U.S. ethanol production capacity increased more than threefold between 2002 and 2008. We study the effect of this … growth on corn acreage. Connecting annual changes in county-level corn acreage to changes in ethanol plant capacities, we … 500 acres and to increase acreage in surrounding counties up to almost 300 miles away. All ethanol plants are estimated to …

spillovers to both corn and ethanol markets are somewhat similar in timing and magnitude, but moderately stronger to the ethanol … market. The shares of corn and ethanol price variability directly attributed to volatility in the crude oil market are …. Volatility transmission is also found from the corn to the ethanol market, but not the opposite. The findings provide insights …

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 …

-based ethanol facility in the central Appalachian hardwood region. The model maximizes the net present value (NPV) of a facility … scenario. Average ethanol production costs were approximately $2.02 to $2.08 per gallon. Production costs were most impacted by … biomass availability, mill residue purchase price, plant investment and capacity, ethanol yield, and financing. Findings …

. Factors driving higher commodity prices are tight global supplies and increased demand of corn ethanol in the short term … corn ethanol, primarily because of high oil prices. Higher oil prices also increase fuel and energy costs, which increase …

continue to be important feedstocks for ethanol and biodiesel production, but cellulose feedstocks (agricultural crop residues …

ethanol plant established in an area with a beef feeding industry. The study concludes that corn transportation costs are less … significant in plant pricing strategy than originally identified by other studies. Local ethanol plant competition is found to … explain the lower-than-feed value pricing of ethanol byproducts at the plant. In the study, average welfare effects are …