West Virginia Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in West Virginia
Gasoline Use	780 million gal.
Diesel Use	297 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	2.4 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	0.1 million dry T
E85 Stations	2
Biodiesel Stations	0
Ethanol Plants	0
Ethanol Production Capacity	0 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	1
Biodiesel Production Capacity	3 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	151
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	3
Total Ethanol		154
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	1

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		13.0
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		0.3
Co-Product Production
Electricity		663 GWh
Animal Feed		10.4 thousand T

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Map of the state of West Virginia with colors indicating biomass production potential. Most of the state has 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.