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A 1-kilowatt Wind Turbine at Burgess Junction (Wyoming) on the Bighorn National Forest.
U.S. FOREST SERVICE
USFS Region-2 & 4Energy Systems Group (ESG) has developed a comprehensive renewable energy and energy conservation project for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. Among some of the Forest Service areas for which ESG will provid renewable energy sources and energy efficiency improvements are the following:
- Ashley National Forest
- Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grasslands
- Bighorn National Forest
- Black Hills National Forest
- Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests
- Medicine Bow and Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grasslands
- Pike/San Isabel National Forest and Cimarron/Comanche National Grassland
- Vinta/Wasatch/Cache National Forest
PARTNERSHIP HIGHLIGHTS
USDA FS Region 2: Colorado, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming
- Lighting Retrofits, all 11 Forests, over 100 buildings
- Water, 10 Forests, over 100 buildings
- Renewable Power Generation, all 11 Forests (4 Photovoltaic Sites in Colorado and 7 wind turbine sites in Colorado, Wyomings & Nebraska)
- Biomass Heating: Pagosa Springs, San Juan NF (Colorado)
The ESG – USDA Forest Service partnership makes great strides towards achieving the Region’s energy conservation and renewable energy generation goals, and has thus far resulted in the following benefits:
- 10.35 % reduction in electricity consumption
- 0.45 % reduction in natural gas consumption
- 5.86% reduction of total energy consumption
- 11.92 % reduction in water consumption.
USDA FS Region 4: Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho
- Lighting conservation in 13 Forests (over 100 buildings)
- Water conservation in 12 Forests (over 100 buildings)
- Furnace and/or A/C upgrades in 10 Forests (over 20 buildings)
- Biomass Heating in the Payette National Forest (1 location)
- Infra-Red Heating in the Boise National Forest (1 location)
Energy and Water Conservation
The ESG – USDA Forest Service partnership makes great strides towards achieving the Region’s energy conservation and renewable energy generation goals, and has thus far resulted in the following benefits:
- 9.5 % reduction in power consumption
- 15.4% reduction in heating fuel consumption
- 2.78 % reduction in water consumption
Renewable Energy
This project includes onsite renewable energy generation that will produce a minimum of 295
Mega-watt hours of Renewable Electricity.