Potential for Pennycress to Support a Renewable Jet Fuel Industry

Markel, Evan; English, Burton C; Hellwinckel, Chad; Menard, Robert J

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Potential for Pennycress to Support a Renewable Jet Fuel Industry

2018-08-01
By Markel, Evan ; English, Burton C ; Hellwinckel, Chad

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Markel, Evan ; English, Burton C ; Hellwinckel, Chad ; Menard, Robert J
Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and Environment ; University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Environment and Energy
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Publication/ Report Number:

EEO-18-1-121
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Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
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Journal Article
Corporate Publisher:

Hendun
Abstract:

Pennycress, an oilseed plant with high oil content, is being considered as a second-generation biofuel feedstock. The plants lifecycle fits with traditional U.S. crop rotations. This study examines the economic feasibility of pennycress production, its potential to supply a renewable aviation industry and its potential impacts on the U.S. economy. Incorporating pennycress in U.S. crop rotations at a price of $0.20 per pound stimulates 22.1 million acres of pennycress to be planted and increases harvested acreage of corn and soybeans by 3.2 percent and 5.0 percent, respectively. To produce 800+ million gallons of jet fuel, 22 HEFA facilities fed by 43 oil extraction facilities are required resulting in the addition of $19 billion to the nation’s economy and nearly 66,000 jobs.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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13-C-AJFE-UTENN-005
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