2016 billion-ton report: Advancing domestic resources for a thriving bioeconomy. Volume 1: Economic availability of feedstocks
HERO ID
5013157
Reference Type
Technical Report
Year
2016
Language
English
| HERO ID | 5013157 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Title | 2016 billion-ton report: Advancing domestic resources for a thriving bioeconomy. Volume 1: Economic availability of feedstocks |
| Authoring Organization | U.S. Department of Energy |
| Editor | Langholtz, MH; Stokes, BJ; Eaton, LM |
| Publisher Text | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| City | Oak Ridge, TN |
| Abstract | BT16 is the third DOE-sponsored report to evaluate biomass resource availability in the conterminous United States. Each report addressed different goals. The 2005 Billion-Ton Study (BTS) was a strategic assessment of the potential biophysical availability of biomass. It identified the potential to produce more than one billion tons per year of agricultural and forest biomass sources—sufficient to produce enough biofuel to displace 30% of then-current petroleum consumption. However, this biophysical potential was not restricted by price, which is a key factor in the commercial viability of bioenergy and biofuels strategies. The 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update (BT2) evaluated the availability of biomass supply as a function of price. Employing an economic model to simulate potential biomass supply response to market demands, BT2 evaluated the potential economic availability of biomass feedstocks under a range of offered prices and yield scenarios between 2012 and 2030. It again projected the potential for more than 1 billion dry tons of biomass per year to be potentially available by 2030, assuming market prices of $60 per dry ton at the farmgate or roadside (i.e., after harvest, ready for delivery to a processing facility). This report (BT16) builds on previous research to address key questions: • What is the potential economic availability of biomass resources using the latest-available yield and cost data? • How does the addition of algae, miscanthus, eucalyptus, wastes, and other energy crops affect potential supply? • With the addition of transportation and logistics costs, what is the economic availability of feedstocks delivered to the biorefinery? |
| Doi | 10.2172/1271651 |
| Report Number | ORNL/TM-2016/160 |
| Url | https://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/downloads/2016-billion-ton-report-advancing-domestic-resources-thriving-bioeconomy |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Number Of Pages | 448 |
| Is Public | Yes |
| Language Text | English |
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