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Assessment Planning and Evaluation of Renewable Energy Resources: an Interactive Computer Assisted ProcedureAdaptation and derivation were used to develop a procedure for assessing the availability of renewable energy resources on the landscape while simultaneously accounting for the economic, legal, social, and environmental issues required. Done in a step-by-step fashion, the procedure can be used interactively at the computer terminals. Its application in determining the hydroelectricity, biomass, and windpower in a 40,000 acre study area of Western Massachusetts shows that: (1) three existing dam sites are physically capable of being retrofitted for hydropower; (2) each of three general areas has a mean annual windspeed exceeding 14 mph and is conductive to windpower; and (3) 20% of the total land area consists of prime agricultural biomass while 30% of the area is prime forest biomass land.
Document ID
19830017927
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Aston, T. W.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Fabos, J. G.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Macdougall, E. B.
(Massachusetts Univ. Amherst, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1982
Publication Information
Publication: Marshall Univ. Proc. of the Natl. Conf. on Energy Resource Management, Vol. 2
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
83N26198
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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