Evaluation and analysis of Texas biofuel supply chains originating in the United States Midwest and Brazil.

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• Alternative Title:
  Analysis of Texas biofuel supply chains originating in the United States and Brazil
• Creators:
  Boske, Leigh B. ; Woodward, James T.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.) ; Texas Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Biomass fuels
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Logistics
  • Delivery service
  • Biomass energy--United States
  • Biomass energy--Brazil
  • Renewable energy sources--United States
  • Renewable energy sources--Brazil
  • Business logistics
  • Delivery of goods--Management
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/09/169201-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  This 2009 study, funded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center, investigates ; competing ethanol supply chains terminating in the State of Texas. Midwest corn ethanol and ; Brazilian sugarcane ethanol constitute two sources of the biofuel necessary for synthesis of the ten ; percent ethanol, ninety percent gasoline fuel blend, commonly referred to as E10. The updated 2007 ; Renewable Fuel Standard passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in ; December 2007, promotes national availability of E10. As a follow up to the 2008 Bioenergy and ; Alternative Fuels Scoping Study, this report discusses the requisite equipment, time, and costs to ; transport ethanol to the Lone Star State from its Midwestern or Latin American sources. Federal ; biofuels policy along with new transportation technology, such as pipeline movement of renewable ; fuels, will largely determine whether domestic or international ethanol is more economically ; competitive in six Texas fuel markets. If Congress chose to repeal the $0.54 per gallon domestic ; ethanol offset tariff, sugarcane ethanol pipelined inland from the coast could be more competitively ; priced than the corn variety as far west as the El Paso metropolitan area.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  10727
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16883/dot_16883_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.20 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a665d48d3a4e83e005c4fecb177f459fb9443af003bd4c05a594e7b17a926f39