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Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts.
| 题名： | Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts. |
| 作者： | K. Gkritza; D. E. Smith; R. B. Sperry; I. Nlenanya; W. Jiang; |
| 关键词： | bioeconomy,wind energy production,iowa;renewable energy, rural roadway structures, fiscal impacts, secondary road system, traffic impacts; |
| 摘要： | The federal government is aggressively promoting biofuels as an answer to global climate change and dependence on imported sources of energy. Iowa has quickly become a leader in the bioeconomy and wind energy production, but meeting the United States Department of Energys goal having 20%of U.S. transportation fuels come from biologically based sources by 2030 will require a dramatic increase in ethanol and biodiesel production and distribution. At the same time, much of Iowas rural transportation infrastructure is near or beyond its original design life. As Iowas rural roadway structures, pavements, and unpaved roadways become structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, public sector maintenance and rehabilitation costs rapidly increase. More importantly, costs to move all farm products will rapidly increase if infrastructure components are allowed to fail; longer hauls, slower turnaround times, and smaller loads result. When these results occur on a large scale, Iowa will start to lose its economic competitive edge in the rapidly developing bioeconomy. The primary objective of this study was to document the current physical and fiscal impacts of Iowas existing biofuels and wind power industries. / Title Note: Final rept. / Supplementary Notes: Sponsored by Iowa Dept. of Transportation, Ames. Iowa Highway Research Board. / Availability Note: Order this product from NTIS by: phone at 1-800-553-NTIS (U.S. customers); (703)605-6000 (other countries); fax at (703)605-6900; and email at orders@ntis.gov. NTIS is located at 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA, 22312, USA. / NTIS Prices: PC A13 / NTIS In-house Control Codes: dotour;12091,1101 |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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