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Highlights of Biopower Technical Assessment: State of the Industry and the Technology

Autors:R.L. Bain, W.A. Amos, M. Downing, R.L. Perlack
The objective of this report is to provide an overview assessment of the state of the biopower industry and the technology for producing electricity and heat from biomass. The assessment addresses the industry status, barriers to development, feedstock characterization, lessons learned from the existing industry and selected development projects, the technical and economic characteristics of applicable technologies, the environmental performance of biopower systems, and policy issues affecting past and future development. Supporting information is supplied on the thermal and physical properties of biomass. A significant body of work exists on this subject, much of it developed through U. S. Department of Energy efforts and funding. Where applicable, existing DOE funded studies are excerpted into this report.

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