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- Title
BIOMASS FUELS.
- Authors
Fresco, Nancy; Chapin III, F. Stuart
- Abstract
The article discusses a feasibility research on switching power generation from fossil fuels to wood energy in 33 rural Alaska communities in forested regions of interior Alaska. Findings suggested that the costs of installing biomass systems would be compensated within 12 years for the 32 communities in the region. It was revealed that fire suppression around inhabited areas may decline to average annual area burned, which over time increases average forest stand age, reduces variability, and intensifies the risk of future fires. The cited social factors that can affect the feasibility of fuel substitution are existing social infrastructure related to village electrical utility, fire prevention, and biomass harvest, institutional barriers, and potential positive and negative feedback.
- Subjects
ALASKA; FEASIBILITY studies; ELECTRIC power production; BIOMASS; FIRE prevention; FORESTS &; forestry; FUEL switching
- Publication
Agroborealis, 2009, Vol 40, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0002-1822
- Publication type
Article