Gasohol: economic feasibility study. Final report
This report was prepared by Development Planning and Research Associates, Inc. under a contract with the Energy Research and Development Center of the University of Nebraska in cooperation with the Agricultural Products Industrial Utilization Committee and the State of Nebraska. Funding for this study was provided to the Energy Research and Development Center by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Old West Regional Commission. The primary objective of the study was to: determine the fiscal and market conditions under which the production of gasohol would be profitable for private producers. For purposes of this study, gasohol is a motor fuel consisting of 10 percent agriculturally-derived anhydrous ethanol and 90 percent unleaded gasoline. The study assumes that gasohol can be a fuel substitute for gasoline; indeed, the cost of gasoline will significantly influence that for gasohol. Gasoline prices are determined by factors external to ethanol; thus, the economic feasibility study of gasohol is in large part an economic feasibility study of fuel-grade ethanol production. More specifically, the study examined the following: the technical aspects of distributing, marketing, and using gasohol; the costs of the distribution and marketing of ethanol and gasohol; the energy balance of ethanol production; the cost of producing ethanol; the factors influencing ehtanol plant size and location; and the conditions that would make ethanol economicaly feasible for private producers.
- Research Organization:
- Development Planning and Research Associates, Manhattan, KS (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 6242116
- Report Number(s):
- SAN-1681-T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BIOSYNTHESIS
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DATA
DATA FORMS
DISTRIBUTION
ECONOMICS
ENERGY BALANCE
ETHANOL
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GASOHOL PROGRAM
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MARKET
NUMERICAL DATA
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