Manual for using energy analysis for plant siting

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This is an instructional manual for choosing among possible sites for power plants by selecting the one with the least diversion of resources of the environment and of the economy. For each alternative site, changes of embodied energy in flows and storages are estimated in solar equivalent Calories. Then a dollar equivalent is estimated from the ratio of total solar equivalent flows to gross national product. Sample calculations are provided for LaSalle power plant west of Chicago considering alternatives of cooling reservoirs, cooling from a natural water body, and cooling towers. In order to facilitate calculation, an appendix provides procedures and data for evaluating embodied energy of the environment.

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