NREL Proves Cellulosic Ethanol Can Be Cost Competitive (Fact Sheet)

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: 09 Biomass Fuels Cellulosic Ethanol;    Kansas;    Abengoa;    Mixed Alcohols;    Catalyst;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1104620
RP-ID  :  NREL/FS-6A42-60663
RP-ID  :  AC36-08GO28308
RP-ID  :  1104620

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Ethanol from non-food sources - known as "cellulosic ethanol" - is a near-perfect transportation fuel: it is clean, domestic, abundant, and renewable, and it can potentially replace 30% of the petroleum consumed in the United States, but its relatively high cost has limited its market. That changed in 2012, when the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrated the technical advances needed to produce cellulosic ethanol at a minimum ethanol selling price of $2.15/gallon (in 2007 dollars). Through a multi-year research project involving private industry, NREL has proven that cellulosic ethanol can be cost competitive with other transportation fuels.