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Biomass Supply for Biofuel Production: Estimates for the United States and Canada

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  • Kumarappan, Subbu
  • Joshi, Satish V.
  • MacLean, Heather

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The potential supply of biomass feedstocks in the US and Canada is estimated using a static supply function approach. Estimated total biomass available at a price of $100 per metric ton is 568 million metric tons in the US and 123 million tons in Canada, which together can displace 23-45 billion gallons of gasoline. Sufficient biomass, mainly agricultural and mill residues, will be available at prices of around $50/ton to meet the advanced biofuel mandates of the US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The estimates of agricultural residue supply are very sensitive to the assumed fraction of residues that can be sustainably removed from the field, and the potential of municipal solid waste as a feedstock depends on which components can be economically converted into liquid biofuels.

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  • Kumarappan, Subbu & Joshi, Satish V. & MacLean, Heather, 2009. "Biomass Supply for Biofuel Production: Estimates for the United States and Canada," Agricultural Economic Report Series 51427, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:midaae:51427
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.51427
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    1. Meihui Li & Na Luo & Yi Lu, 2017. "Biomass Energy Technological Paradigm (BETP): Trends in This Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-28, April.
    2. Fan, Kang-Qi & Zhang, Peng-Fei & Pei, Z.J., 2013. "An assessment model for collecting and transporting cellulosic biomass," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 786-794.
    3. Wang, Jun & Xue, Qingwen & Guo, Ting & Mei, Zili & Long, Enshen & Wen, Qian & Huang, Wei & Luo, Tao & Huang, Ruyi, 2018. "A review on CFD simulating method for biogas fermentation material fluid," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 64-73.
    4. Guo, Zuogang & Wang, Shurong & Wang, Xiangyu, 2014. "Stability mechanism investigation of emulsion fuels from biomass pyrolysis oil and diesel," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 250-255.
    5. Li, Xue & Mupondwa, Edmund & Panigrahi, Satya & Tabil, Lope & Sokhansanj, Shahab & Stumborg, Mark, 2012. "A review of agricultural crop residue supply in Canada for cellulosic ethanol production," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(5), pages 2954-2965.

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    Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Production Economics; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy;
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