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The Capital Efficiency Challenge of Bioenergy Models: The Case of Flex Mills in Brazil

In: Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

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  • Peter Goldsmith

    (University of Illinois)

  • Renato Rasmussen

    (University of Illinois)

  • Guilherme Signorini

    (University of Sao Paulo)

  • Joao Martines

    (University of Sao Paulo)

  • Carolina Guimaraes

    (University of Sao Paulo)

Abstract

Bio-based energy sources have received increasing interest in recent years as petroleum prices have risen, geo-political instability has increased, and climate change has been in evidence. Extensive farming systems producing bio-based feedstocks, such as maize and sugarcane, are the models most widely used. Similar models are planned for dedicated cellulose crops such as miscanthus and eucalyptus. Bioenergy feedstock production that follows the current commercial agricultural model may inefficiently employ capital as the spatial density of the system, and the relative gravimetric density of the feedstock and volumetric density of the fuel products are low. The example of ethanol production in Mato Grosso, Brazil demonstrates the key concepts of density and capital intensity that are so critical to the efficient use of capital.

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  • Peter Goldsmith & Renato Rasmussen & Guilherme Signorini & Joao Martines & Carolina Guimaraes, 2010. "The Capital Efficiency Challenge of Bioenergy Models: The Case of Flex Mills in Brazil," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Madhu Khanna & Jürgen Scheffran & David Zilberman (ed.), Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy, chapter 0, pages 175-192, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-1-4419-0369-3_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0369-3_11
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    1. Ana Donke & Alex Nogueira & Patricia Matai & Luiz Kulay, 2016. "Environmental and Energy Performance of Ethanol Production from the Integration of Sugarcane, Corn, and Grain Sorghum in a Multipurpose Plant," Resources, MDPI, vol. 6(1), pages 1-19, December.

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