Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research

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• Corporate Creators:
  Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.) ; United States. Department of Agriculture ; United States. Environmental Protection Agency ; United States. Department of Energy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Biomass
  • Energy resources
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Environmental impacts
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Biomass Research and Development Board (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The goal of this report is to inform research recommendations to address the constraints surrounding availability of biomass feedstocks. To meet this goal, an economic assessment, which links to an analysis of the consequences for greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability, has been developed that encompasses feedstock production from agriculture and forestry sources. The boundaries of the analysis—a domestic focus on feedstocks and up to the farmgate or forest roadside—circumscribe the findings. Uncertainty about the conversion of feedstocks to biofuels, transportation of both, international effects, and consideration of displaced petroleum fuels are beyond the scope of this study.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17283/dot_17283_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.74 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:89a12f8396aee41d13a21a31f0c18c5745d63a83f0967008adf9382090d1c1ec