Abstract
Cofiring biomass-for example, forestry residues such as wood chips-with coal in existing boilers is one of the easiest biomass technologies to implement in a federal facility. The current practice is to substitute biomass for up to 20% of the coal in the boiler. Cofiring has many benefits: it helps to reduce fuel costs as well as the use of landfills, and it curbs emissions of sulfur oxide,nitrogen oxide, and the greenhouse gases associated with burning fossil fuels. This Federal Technology Alert was prepared by the Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program to give federal facility managers the information they need to decide whether they should pursue biomass cofiring at their facilities.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 40 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BK-710-33811
Other Report Number
- DOE/EE-0288
Keywords
- biomass energy
- co-firing
- energy use
- federal facilities
- FEMP
- renewable energy (RE)
