High-value renewable energy from prairie grasses

S. B. McLaughlin; D. G. De La Torre Ugarte; C. T. Garten; L. R. Lynd; M. A. Sanderson; V. R. Tolbert; D. D. Wolf

doi:10.1021/es010963d

High-value renewable energy from prairie grasses

S. B. McLaughlin, D. G. De La Torre Ugarte, C. T. Garten, L. R. Lynd, M. A. Sanderson, V. R. Tolbert, D. D. Wolf

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Projected economic benefits of renewable energy derived from a native prairie grass, switchgrass, include nonmarket values that can reduce net fuel costs to near zero. At a farm gate price of $44.00/dry Mg, an agricultural sector model predicts higher profits for switchgrass than conventional crops on 16.9 million hectares (ha). Benefits would include an annual increase of $6 billion in net farm returns, a $1.86 billion reduction in government subsidies, and displacement of 44-159 Tg/year (1 Tg = 10¹² g) of greenhouse gas emissions. Incorporating these values into the pricing structure for switchgrass bioenergy could accelerate commercialization and provide net benefits to the U.S. economy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2122-2129
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Science and Technology
Volume	36
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/es010963d
State	Published - May 15 2002
Externally published	Yes

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