[Gasification] Re: NREL

[Mark & Elena Gallmeier]

Dear Dr. Reed & All,

>>It is sad that the current National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL, here in 
>>Golden) no longer does fundamental work in biomass.<<

But they do issue periodic economic analysis every 18 months or so 'proving' 
that biomass gasification technologies won't be 'economical' for another 20 
years.    I saw a number of these extending back into the middle 1990s, in 
which era I stopped looking through the online NREL indexes for useful 
information.  The earlier ones called for 2015-2020.  The more recent ones 
were giving dates of 2025 or so.

Do you think that as more gasifiers are built, they'll increase their update 
frequency of economic studies?

Best Wishes,

Mark