Breaking into the CellulosicEthanol Market: Capacity and Storage Strategies

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Paul M. Darby, Tyler Mark (tyler.mark@uky.edu) and Michael E. Salassi

No 56542, 2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida from  Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper examines the possibilities of breaking into the cellulosic ethanol market in south Louisiana via strategic feedstock choices and the leveraging of the area’s competitive advantages. A small plant strategy is devised whereby the first-mover problem might be solved, and several scenarios are tested using Net Present Value analysis.

Keywords: cellulosic ethanol; sugarcane; energy cane; sweet sorghum; bagasse; ethanol; biofuel; bioethanol; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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