Feasibility study for an ethanol plant in New Orleans, Louisiana. Book one. Executive summary. Volume 1 through 3

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:7011844

The findings of a 9-month study of the feasibility of constructing and operating a 35 million gallon per year fermentation ethanol plant in the New Orleans area are presented. The unique features studied are the use of corn screenings, elevator by-products, and damaged grains as feedstock, and the use of municipal solid waste (MSW) as the process fuel. The plant will require investment outlays of $146 million, and the unit production cost for ethanol will be about $1.43 per gallon. The ethanol will be sold in the Louisiana and Texas markets. In Louisiana, gasohol benefits from an 8 cent per gallon state excise tax exemption as well as from the 4 cent per gallon federal excise tax exemption. The by-product, DDGS, will be sold to the overseas market. A large quantity of feedgrains and feedstuffs are exported from the port of New Orleans, and the plant's DDGS will have a price advantage over export feedgrains shipped from further inland.

• Research Organization: Louisiana Bio-Fuel, Inc., Metairie (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-81ID12276
• OSTI ID: 7011844
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID/12276-T1-Bk.1; ON: DE83000704
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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