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shown in Figure 8. The Miami and Sarasota BEA’s are projected to have the majority of solarutility scale projects.The landfill methane gas projects were allocated to BEA region according to locations ofcandidate landfills as identified by the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program. Only landfills withat least 2 million tons of waste in place were included. The shares of landfill gas by BEA areshown in Figure 9. The majority of landfill gas facilities are projected to be in the Miami BEA.Locations of electricity generation facilities using metropolitan solid waste were based uponlocation of projections of tons of metropolitan solid waste landfilled. The shares by BEA isdisplayed in Figure 10.14.0%2.7%15.7%8.5%14.7%13.8%35.8.6%60.1%26.2%Jacksonville Miami PensacolaSarasota TampaJacksonville Miami OrlandoSarasota TampaFigure 9. Projected Percentages ofLandfill Gas Generation by BEA Region,FloridaFigure 10. Projected Percentages ofGasification of Metropolitan Solid Wasteby BEA Region, FloridaPoultry wastes in Florida areassumed to come from two types offacilities, broilers and layers. Theelectricity conversion facilities are sitedaccording to the locations of these twotypes of poultry operations in the state.Broiler and layer numbers data are fromthe 2007 Census of Agriculture. All layerlitter digester conversion facilities andbroiler direct fire facilities are located in theGainesville BEA. As with poultry wastes, thelocations of conversion facilities for dairymanure to energy is based upon where41.1%GainesvilleMiami58.9%Figure 11. Projected Percentages ofDairy Manure Generation by BEA Region,Floridadairy cattle are located in the state. Data are from the 2007 Census of Agriculture. Dairy manurewastes are projected to be generated in the Gainesville and Miami BEA’s (Figure 11)Facilities locations for co-firing wood with coal were based upon two criteria: coal facilitiesand availability of wood residues. A co-fire rate of 15% in existing coal facilities was assumed.The wood requirements were then compared with availability of wood residues. As can be seen inFigure 12, using these criteria, the Panama City and Orlando BEA’s are projected to have theFederal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Impacts on Florida ___ 19