Biopower

• What biopower is
• The fuels and technologies used to generate biopower
• How biomass is converted to electricity
• The current role of biopower in the U.S. electric generation mix
• The key attributes that determine the benefits, costs, and challenges associated with renewable generation technologies
• The potential role of biopower in a region's overall electric generation mix
• Key issues for the future growth of biopower

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• What biopower is
• Sources of biomass
• How biomass is converted to electricity
  • Direct combustion (co-firing and Municipal Solid Waste)
  • Gasification
  • Anaerobic digestion
• How and where biopower units are connected to the grid
• Maturity of biopower technologies
• U.S. biopower capacity and output
• Biopower resource availability
• Biopower costs as compared with competing technologies: capital, fixed O&M, variable O&M, levelized, offshore
• Dispatchability, variability, and predictability
• Where biopower fits into the dispatch curve and why
• Grid integration issues
• Transmission requirements
• Environmental considerations
• The future potential of biopower
• Future areas for research

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