2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1
| Title: | 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy, Volume 2: Environmental Sustainability Effects of Select Scenarios from Volume 1 |
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| Authors: | Efroymson; Rebecca Ann Oak Ridge National Lab.; Oak Ridge; TN; Langholtz, Matthew H.; Oak Ridge National Lab. , Oak Ridge, TN; Johnson; Kristen Dept. of Energy; Washington DC; Stokes; Bryce Allegheny Science Technology; LLC; Bridgeport; WV; Brandt, Craig C.; Davis, Maggie R.; Hellwinckel; Chad Univ. of Tennessee; Knoxville; Kline, Keith L.; Eaton, Laurence M.; Dunn; Jennifer Argonne National Lab.; Argonne; IL; Canter, Christina E.; Argonne National Lab. , Argonne, IL; Qin; Zhangcai Argonne National Lab.; Cai; Hao Argonne National Lab.; Wang; Michael Argonne National Lab.; Scott, D.; Andrew USDA Forest Service, Normal, AL; Jager, Henrietta I.; Wu; May Argonne National Lab.; Ha; Miae Argonne National Lab.; Baskaran; Latha Malar Oak Ridge National Lab.; Kreig, Jasmine A.; Rau; Benjamin USDA Forest Service; Aiken; SC; Muwamba; Augustine Univ. of Georgia; Athens; GA; Trettin; Carl USDA Forest Service; Panda; Sudhanshu Univ. of North Georgia; Oakwood; Amatya, Devendra M.; USDA Forest Service, Aiken, SC; Tollner, Ernest W.; Sun, Ge USDA Forest Service, Aiken, SC; Zhang; Liangxia USDA Forest Service; Duan, Kai North Carolina State Univ.; Raleigh, NC; Warner; Ethan National Renewable Energy Lab.; Golden; CO; Yimin National Renewable Energy Lab.; Inman; Daniel National Renewable Energy Lab.; Eberle; Annika National Renewable Energy Lab.; Carpenter; Alberta National Renewable Energy Lab.; Heath; Garvin National Renewable Energy Lab.; Hettinger; Dylan National Renewable Energy Lab.; Gangsheng Oak Ridge National Lab.; Sutton, Nathan J.; Busch; Ingrid Karin Oak Ridge National Lab.; Donner, Deahn M.; Wigley, T.; Bently National Council for Air; Stream Improvement , Research Triangle Park, NC; Miller, Darren A.; Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA; Coleman; Andre Pacific Northwest National Lab.; Richland; WA; Wigmosta; Mark Pacific Northwest National Lab.; Pattullo; Molly Univ. of Tennessee; Mayes; Melanie Oak Ridge National Lab.; Daly, Christopher Oregon State Univ.; Corvallis, OR; Halbleib, Mike Oregon State Univ.; Negri; Cristina Argonne National Lab.; Turhollow, Anthony F.; Bonner; Ian Monsanto Company; Twin Falls; ID; Dale, Virginia H. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Subject Terms: | 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; envir; socio |
| Description: | With the goal of understanding environmental effects of a growing bioeconomy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and U.S. Forest Service research laboratories, together with academic and industry collaborators, undertook a study to estimate environmental effects of potential biomass production scenarios in the United States, with an emphasis on agricultural and forest biomass. Potential effects investigated include changes in soil organic carbon (SOC), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water quality and quantity, air emissions, and biodiversity. Effects of altered land-management regimes were analyzed based on select county-level biomass-production scenarios for 2017 and 2040 taken from the 2016 Billion-Ton Report: Advancing Domestic Resources for a Thriving Bioeconomy (BT16), volume 1, which assumes that the land bases for agricultural and forestry would not change over time. The scenarios reflect constraints on biomass supply (e.g., excluded areas; implementation of management practices; and consideration of food, feed, forage, and fiber demands and exports) that intend to address sustainability concerns. Nonetheless, both beneficial and adverse environmental effects might be expected. To characterize these potential effects, this research sought to estimate where and under what modeled scenarios or conditions positive and negative environmental effects could occur nationwide. The report also includes a discussion of land-use change (LUC) (i.e., land management change) assumptions associated with the scenario transitions (but not including analysis of indirect LUC [ILUC]), analyses of climate sensitivity of feedstock productivity under a set of potential scenarios, and a qualitative environmental effects analysis of algae production under carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) co-location scenarios. Because BT16 biomass supplies are simulated independent of a defined end use, most analyses do not include benefits from displacing fossil fuels or other products, with the exception of including a few . |
| Document Type: | other/unknown material |
| Language: | unknown |
| Relation: | http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340460 |
| Availability: | http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340460 |
| Rights: | undefined |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.95F850A4 |
| Database: | BASE |