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esidues with the exception of the Orlandoand Tampa Regions. The Tampa Regionhas significantly less wood residues thanco-firing capacity. Therefore, that facilitywould likely not co-fire wood residues. TheOrlando Region has nearly enough woodresidues too satisfy 15% co-firing. If theTampa Region facility is omitted, the woodresidue requirements would be 403,022tons.$/Dry ton12010080604020Direct Fire with WoodWhile wood can be co-fired withcoal, it can also be fired directly for energy.As stated in the co-fire section above,Florida is projected to have greater woodresidue resources at $60 per ton that could00.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0Million dry tonsFigure 5. Estimated Wood ResidueSupply Curve, Florida, 2025be used in the potential coal plants for co-firing. While co-firing was projected to use 403,022tons, the state is projected to have over 1.5 million tons. Therefore, additional wood residues atthat price would potentially be available for direct fire. As can be seen in the Appendix B, a directfire facility that produces 175.2 million kWh of electricity requires about 83,029 tons of woodresidues per year. The tons of residues for regions with significant wood residues available fordirect fire are Gainesville 415,178 tons, Jacksonville 219,173 tons, and Tallahassee 389,642 tons.Table 13. Projected Tons of Wood Residues Available at $60/Ton, by BEARegion, Florida, 2025Tons ofBEAResidues ShareGainesville 415,178 0.267271Jacksonville 219,173 0.141093Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach 4,320 0.002781Orlando-The Villages 145,804 0.093861Panama City-Lynn Haven 250,179 0.161053Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 113,096 0.072806Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice 1,207 0.000777Tallahassee 389,642 0.250832Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 14,798 0.009526Statewide 1,553,396These amounts of residues are sufficient for five direct fire facilities in the Gainesville Region, twoin the Jacksonville Region, and four in the Tallahassee Region. Altogether these eleven facilitiescould produce 1,927.2 million kWh of electricity per year.14 ___ Federal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Impacts on Florida