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The Economic Feasibility of Crop Residues as Auxiliary Fuel in Coal-Fired Power Plants

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  • Burton C. English
  • Cameron Short
  • Earl O. Heady

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Rising fossil fuel costs spark interest in crop residues as a renewable energy source. Residue costs for combustion in power plants are estimated in 1975 prices to evaluate their feasibility. Costs are estimated for farm production, transportation, and processing and handling at the energy recovery level. They are incorporated into an Iowa agricultural programming model which includes an electric utility sector. The model, including crop production, is solved for several scenarios—a base solution, energy price increases, and a sulfur constraint. Under these scenarios, crop residue replaces coal at 20%,40%, and 60% of the 1975 Btu's consumed.

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  • Burton C. English & Cameron Short & Earl O. Heady, 1981. "The Economic Feasibility of Crop Residues as Auxiliary Fuel in Coal-Fired Power Plants," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 63(4), pages 636-644.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:63:y:1981:i:4:p:636-644.
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