Pre-Feasibility Analysis of Pellet Manufacturing on the Former Loring Air Force Base Site. A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Conta

Hunsberger, R. ; Mosey, G.

关键词: AROOSTOOK BAND OF MICMAC;    LORING AIR FORCE BASE;    BIOMASS;    PELLET HEATING;    EPA;    FEASIBILITY STUDY;    LIMESTONE;    MAINE;    WOODY FEEDSTOCK;    BROWNFIELD;    WOOD PELLETS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1130169
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP-5D00-60755
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1130169

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, in accordance with the RE-Powering America's Lands initiative, engaged the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to conduct feasibility studies to assess the viability of developing renewable energy generating facilities on contaminated sites. This site, in Limestone, Maine -- formerly the location of the Loring Air Force Base but now owned by the Aroostook Band of Micmac -- was selected for the potential to produce heating pellets from woody feedstock. Biomass was chosen as the renewable energy resource to evaluate based on abundant woody-biomass resources available in the area. NREL also evaluates potential savings from converting existing Micmac property from oil-fired heating to pellet heating.