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Biomass to electricity USA
An excellent white paper on US biomass to electricity status (2002) - Read More
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Biomass availability in the US
The Energy Information Administration?s estimation of biomass resources shows that there are 590 million wet tons of biomass available in the United States on an annual basis; 20 million wet tons (enough to supply about 3 gigawatts of capacity) are available today at prices of $1.25 per million Btu or less. The average price of coal to electric utilities in 2001 was $1.23 per million Btu. - Read More
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Biomass can supply 65% of US fuels?
The Economist (Jun 2008) reports that acc to a study by the US dept of energy & agri, with only small changes to existing practice, 1.3 billion T of plant matter could be collected from US soil without affecting food production. If these were converted to ethanol, it would add up to 350 billion liters of petrol - 65% of US consumption
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