Sugar to ethanol: the economics?
…is ethanol from corn, especially at US ethanol plants; while around one-third is ethanol from sugar, especially in Brazil and elsewhere in the emerging world. Our base case scenario assumes…
Sugar to ethanol: value in volatility?
…case costs for generating a 10% IRR on a new sugar-to-ethanol production facility require ethanol prices of $1.5/gallon, which is c5% lower than for corn ethanol. Numbers are explained on…
US ethanol plants: what CO2 intensity?
This data-file tabulates the CO2 emissions from US ethanol plants, which produce around 1Mbpd of liquid fuels, giving an average CO2 intensity of ethanol of 85kg/boe. $599.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to…
Ethanol: hangover cures?
…our recent research. Hence how could new technologies fix the economics and carbon credentials of corn-based ethanol? Our constructive outlook on ethanol + CCS is presented on pages 4-6. Ethanol…
Ethanol: getting wasted?
30M acres of US croplands are used to grow corn for ethanol. Each acre prevents 2-3 tons of CO2 emissions per annum, for a CO2 abatement cost of $200/ton. However,…
Ethanol from corn: the economics?
…suggest a price of $1.6/gallon of ethanol is needed for a 10% IRR on a new greenfield plant, equivalent to $2.4/gallon gasoline. This is higher than 2020 ethanol pricing, which…
Ethanol-to-ethylene: the economics?
This data-file captures the economics of producing bio-ethylene by dehydration of ethanol, backed up by half-a-dozen technical papers. $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart We estimate an ethylene price of $1,600/Tpa…
Verbio: bio-energy technology review?
…bio-ethanol plants and bio-methane plants, then recirculating the stillage. Some nice flow diagrams are copied in our data-file. But most interestingly, halving the heat use on a bio-ethanol facility, and…
Crop production: what CO2 intensity?
…look-through CO2 footprint for corn ethanol, including data from actual bio-ethanol plants and our corn ethanol economic model. We think the Scope 1-3 CO2 of corn ethanol is 240kg/boe, or…
Biofuels: better to bury than burn?
…This report was originally published in 2020. We have also deepened our analysis of the corn ethanol industry, CO2 of corn production, alternative uses for bio-ethanol and an outlook for…