO ID
5013161
Reference Type
Technical Report
Year
2005
Language
English
| HERO ID | 5013161 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2005 |
| Title | Billion-ton study: Biomass as feedstock for a bioenergy and bioproducts industry: The technical feasibility of a billion-ton annual supply |
| Authoring Organization | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Editor | Perlack, RD; Wright, LL; Turhollow, AF; Graham, RL |
| Publisher Text | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| City | Oak Ridge, TN |
| Abstract | The purpose of this report is to assess whether the land resources of the United States have the potential to produce a sustainable supply of biomass that can displace 30 percent of the country’s current petroleum consumption. This report does not attempt to outline R&D and policy agendas to attain this goal, nor does it attempt to assess the economic competitiveness of a billion-ton bioenergy and bioproducts industry, and its potential impacts on the energy, agriculture (food and feed production), and forestry sectors of the economy. Many of these issues are partially addressed in the roadmap that accompanied the biomass vision (BTAC, 2002b). The roadmap explores the technical research, development, and demonstrations needed to achieve advances in biomass systems and outlines the institutional and policy changes needed to remove the barriers to economically and environmentally sound development of sustainable biomass systems. To provide some perspective, the next section of this resource assessment report summarizes current biomass consumption and the biomass feedstock resource base. The biomass feedstock resource base from forests and agricultural lands are then discussed in more detail in the main body of the report |
| Report Number | ORNL/TM-2005/66 |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Number Of Pages | 78 |
| Is Public | Yes |
| Language Text | English |
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