Northeast regional biomass energy program. Progress report, January 1990-March 1990.

摘要

The management structure and program objectives for the Northeast Regional Biomass Program remain unchanged from previous years. The funding for this year however has been considerably reduced permitting the issuance of grants to states to be held to $15,000/state. To alleviate this condition, $120,000 of unobligated state grant funds has been transferred to the technical subcontract area. Technical projects have been selected by the Steering Committee. Work statements are in preparation. The final report entitled ''Energy Implications of Alternative Solid Waste Management Systems'' has been prepared and copies have been distributed to NRBP states. An overview of the findings are as follows: all but three states (DE, ME, MA) show positive waste management systems balance, incinerator goals are the single largest contributor to systems balance, significant projected energy savings through waste recycling operations, recycling waste leads to reduced energy use for operations, recycling yields a higher value fuel and less ash, infrastructure to handle planned recyclables will require major improvements, and several cases of inconsistency in State MSW Plans.