Iowa Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in Iowa
Gasoline Use	1,192 million gal.
Diesel Use	553 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	24.4 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	44.0 million dry T
E85 Stations	64
Biodiesel Stations	13
Ethanol Plants	43
Ethanol Production Capacity	3,935 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	17
Biodiesel Production Capacity	379 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	1,593
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	2,214
Total Ethanol		3,807
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	566

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		210.2
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		93.0
Co-Product Production
Electricity		7,011 GWh
Animal Feed		6,829.3 thousand T

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Map of the state of Iowa with colors indicating biomass production potential. Most of the state's counties can produce more than 500 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues. Follow the link to view the full size image.