Renewable energy in the United States |
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Authors: | Converse Alvin O |
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Institution: | Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. alvin.o.converse@dartmouth.edu |
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Abstract: | A review of studies of biomass potential in the United States finds a wide variation in the estimates. A number of specific policy-relevant questions about the potential of biofuels in the United States are answered. A recently published global analysis of the potential conflict between land needed for bioenergy and land needed for food is extended to the situation in the United States. A renewable energy supply scenario, capable of meeting the 2001 US energy demand, indicates that there is enough land to support a renewable energy system but that the utilization of biomass would be limited by its land requirement. |
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