NCJ Number
102599
Date Published
1986
Length
166 pages
Annotation
A study mandated by the California Legislature in 1985 examined the technical and economic potential for the cost-effective use of nonconventional thermal and electrical energy sources in 15 new or expanded prisons.
Abstract
The researchers made preliminary estimates based on assumptions about the ultimate design and operation of each prison and its thermal and electrical energy requirements. Each site was reviewed for its potential for using any of the following technologies: cogeneration, wind, solar, refuse, biomass, and geothermal. Development of several sample cases for various technologies permitted a preliminary economic analysis of the associated technologies at each site. Results of these economic analyses determined the attractiveness of equipping a site with an alternative power supply system. Data tables, figures, and site plans.