Cellulosic biofuels begin to flow

But in lower volumes than foreseen by statutory targets

Several companies combined to produce about 20,000 gallons of fuels using cellulosic biomass (e.g., wood waste, sugarcane bagasse) from commercial-scale facilities in late 2012. EIA estimates this output could grow to more than 5 million gallons in 2013, as operations ramp up at several plants. Additionally, several more plants with proposed aggregate nameplate capacity of around 250 million gallons could begin production by 2015 (see map).

Although cellulosic biofuels volumes are expected to grow significantly relative to current levels, they will likely remain well below the targets envisioned in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. That law set a target level of 500 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels for 2012 and 1 billion gallons for 2013, growing to 16 billion gallons by 2022.

… Full text: www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=10131

Tags: ethanol, drop-in biofuels, steam, cellulosic ethanol, renewable, butanediol, polymers, succinic acid, paraxylene

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EIA, 2013-02-26.

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BP
US Energy Information Administration (EIA)

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