National Coal Utilization Assessment

Download or read book National Coal Utilization Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Coal Utilization Assessment is a two-year program, sponsored by the Department of Energy, to assess the potential environmental, social, and economic effects of coal development and use at the national and regional level. The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is one of six national laboratories participating in the program and is conducting the assessment in the 12-state southern region. The assessment is designed to analyze regional and national effects of an energy policy of increasd coal use. A recent national energy trends scenario was disaggregated as a basis for forecasting future energy demands for the southern region for 1985, 2000, and 2020. Based on these forecasts and existing energy generation capacities, ORNL developed a plausible county-level siting pattern for future coal-fired power generation, liquefaction, and gasification plants. Future coal mine production was also forecast for the region. These patterns of coal development and consumption were used to identify and assess the potential environmental, social, and economic effects likely to be experienced in the southern region for the forecast period. Additional energy scenarios and more detailed studies are currently underway as part of the second year of the coal assessment.