Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts [Tech Transfer Summary]

Gkritza, Konstantina; Smith, Duane E.; Sperry, Robert B.; Nlenanya, Inya; Jiang, Weiwei

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Iowa's Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Impacts [Tech Transfer Summary]

2010-04-01
By Gkritza, Konstantina ; Smith, Duane E. ; Sperry, Robert B. ; ...

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Creators:

Gkritza, Konstantina ; Smith, Duane E. ; Sperry, Robert B. ; Nlenanya, Inya ; Jiang, Weiwei
Corporate Creators:

Iowa State University. Center for Transportation Research and Education
Corporate Contributors:

Iowa State University. Institute for Transportation ; Iowa. Highway Research Board ; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
Subject/TRT Terms:

Biomass Fuels Climate Change Economic Impacts Renewable Energy Sources Secondary Roads Wind Power Generation
Publication/ Report Number:

IHRB Project TR-593 ; InTrans Project 08-334
Resource Type:

Brief
Geographical Coverage:

Iowa
Edition:

Tech transfer summary
Corporate Publisher:

Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
Abstract:

Objectives: • Estimate traffic growth and pavement deterioration due to Iowa's growing renewable energy industries in a multi-county area; • Develop a traffic and fiscal impact model to help assess the impact of additional biofuels plants on Iowa's transportation system; and, • Suggest public policy changes to local governments in order to provide adequate infrastructure for the renewable energy industries.
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PDF
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Transportation Resilience & Vulnerability Collection
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:65f17ccb8d91592e3185ba6fb9c367dcd1d36d32c47161a2a2861bcb16cdae8e
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17927/dot_17927_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.29 MB ]

File Language:

English

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