The optimal switchgrass genotype from among 250 alternatives for producing biomass for use in an enzymatic hydrolysis … conversion process to produce ethanol was determined. The consequences of the selected genotype, relative to the most common … commercially available variety, on ethanol production costs and on land requirements are determined. …

estimates. To bring more clarity to this issue, we review studies on U.S. corn ethanol expansion released between 2008 and 2013 …. Normalizing corn price impacts by the increase in corn ethanol volume, we find that each billion gallon expansion in ethanol …, projection year, inclusion of ethanol co-products, international biofuel production, and baseline and policy ethanol volumes …

Brazilian ethanol markets using a multi-market international ethanol model calibrated on 2005 market data and policies. The … removal of trade distortions induces a 23.9 percent increase in the price of world ethanol on average between 2006 and 2015 … relative to the baseline. The U.S. domestic ethanol price decreases by 13.6 percent, which results in a 7.2 percent decline in …

gallon cellulosic ethanol plant located in south west Kansas that requires approximately 700,000 metric dry tons of biomass …When the lignocellulosic biofuels industry reaches maturity and many types of biomass sources become economically … biomass stored for off-season. The sensitivity of feedstock costs to changes in yield patterns, harvesting and transport costs …

actual costs of producing cellulosic biomass and converting it to cellulosic ethanol. Understanding of the implications of … implicit carbon price (or carbon credit) needed to sustain a biomass market and cellulosic ethanol industry. We evaluate … cellulosic biomass production is typically smaller scale than conventional crop production, limited knowledge exists of the …

. Both the ethanol and biodiesel industries have experienced tremendous growth in the past few years. The production of these …

This article estimates factors that impact location decisions by new ethanol plants using logistic regression analysis … competing ethanol plant reduces the likelihood of making a positive location decision and this impact decreases with distance …. State-level subsidies are significant and a very important factor impacting ethanol location decisions. …

Using pooled regional time-series data and panel data estimation, we quantify the impact of monthly ethanol production … on monthly retail regular gasoline prices. This analysis suggests that the growth in ethanol production has caused retail … negative impact of ethanol on gasoline prices varies considerably across regions. The Midwest region has the biggest impact, at …