biomass stored for off-season. The sensitivity of feedstock costs to changes in yield patterns, harvesting and transport costs …When the lignocellulosic biofuels industry reaches maturity and many types of biomass sources become economically … viable, management of multiple feedstock supplies – that vary in their yields, density (tons per unit area), harvest window …

plant were simulated to assess the ability of this project. These critical factors include the feedstock to be used, the …

This paper describes a global model for agriculture and bioenergy (GLOMAB) that incorporates biomass, biofuels and …) biofuels and associated biomass feedstocks (maize, sugar cane, crop residues, woody biomass). Beside biofuels, the model also … incorporates bioelectricity (as separate form conventional electricity) which competes for the same biomass feedstocks with …

Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to … were sent to the Congress by eminent scientists examining the merits—or demerits—of biomass for climate change mitigation …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …

A concern of many environmentalists is that the use of biomass energy will decimate the forests. Searchinger et al … supplemental dedicated fuelwood plantations to produce biomass on submarginal lands. It finds that these sources can economically … produce large levels of biomass without compromising crop production, thereby mitigating the land conversion and carbon …

The optimal switchgrass genotype from among 250 alternatives for producing biomass for use in an enzymatic hydrolysis …

roots. Biomass yield and fertilizer requirements depend on harvest date. The objective is to determine switchgrass biomass … yield, nutrient concentration in biomass, fertilizer requirements, and expected production cost by month of harvest. …

) over a range of biodiesel and feedstock price levels. The analysis shows that the larger plant realizes returns to scale in … both labor and capital costs, enabling the larger plant to pay up to $0.015 more per pound for the feedstock to achieve …