Summary and Comparison of the 2016 Billion-Ton Report with the 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update

Program Document · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

OSTI ID:1263783

In terms of the magnitude of the resource potential, the results of the 2016 Billion-Ton Report (BT16) are consistent with the original 2005 Billion-Ton Study (BTS) and the 2011 report, U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry (BT2. An effort was made to reevaluate the potential forestland, agricultural, and waste resources at the roadside, then extend the analysis by adding transportation costs to a biorefinery under specified logistics assumptions to major resource fractions.

• Research Organization: EERE Publication and Product Library, Washington, D.C. (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (EE-3B) (Bioenergy Technologies Office Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1263783
• Report Number(s): DOE/EE-1443; 7432
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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