achieve the desired forestry service and production objectives at the least cost, while attempting to maximize economic and …

Production Tax Credit (PTC). The current PTC, which was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct) (P.L. 102 … closed-loop biomass resources. Proposed expansions would make the credit available to geothermal and solar energy projects …

transmission systems into more regional transmission networks, which ultimately will allow biomass companies to transmit power over … exchanges, however, biomass companies will likely face even more competitive market pressures. Few operators have experience … for most biomass companies to compete against. Without policy measures, biomass companies may have to pursue strategic …

A study has been made of the economic feasibility of producing fuel grade methanol from wood via catalytic gasification … testing. The plant is designed to process 2000 tons per day of dry wood to methanol. Plant production is 997 tons per day of … basis. Methanol production costs which allow for return on capital have been calculated for various wood prices for both …

calculates electricity production costs for variety of electricity generation technologies, including: pulverized coal, gas … option and is only competitive with coal and gas for grid connected applications if one includes the federal production tax …

more market-based (less command and control) policies to support increased biofuels production and use. This paper presents …

of optimum individual well production based on the known characteristics of the reservoir. The limiting factors at East … Mesa are reservoir drawdown and maximum practical brine pump impeller setting depth. The individual-well production limit …

variables identified in Section 2. In Section 4 we examine the effect of the production tax credit enacted in the Energy Policy …