Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy on Public Lands

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Solar Energy;    Solar Energy Geothermal Legacy;    Geothermal Energy;    Land Use;    Geothermal Legacy;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15003722
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO-102003-1704
RP-ID  :  AC36-99-GO10337
RP-ID  :  15003722

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report represents an initial activity of the Bureau of Land Managements (BLM) proposed National Energy Policy Implementation Plan: identify and evaluate renewable energy resources on federal lands and any limitations on accessing them. Ultimately, BLM will prioritize land-use planning activities to increase industrys development of renewable energy resources. These resources include solar, biomass, geothermal, water, and wind energy. To accomplish this, BLM and the Department of Energys National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established a partnership to conduct an assessment of renewable energy resources on BLM lands in the western United States. The objective of this collaboration was to identify BLM planning units in the western states with the highest potential for private-sector development of renewable resources. The assessment resulted in the following findings: (1) 63 BLM planning units in nine western states have high potential for one or more renewable energy technologies; and (2) 20 BLM planning units in seven western states have high potential for power production from three or more renewable energy sources. This assessment report provides BLM with information needed to prioritize land-use planning activities on the basis of potential for the development of energy from renewable resources.