Post Date - December 9th 2007 06:12 am | 6 months 26 days ago
A weight of 40 tons per acre in itself almost precludes transport to a central facility for fermentation. Also, the sugars in the stalk began to "sour" upon harvest or from freezing in the field.
Post Date - December 9th 2007 06:12 am | 6 months 26 days ago
Its requires 1/3 as much water as sugarcane, and can be harvested 2x/yr. Sugarcane is propagated from stem cuttings (4.5-6 tons/ha), sweet sorghum is sown with seed (4.5 kg/ha). It produces up to 7,000 litres/ha of ethanol.
Post Date - July 12th 2007 02:07 am | 11 months 23 days ago
The Dalby Biorefinery will cost $100 million and needs more than 200,000 tonnes of grain to make 55 ML of ethanol. It would be very difficult to pay $250 a tonne for feedgrain, but the company doesn't believe grain prices can stay at that level. It has se
Post Date - June 20th 2007 10:06 pm | 1 year ago
Green Energy Resources predicts $50/ton biomass woodchip prices within the next year. The current US price level is $25-32/ton. Demand caused by the 25-30 new power plants planned in New England by 2010 does not include industry ... or cellulostic ethanol
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