Open AccessFeasibility Study of Biomass Electrical Generation on Tribal Lands
Author(s) -
Tom Roche,
Richard Hartmann,
Joohn Luton,
Warren Hudelson,
Roger Blomguist,
Jan Hacker,
Colene Frye
Publication year - 2005
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/877538
Subject(s) - renewable energy , biomass (ecology) , revenue , renewable resource , business , electricity generation , production (economics) , logging , biomass fuels , natural resource economics , environmental science , product (mathematics) , environmental economics , engineering , economics , forestry , geography , ecology , finance , power (physics) , physics , geometry , mathematics , macroeconomics , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , biology
The goals of the St. Croix Tribe are to develop economically viable energy production facilities using readily available renewable biomass fuel sources at an acceptable cost per kilowatt hour ($/kWh), to provide new and meaningful permanent employment, retain and expand existing employment (logging) and provide revenues for both producers and sellers of the finished product. This is a feasibility study including an assessment of available biomass fuel, technology assessment, site selection, economics viability given the foreseeable fuel and generation costs, as well as an assessment of the potential markets for renewable energy