projects
Biomass Scenario Model (BSM)
2011-2012
PI: Dr. Brian Bush. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Sponsored by DOE, EPA
Document inputs and data references for the BSM
Analyzed potential policies and incentives to foster growth of domestic biofuel production and use
Investigate competing end uses for biomass resources
Lead a sensitivity analysis on the latest version of NREL’s biofuel supply chain model, BSM v3.0 built in STELLA, a system dynamics software
Peer Reviewed Paper
Christopher M. Clark, Yolanda C. Lin, Britta G. Bierwagen, Laurence M. Eaton, Matthew H. Langholtz, Philip E. Morefield, Caroline E. Ridley, Laura Vimmerstedt, Steve Peterson, and Brian W. Bush. Growing a sustainable biofuels industry: economics, environmental considerations, and the role of the Conservation Reserve Program. Environmental Research Letters, 8(2):025016, June 2013
Technical Reports
Yolanda Lin, Emily Newes, Brian Bush, Steve Peterson, and Dana Stright. Biomass Scenario Model Documentation: Data and References. Technical Report NREL/ TP-6A20-57831, May 2013
Emily Newes, Brian Bush, Daniel Inman, Yolanda Lin, Trieu Mai, Andrew Martinez, David Mulcahy, Walter Short, Travis Simpkins, and Caroline Uriarte. Biomass Resource Allocation among Competing End Uses. Technical Report NREL/TP-6A20-54217, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, May 2012