Cost to produce and deliver switchgrass biomass to an ethanol-conversion facility in the southern plains of the United States

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-467

  Epplin, Francis M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; enterprise budget; ethanol; Panicum virgatum L.; production cost; swithchgrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030431065     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(96)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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