Tennessee Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in Tennessee
Gasoline Use	3,039 million gal.
Diesel Use	991 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	5.1 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	1.4 million dry T
E85 Stations	7
Biodiesel Stations	38
Ethanol Plants	2
Ethanol Production Capacity	205 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	10
Biodiesel Production Capacity	92 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	323
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	69
Total Ethanol		392
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	79

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		8.5
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		7.3
Co-Product Production
Electricity		1,423 GWh
Animal Feed		211.7 thousand T

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Map of the state of Tennessee with colors indicating biomass production potential. The western part of the state has areas that can produce 100-250 tonnes/year from crops and crop residues. The rest of the state has fairly even distribution of areas that can produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from forest and primary mill residues and areas that can produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues. Areas near major cities have the potential to produce 1-100 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from urban wood and secondary mill residues.Follow the link to view the full size image.