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Proposed fuel conversions can involve more than a simple reduction of emission rates. For example, a Renewable Fuel Heating Plant (RFHP) was proposed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to replace a natural gas plant. The proposed RFHP replacement plant was to use a biomass fuel, wood chips. A review was conducted to address questions related to how increases in the plant’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rates could represent a desirable outcome. This review and its results are published here in the hope that it may be useful to others considering similar conversions. This chapter addresses 1) why despite an increase in emission rate the conversion is considered an effective reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, and 2) how the proposed wood chip combustion process emissions compare with other means of disposing of or using wood chips. |
