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Title: The updated billion-ton resource assessment

Journal Article · · Biomass and Bioenergy
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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. WrightLink Consulting, Ten Mile, TN (United States)
  3. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Madison, WI (United States)
  4. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  5. CNJV, Golden, CO (United States)
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This paper summarizes the results of an update to a resource assessment, published in 2005, commonly referred to as the billion-ton study (BTS). The updated results are consistent with the 2005 BTS in terms of overall magnitude. However, in looking at the major categories of feedstocks the forest residue biomass potential was determined to be less owing to tighter restrictions on forest residue supply including restrictions due to limited projected increase in traditional harvest for pulpwood and sawlogs. The crop residue potential was also determined to be less because of the consideration of soil carbon and not allowing residue removal from conventionally tilled corn acres. The energy crop potential was estimated to be much greater largely because of land availability and modeling of competition among various competing uses of the land. Generally, the scenario assumptions in the updated assessment are much more plausible to show a billion-ton resource, which would be sufficient to displace 30% or more of the country s present petroleum consumption.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1327570
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1556325
Journal Information:
Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol. 70, Issue C; ISSN 0961-9534
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 28 works
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References (2)

Biomass and bioenergy applications of the POLYSYS modeling framework11Paper prepared for presentation at the Modeling Tools for Biomass and Bioenergy Conference, 8–10 April 1997 Knoxville, TN journal April 2000
Vertical Distribution of Corn Stover Dry Mass Grown at Several US Locations journal June 2010

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