Will Washington Provide Its Own Feedstocks for Biofuels?

Suzette Galinato (), Douglas Young, Craig Frear and Jonathan Yoder ()

No 2008-24, Working Papers from School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

Abstract: The study finds that Washington State’s field corn, sugar beet and canola production could satisfy only a small percentage of the State’s annual gasoline or diesel consumption. Linear programming projections for 2008 showed a relatively close match between projected and actual production. Projections for 2009-2011 showed no increase in the State’s capacity to increase biofuel crop feedstocks. In comparison to crop feedstocks, Washington’s total annual lignocellulosic biomass is abundant. However, only a fraction of the biomass could be converted to biofuel due to high costs of collection and processing, competing markets for some biomass, and limitations in current technology.

Keywords: biofuels; biofuel feedstocks; canola; cellulosic inventories; grain corn; linear programming; Washington State (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C61 Q15 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2009-12
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