Biomass production for sustainable aviation fuels: A regional case study in Queensland

Helen T. Murphy, O’Connell, Deborah A., R. John Raison, Andrew C. Warden, Trevor H. Booth, Alexander Herr, Andrew L. Braid, Debbie F. Crawford, Jennifer A. Hayward, Tom Jovanovic, John G. McIvor, O’Connor, Michael H., Michael L. Poole, Di Prestwidge, Nat Raisbeck-Brown and Lucas Rye

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 44, issue C, 738-750

Abstract: The aviation industry in Australia has aspirations to supply 5% of its domestic fuel use from biomass by 2020. The majority of available sources of biomass in Australia are lignocellulosic, and novel production systems that integrate existing land uses with energy production systems could have many benefits to growers and regions through enterprise diversification. This study assessed the operational and economic factors associated with lignocellulosic biomass supply for production of sustainable aviation fuel in a case study region in central Queensland, Australia. We examined the potential for biomass supply from native grasses, naturally regenerating woody vegetation (regrowth), and newly established plantings of short rotation trees (SRT) from the Fitzroy Catchment (14.2 million hectares). We outline a hypothetical industry scale-up strategy that achieves a production target of 470ML of aviation fuel within a 25 year timeframe. We assess the amount of biomass required to support the scale-up strategy and the associated costs of supply to meet production targets during the scale-up.

Keywords: Aviation biofuels; Regrowth; Short rotation trees; Grass; Economics; Lignocellulose (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.012

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