Colorado Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in Colorado
Gasoline Use	1,849 million gal.
Diesel Use	508 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	2.3 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	3.0 million dry T
E85 Stations	19
Biodiesel Stations	23
Ethanol Plants	5
Ethanol Production Capacity	134 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	7
Biodiesel Production Capacity	53 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	148
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	152
Total Ethanol		300
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	7

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		10.7
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		1.2
Co-Product Production
Electricity		652 GWh
Animal Feed		469.4 thousand T

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Map of the state of Colorado with colors indicating biomass production potential. Counties west of the Rocky Mountains show fairly even distribution of 1-100 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from forest and primary mill residues. The northeastern part of the state shows some areas that may produce 100-500 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues.Follow the link to view the full size image.