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 …

While theoretically more efficient than starch-based ethanol production systems, conversion of lignocellulosic biomass … to ethanol is not without major challenges. A multi-region, multi-period, mixed integer mathematical programming model … price of ethanol, for a gasification-fermentation process. Given base assumptions, gasification-fermentation of …

such as ethanol blends. The main result of the paper is that given the historical price patterns of conventional gasoline … and ethanol, switching to ethanol blends is an economically sound decision provided this does not decrease efficiency of …

producing cellulose nanowhiskers (CNW) as a co-product in an ethanol biorefinery. An ASPEN Plus-based process model was … developed to evaluate ethanol production from wheat straw. The base case model generated 54.418 million gallons per year (MGPY …) of denatured ethanol, using approximately 900,000 tons per year of wheat straw feedstock. The capital cost was estimated …

Several recent developments have stimulated farmers' interest in raising corn for ethanol production in northwestern … North Dakota. The purpose of this study is to estimate the corn supply response of western North Dakota farmers for ethanol … prevailing local corn prices that was required by western North Dakota farms to entice additional production of an ethanol …

This research assessed the economic effect of corn-based fuel ethanol production on agriculture and the state economy …

To reduce national oil dependency, ethanol has been given a center stage of U.S. energy sources. The Renewable Fuel … gallons by 2012, among which 15 billion are corn-based ethanol, while U.S. corn-based ethanol can hardly achieve this level …. There is a trend that indicates U.S. importing ethanol from other countries, so a bilateral trade system has been …

The US Environmental Protection Agency announced a waiver allowing an increase in the Fuel-Ethanol blend limit (the …

biofuels production. We examine the impact of corn-based ethanol production in the United States on land use in other countries. …