The development of an Environmental Evaluation Framework for Electricity Generation and the testing of the analytical framework of the biomass to electricity component.

i) to  develop a conceptual framework for evaluation of environmental performance from a broad range of electricity sources that will allow for consistent, holistic and transparent evaluation of environmental performance of electricity sources in Canada using a life cycle approach;  

ii) to design a simple analytical framework; and 
 
iii) to complete the evaluation of environmental impacts from biomass for electricity production using the framework.