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Biomass to energy in the southern United States: Supply chain and delivered cost

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Gonzalez, Ronalds, Phillips, Richard, Saloni, Daniel, Jameel, Hasan, Abt, Robert, Pirraglia, Adrian, Wright, Jeff·2011·BioResources
DOI 10.15376/biores.6.3.2954-2976
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Supply chain and delivered cost models for seven feedstocks (loblolly pine, Eucalyptus, natural hardwood, switchgrass, Miscanthus, sweet sorghum, and corn stover) were built, simulating a supply of 453,597 dry tons per year to a biorefinery. Delivered cost of forest-based feedstocks ranged from $69 to $71 per dry ton. On the other hand, delivered cost of agricultural biomass ranged from $77.60 to $102.50 per dry ton. The total production area required for fast growing feedstocks was estimated as between 22,500 to 27,000 hectares, while the total production area for feedstocks with lower biomass productivity ranged from 101,200 to 202,300 hectares (corn stover and natural hardwood, respectively). Lower delivered cost per ton of carbohydrate and million BTU were found for loblolly pine, Eucalyptus, and natural hardwood. In addition, agricultural biomass had higher delivered costs for carbohydrate and energy value.

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  • The delivered cost of a feedstock accounts for the total costs of cultivation/plantation, harvesting and other post-harvest processing, storage, and transporting to the biorefinery.

    “The delivered cost of a feedstock accounts for the total costs of cultivation/plantation, harvesting and other post-harvest processing, storage, and transporting to the biorefinery (Gonzalez et al. 2011, Daystar et al. 2014).”

    From Bio-aviation Fuel: A Comprehensive Review and Analysis of the Supply Chain Components (2020) · cites this paper as Gonzalez et al. 2011

    The Basis for Evaluation section (page unavailable) includes growing, harvesting, freight, and storage costs in the delivered-cost models, with storage included where applicable. The Storage and Biomass Loss section (page unavailable) says that processing steps such as drying and pelletization were not included, so the claim’s broad inclusion of other post-harvest processing costs is not supported. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Gonzalez, R., Phillips, R., Saloni, D., Jameel, H., Abt, R., Pirraglia, A., & Wright, J.
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  • North Carolina State University (US)
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2011-06-20
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10.15376/biores.6.3.2954-2976
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Keywords
biomass energy, biomass supply chain, delivered cost, biorefinery feedstock, Pinus taeda, Eucalyptus, switchgrass, Miscanthus, sweet sorghum, corn stover, agricultural biomass, forest biomass, production area, carbohydrate content, energy content, Southern United States

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