North Carolina Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in North Carolina
Gasoline Use	3,985 million gal.
Diesel Use	1,101 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	9.3 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	2.1 million dry T
E85 Stations	9
Biodiesel Stations	49
Ethanol Plants	0
Ethanol Production Capacity	0 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	10
Biodiesel Production Capacity	30 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	593
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	106
Total Ethanol		699
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	104

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		11.5
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		8.6
Co-Product Production
Electricity		2,611 GWh
Animal Feed		327.4 thousand T

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Map of the state of North Carolina with colors indicating biomass production potential. Most counties in the state have the potential to produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from forest and primary mill residues. There is also a fairly even distribution of counties that can produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues and a few counties that can produce 1-100 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from urban wood and secondary mill residues.Follow the link to view the full size image.