Economic impact of yield and composition variation in bioenergy crops: Populus trichocarpa
Abstract
To achieve a bio-based economy, it is necessary to consider variability within a feedstock population. We must understand the range of key phenotypic characteristics when selecting economically advantageous genotypes for domestication in an optimized supply chain. In this analysis we measured cell-wall composition traits in a large natural variant population of Populus trichocarpa. The results were combined with agronomic growth data from the matching genotype to conduct various techno-economic analyses, evaluating the impacts of physical and compositional variability and determining the ultimate phenotypic drivers for yield and economic metrics. Here we show that, although ethanol yield per land area per year and minimum fuel selling price were most strongly impacted by tree size, when considering the largest 25% of trees, size and carbohydrate content were nearly identical influences on minimal fuel selling price, highlighting the need to focus on both size and carbohydrate content in selecting economically optimal feedstocks.
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- CBI National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO USA
- Center for Bioenergy Innovation, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTN USA
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1670222
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1677478; OSTI ID: 1786097; OSTI ID: 1885401
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-2800-75650
Journal ID: ISSN 1932-104X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05‐00OR22725; AC36‐08GO28308; AC36-08GO28308; AC05-00OR22725; DE‐AC05‐00OR22725; DE‐AC36‐08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining Journal Volume: 15 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1932-104X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; Populus trichocarpa; techno-economic analysis; feedstock variability; high-throughput compositional analysis; bioethanol; minimum fuel selling price
Citation Formats
Happs, Renee M., Bartling, Andrew W., Doeppke, Crissa, Harman‐Ware, Anne E., Clark, Robin, Webb, Erin G., Biddy, Mary J., Chen, Jin‐Gui, Tuskan, Gerald A., Davis, Mark F., Muchero, Wellington, and Davison, Brian H. Economic impact of yield and composition variation in bioenergy crops: Populus trichocarpa. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1002/bbb.2148.
Happs, Renee M., Bartling, Andrew W., Doeppke, Crissa, Harman‐Ware, Anne E., Clark, Robin, Webb, Erin G., Biddy, Mary J., Chen, Jin‐Gui, Tuskan, Gerald A., Davis, Mark F., Muchero, Wellington, & Davison, Brian H. Economic impact of yield and composition variation in bioenergy crops: Populus trichocarpa. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2148
Happs, Renee M., Bartling, Andrew W., Doeppke, Crissa, Harman‐Ware, Anne E., Clark, Robin, Webb, Erin G., Biddy, Mary J., Chen, Jin‐Gui, Tuskan, Gerald A., Davis, Mark F., Muchero, Wellington, and Davison, Brian H. Mon .
"Economic impact of yield and composition variation in bioenergy crops: Populus trichocarpa". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2148.
@article{osti_1670222,
title = {Economic impact of yield and composition variation in bioenergy crops: Populus trichocarpa},
author = {Happs, Renee M. and Bartling, Andrew W. and Doeppke, Crissa and Harman‐Ware, Anne E. and Clark, Robin and Webb, Erin G. and Biddy, Mary J. and Chen, Jin‐Gui and Tuskan, Gerald A. and Davis, Mark F. and Muchero, Wellington and Davison, Brian H.},
abstractNote = {To achieve a bio-based economy, it is necessary to consider variability within a feedstock population. We must understand the range of key phenotypic characteristics when selecting economically advantageous genotypes for domestication in an optimized supply chain. In this analysis we measured cell-wall composition traits in a large natural variant population of Populus trichocarpa. The results were combined with agronomic growth data from the matching genotype to conduct various techno-economic analyses, evaluating the impacts of physical and compositional variability and determining the ultimate phenotypic drivers for yield and economic metrics. Here we show that, although ethanol yield per land area per year and minimum fuel selling price were most strongly impacted by tree size, when considering the largest 25% of trees, size and carbohydrate content were nearly identical influences on minimal fuel selling price, highlighting the need to focus on both size and carbohydrate content in selecting economically optimal feedstocks.},
doi = {10.1002/bbb.2148},
journal = {Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining},
number = 1,
volume = 15,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {2020},
month = {10}
}
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