Exploring Field Crop Biomass Sources for Use in Pacific Ethanol's Boardman Oregon Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
Short term outcomes will include the following: (1) assessment of the economic viability of delivering existing feed stocks from irrigated acreages to the facility in Boardman; (2) an assessment of the possibility for relay crop production to provide additional biomass from existing irrigated acreage; (3) an assessment of production efficiencies in relation to water and fertilizer use; and (4) an assessment of the potential for dryland acreage and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acreage to be a biomass source. If successful, the project will result in these longer-term outcomes: (1) identification of best choices for biomass crops in irrigated regions across the west that have environmental conditions similar to those in the mid-Columbia; (2) identification of general geographic information system (GIS) procedures that can be used to assess the economic viability of moving biomass material to a specific location given existing roads, fuel costs to gather and move materials, and stated feedstock values; and (3) increased acreages of feedstocks.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $499972
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Johnson, Shawn
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Principal Investigators:
Karow, Russell
- Start Date: 20090401
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20110331
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Biomass; Cellulose; Costs; Crops; Economic factors; Ethanol; Plants; Production
- Geographic Terms: Oregon
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Environment; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01575552
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Department of Transportation
- Files: RIP, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 8 2015 10:47AM