New Mexico Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in New Mexico
Gasoline Use	921 million gal.
Diesel Use	467 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	0.6 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	0.3 million dry T
E85 Stations	6
Biodiesel Stations	5
Ethanol Plants	1
Ethanol Production Capacity	30 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	2
Biodiesel Production Capacity	15 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	38
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	14
Total Ethanol		52
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	1

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		3.7
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		0.2
Co-Product Production
Electricity		169 GWh
Animal Feed		41.7 thousand T

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Map of the state of New Mexico with colors indicating biomass production potential. Many counties in the state have the potential to produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from forest and primary mill residues. Follow the link to view the full size image.