Renewable Energy Assessment Methodology for Japanese OCONUS Army Installations

Renewable Energy Opportunities at the Kanto Installations, Japan

“…Examples of installed biomass and waste-to-energy facilities in Japan can be found in the PNNL report, Renewable Energy Assessment Methodology for Japanese OCONUS Army Installations (Solana et al 2010). These examples illustrate that the aforementioned technologies have been utilized successfully in Japan, thus it could be technically feasible to install these systems at the Kanto area installations.…”

“…The critical factor in determining feasibility for biomass or waste energy generation is feedstock availability. Typically, feedstocks available within a 60-mile radius of the Army installation would be quantified and considered for potential electricity generation using the data sources identified in the PNNL report, Renewable Energy Assessment Methodology for Japanese OCONUS Army Installations (Solana et al 2010). However, for the Kanto installations, procuring feedstock from offsite sources is not an option because of environmental restrictions.…”

“…Per the methodology described in Renewable Energy Assessment Methodology for Japanese OCONUS Installations (Solana et al 2010), GSHPs were evaluated using the data from the 2009 Facility Energy Decision System (FEDS) assessment for the Kanto installations (Kora and Brown 2010). The FEDS building energy model was used to develop a representation of the Kanto installations based upon the 2009 PNNL data-gathering trip.…”