Economic and Energy Savings from Cogeneration: The Case of Surface-Heated Greenhouses

John Braden (), Sheryl S. Lazarus and Paul N. Walker

No 279397, 1981 Annual Meeting, July 26-29, Clemson, South Carolina from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Heating greenhouses by applying waste heated power plant cooling water to the outside surface could yield natural gas savings of up to 640 million therms and net present value (1980) savings of up to $2.8 billion for the continental U.S.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16
Date: 1981-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279397

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