BioSiting Tool: Data Downloads

Current Citation

Please use the following citation to reference the current version of the tool:

Huntington, Tyler, Baral, Nawa, Moore, Melissa, Nordahl, Sarah, Hendrickson, Thomas, Breunig, Hanna, Kavvada, Olga, Yang, Minliang, Cui, Xinguang, Scown, Corinne, & USDOE. (2024, March 29). Biositing Webtool, v2 [Computer software].

Previous Citation (with DOI)

The following citation (with DOI) pertains to an earlier release of the tool:

Scown, Corinne, Breunig, Hanna, Kavvada, Olga, Huntington, Tyler, & USDOE. (2019, October 23).
Biositing Webtool, v1 [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20191029.4

U.S. National-scale Datasets

USDA NASS Manure

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USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

CAFO Locations and Manure Production

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(AL, AR, FL, IA, SC, TX): University of Iowa. CAFOs in the US. (2018).
(CA): California Environmental Protection Agency. Regulated Facility Report. (2024).
(ME): Correspondence with Department of Environmental Protection (2023).
(NC): North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. List of Permitted Animal Facilities. (2023).
(NY): Correspondence with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. (2024).
(OK): Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Oklahoma Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. (2018).
(OR): Direct contact with Oregon Department of Agriculture. (2023).
(WA): Correspondence with Washington Department of Ecology. (2023).

Billion Ton Report Manure

Source(s):

U.S. Department of Energy. 2024. 2023 Billion‐Ton Report: An Assessment of U.S. Renewable Carbon Resources. M. H. Langholtz (Lead). Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ORNL/SPR-2024/3103. doi: 10.23720/BT2023/2316165.

Billion Ton Report Agricultural Residues

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Billion Ton Report Forest Residues

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Billion Ton Report Municipal Solid Waste

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Billion Ton Report Food Waste

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Billion Ton Report Energy Crops

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USDA NASS Agricultural Residues

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USDA NASS, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Biosolids Facilities

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2023. Provided by email request.

Fats, Oils and Greases

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(1) Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks 2020 Summary (March 2021) USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
(2) Seiple, Timothy; Milbrandt, Anelia (2020), “National Wet Waste Inventory (NWWI)”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/f4dxm3mb94.1

Landfills

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP). LMOP Landfill and Project Database. Updated March 22, 2024.

Ethanol Biorefineries

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Renewable Fuels Association. "Ethanol Biorefinery Locations."

Renewable Diesel/SAF Plants

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2023 U.S. & Canada Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel/SAF Plant Map. BBI International. 12 December 2023.

Biodiesel Plants

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(1) 2023 U.S. & Canada Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel/SAF Plant Map. BBI International. 12 December 2023.
(2) U.S. Biodiesel Plant Production Capacity. Form EIA-819, Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene. U.S. Energy Information Administration. 1 January 2023.

Wastewater Treatment Plants

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(1) National Biosolids Partnership Biogas Database, June 7, 2013 ed. Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, VA, 2013; http://epi9-prod.wef.org/; Waste to Biogas Mapping Tool: Total Technical Potential estimate download; United States Environmental Protection Agency; Pacific Southwest, Region 9.
(2) California Biomass Facilities Reporting System: Facilities Database. California Biomass Collaborative: Davis, CA, 2015.

Livestock Anaerobic Digesters

Source(s):

AgSTAR Livestock Anaerobic Digester Database. United States Environmental Protection Agency. January 2023.

Roads to Removal Geologic Storage

Source(s):

Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Hamed Ziad Ammar, Alvina Aui, Mark Ashton, Sarah E. Baker, Bruno Basso, Mark Bradford, Alexander P. Bump, Ingrid Busch, Edna Rodriguez Calzado, Jackson W. Chirigotis, Nicolas Clauser, Sinéad Crotty, Nicholas Dahl, Tao Dai, Mark Ducey, Jerome Dumortier, Nathan C. Ellebracht, Ramon Gil Egui, Ames Fowler, Katerina Georgiou, Diamantoula Giannopoulos, Hannah Goldstein, Thomas Harris, Dermot Hayes, Chad Hellwinckel, Alina Ho, Mu Hong, Susan Hovorka, Elwin Hunter-Sellars, Whitney Kirkendall, Sara Kuebbing, Matthew Langholtz, Mark Layer, Ian Lee, Reid Lewis, Wenqin Li, Weier Liu, Jimena Terrazas Lozano, Abby Lunstrum, Allegra C. Mayer, Kimberley K. Mayfield, Wilson McNeil, Peter Nico, Anastasia O’Rourke, Simon H. Pang, Keith Paustian, George Peridas, Helene Pilorge, Maxwell Pisciotta, Lydia Price, Peter Psarras, G. Philip Robertson, William Joe Sagues, Daniel L. Sanchez, Corinne D. Scown, Briana Mordick Schmidt, Eric W. Slessarev, Noah Sokol, Alexander J. Stanley, Amy Swan, Crystal Toureene, Andrew A. Wong, Mark Mba Wright, Yuan Yao, Bingquan Zhang, Yao Zhang, and Roger D. Aines. Roads to Removal: Options for Carbon Dioxide Removal in the United States, December 2023, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL-TR-852901.

RCSP Geologic Storage (Saline)

Source(s):

Bauer, J., Rowan, C., Barkhurst A., Digiulio J., Jones K., Sabbatino M., Rose K., Wingo P. Natcarb, 2018-09-27, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/natcarb, DOI: 10.18141/1474110

USGS Geologic Storage (Coal)

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Bauer, J., Rowan, C., Barkhurst A., Digiulio J., Jones K., Sabbatino M., Rose K., Wingo P. Natcarb, 2018-09-27, https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/natcarb, DOI: 10.18141/1474110

Simplified Grid Transmission Regions

Source(s):

National Transmission Needs Study. U.S. Department of Energy. Washington, D.C. October 2023.

U.S. Crude Oil Pipelines

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Lewis, K., Gilham, O., Ledvina, K., Mockett, M., Oberg, A., Pearlson, M., Perrone, T., Zhang, K., Freight and Fuel Transportation Optimization Tool. U.S. Department of Transortation Volpe Center. 2024 April 4.

U.S. Petroleum Pipelines

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U.S. Railways

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U.S. Freight Terminals

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California State-level Datasets

Metadata/Supporting Information

Gross Orchard and Vineyard Residues [BDT/y] (2014)

Source(s):

Scown, Corinne, Robinson, Alastair, Breunig, Hanna, Jin, Ling, Huntington, Tyler, Smith, Sarah, Devkota, Jay, Nordahl, Sarah, & Baral, Nawa. Paths to Sustainable Distributed Generation through 2050: Matching Local Waste Biomass Resources with Grid, Industrial, and Community Needs. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1616209"

Projected Orchard and Vineyard Residues (2020)

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Projected Orchard and Vineyard Residues (2050)

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Gross Orchard and Vineyard Culls [BDT/y] (2014)

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Projected Orchard and Vineyard Culls (2020)

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Projected Orchard and Vineyard Culls (2050)

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Gross Row Crop Culls [BDT/y] (2014)

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Projected Row Crop Culls (2020)

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Projected Row Crop Culls (2050)

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Gross Row Crop Residue (2014)

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Projected Row Crop Residue (2020)

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Projected Row Crop Residue (2050)

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Gross Field Residues [BDT/y] (2014)

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Projected Field and Seed Crop Residues (2020)

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Projected Field and Seed Crop Residues (2050)

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Projected Supply of Low Moisture Residues from Food and Fiber Processors (2020)

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Projected Supply of Low Moisture Residues from Food and Fiber Processors (2050)

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Projected High Moisture Residues from Food Processors (2020)

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Projected High Moisture Residues from Food Processors (2050)

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Gross Disposed Organic MSW [BDT/y] (2020)

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Gross Disposed Organic MSW [BDT/y] (2050)

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Cattle Population in 2016 [head]

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Population of Poultry, Swine, Goats, Sheep, and Equine in 2012 [head]

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Monthly Manure Production [wet-tonne/month] Based on Example Schedule for 50-Head Fall-Calving Beef Cows and Calf Stock on Rangeland

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Gross Livestock Manure for 2012 [BDT/y]

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Manure Yields

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Bedding Yields for Poultry

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Gross Poultry Bedding (2012) [BDT/y]

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Olive and Stone Fruit Pit Production

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Gross Processor High Moisture Solids (HMS) [BDT/y] (2014)

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Gross Processor Low Moisture Solids (LMS) [BDT/y] (2014)

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Gross Disposed Organic MSW [BDT/y] (2014)

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Waste to Energy Anaerobic Digesters

Source(s):

California Anaerobic Digestion Projects (a partial list, October 2015), CalRecycle, Sacramento, CA, 2015."

District Energy Systems

Source(s):

Private data from International District Energy Association (IDEA) from personal correspondence with Hanna Breunig."

Food Processor Facilities

Source(s):

Breunig, H. M., Jin, L., Robinson, A., & Scown, C. D. (2017). Bioenergy potential from food waste in California. Environmental science & technology, 51(3), 1120-1128."

Combustion Plants

Source(s):

(1) California Forest Products and Biomass Power Plant Table. University of California, Berkeley Woody Biomass Utilization Group, Berkeley, CA, 2016. (2) Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) 2012. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2015.