Table 43. DOE's
Biomass Power Systems Budget
(Million Dollars)
| Program | Projects | Goals, 2001-2006 | Fiscal
Year 1999 Appropriation |
Fiscal Year 2000 Request |
| Co-firing with fossil fuels | Complete two current
initiatives: - Willow with coal in New York - Switchgrass with coal in Iowa Complete three additional projects |
Generate 0.5
quadrillion Btu per year Offset 4 x 106 tons of carbon per year |
5.0 | 8.7 |
| Small modular systems | Selection of projects from 10 design contracts | Complete test of 2-3 projects | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Advanced gasification | Vermont wood-fired system Minnesota alfalfa gasifier |
Sustained
operation 2001 startup |
16.0 | 19.5 |
| Feedstock development | Research to
improve grass yields Willow yield improvement Harvesting, etc. cost reduction Feedstock database development |
2-3 high-yield
clones 5,000 acres planted Complete database |
2.3 | 3.1 |
| Thermochemical conversion | Gas treatment/cleanup testing Alkali metals problem research NOx emissions modeling Analytical equipment purchase |
Install Vermont system | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| Other programs | Regional Biomass Program Various demonstration projects |
1.3 3.4 |
1.0 0 |
|
| Total | 31.5 | 39.0 | ||
| Source: Department of Energy Budget, web site www.cfo.doe.gov/budget/00budget/esrd/ee/renewabl.pdf, pp. 72-83. | ||||