the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). The study was sponsored by the Biomass Program of the Assistant … system. ETP was updated for this study with biomass resource data and biofuel production technology cost and performance data … reference case total biofuel production increases from 12 billion gallons of ethanol equivalent in 2005 to 54 billion gallons in …

Gasification combined cycle continues to represent an important defining technology area for the forest products … industry. The ''Forest Products Gasification Initiative'', organized under the Industry's Agenda 2020 technology vision and … shows that for this technology, and likely other gasification technologies as well, the first few installations will require …

) renewable energy system, the focus of this thesis is biomass-based energy for: 1) The prominent contextual relevance these … construction and microeconomic interpretation of three case studies.First, the Brazilian biomass-based renewable industry is … assessed in terms of the levels of physical-assets performance it presents across three-defined ethanol production clusters …

The need to decrease the United States’ dependency on oil has pushed ethanol to the forefront of energy sources. In the … U.S., corn is used to make ethanol. Corn-based ethanol production has been profitable over the past few years, but there … in prices, which has given way to ethanol production by other sources of raw materials like sugarcane. Sugarcane ethanol …

A study has been made of the economic feasibility of producing fuel grade methanol from wood via catalytic gasification …

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the use of mixed waste paper for the production of ethanol fuels and to … Weyerhauser were analyzed to determine the potential ethanol yields. The markets for ethanol fuel and the economics of converting … paper into ethanol were investigated. …

be happy to see our corn turned into ethanol; our coal turned into liquid fuel for transportation. No matter that the …