NDLI: Evaluating Local Crop Residue Biomass Supply: Economic and Environmental Impacts

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Author	Archer, David W. Johnson, Jane M. F.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The increasing interest in energy production from biomass requires a better understanding of potential local production and environmental impacts. This information is needed by local producers, biomass industry, and other stakeholders, and for larger scale analyses. This study models biomass production decisions at the field level using a case example of a biomass gasification facility constructed at the University of Minnesota—Morris (UMM). This institutional-scale application has an anticipated feedstock demand of about 8,000 Mg year$^{−1}$. The model includes spatial impacts due to sub-field variation in soil characteristics and transportation costs. Results show that the amount of biomass producers could profitably supply within a 32.2-km radius of UMM increases as plant-gate biomass price increases from $59 to $84 Mg$^{−1}$, with 588,000 Mg annual biomass supply at $84 Mg$^{−1}$. Results also show that the most profitable tillage and crop rotation practices shift in response to increasing biomass price with producers shifting from a corn-soybean rotation toward continuous corn. While biomass harvest is conducive to increased soil erosion rates and reduced soil organic carbon levels, changes in crop production practices are shown to at least partially offset these impacts. Transportation costs tend to concentrate and intensify biomass production near the biomass facility, which also tends to concentrate environmental impacts near the facility.
Starting Page	699
Ending Page	712
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19391234
Journal	BioEnergy Research
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	19391242
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-01-29
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Bioenergy Gasification Crop rotation Tillage Corn stover Cellulosic biomass Soil organic carbon Soil erosion Plant Ecology Wood Science & Technology Plant Genetics & Genomics Plant Sciences Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Agronomy and Crop Science

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