NDLI: Lifecycle greenhouse gas footprint and minimum selling price of renewable diesel and jet fuel from fermentation and advanced fermentation production technologies

Content Provider	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Author	Malina, Robert Boies, Adam Barrett, Steven R. H. Hileman, James I. Staples, Mark D. Olcay, Hakan Pearlson, Matthew N.
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Fermentation and advanced fermentation (AF) biofuel production technologies may offer a means to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of transportation by providing renewable drop-in alternatives to conventional middle distillate (MD) fuels, including diesel and jet fuel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first peer-reviewed study of the environmental and economic feasibility of AF technologies. We find that the attributional lifecycle GHG footprint of AF MD from sugar cane, corn grain and switchgrass ranges from −27.0 to 19.7, 47.5 to 117.5, and 11.7 to 89.8 gCO2e/MJMD, respectively, compared to 90.0 gCO2e/MJMD for conventional MD. These results are most sensitive to the co-product allocation method used, the efficiency and utility requirements of feedstock-to-fuel conversion, and the co-generation technology employed. We also calculate the minimum selling price (MSP) of MD fuel produced from sugar cane, corn grain and switchgrass AF as a range from 0.61 to 2.63, 0.84 to 3.65, and 1.09 to 6.30 $ per literMD, respectively, compared to the current price of conventional MD in the United States of approximately 0.80 $ per literMD. The MSP results are most sensitive to feedstock-to-fuel conversion efficiency, feedstock costs, and capital costs. Finally, we demonstrate that emissions from land use change (LUC) directly attributable to the growth of biomass for AF fuel could dominate the GHG footprint of AF MD fuels.
Starting Page	1545
Ending Page	1554
Page Count	10
File Format	HTM / HTML PDF
ISSN	17545692
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	5
Journal	Energy & Environmental Science
DOI	10.1039/c3ee43655a
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	MSP United States Ethanol fermentation Biofuel Greenhouse gas Renewable resource Oil refinery Jet fuel Peer review Sugarcane Corn ethanol Panicum virgatum
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Pollution Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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