The economic feasibility of producing ethanol from sweet sorghum juice is projected using Monte Carlo simulation models … to estimate the price ethanol plants will likely have to pay for sweet sorghum and the uncertain returns for ethanol … plants. Ethanol plants in high yielding regions will likely generate returns on assets of 11%-12% and in low yield areas the …

Contrary to developments in other parts of the world, South Africa has not developed a bio-ethanol industry. The … objective was to quantify the risks and economic viability of a wheat based bio-ethanol plant in the winter rainfall region of … South Africa. Monte Carlo simulation of a bio-ethanol plant was used to quantify the risk that investors will likely face …

The feasibility of integrating ethanol production into an existing sugar mill was analyzed by a stochastic spreadsheet … model. As the price of corn continues to rise, ethanol producers will eventually need to look at other feedstock … alternatives. Sugarcane has been proven to work well in the production of ethanol in Brazil. The results indicated existing U …

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