Nebraska Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in Nebraska
Gasoline Use	701 million gal.
Diesel Use	409 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	11.3 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	26.1 million dry T
E85 Stations	27
Biodiesel Stations	2
Ethanol Plants	26
Ethanol Production Capacity	1,548 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	4
Biodiesel Production Capacity	55 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	735
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	1,314
Total Ethanol		2,048
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	284

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		192.3
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		63.2
Co-Product Production
Electricity		3,233 GWh
Animal Feed		4,052.1 thousand T

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Map of the state of Nebraska with colors indicating biomass production potential. Most of the eastern part of the state can produce 1 to more than 500 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues. Follow the link to view the full size image.