National Assessment of Promising Areas Table of Contents
ORNL-6944
Robin L. Graham and Marie E. Walsh
Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335
Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 4804
February 1999
Prepared for the Office of Transportation Technologies and Office of Utilities Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy
Prepared by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6285
managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp. for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-96OR22464
 

Contents

Introduction
ORECCL Database
ORIBAS Switchgrass Analyses of 11 States
National Overview
Regional and State Assessment
Appalachian Region
ORIBAS Switchgrass Analysis - Tennessee
Cornbelt Region
ORIBAS Switchgrass Analysis - Missouri and Iowa
Delta Region
Lake States Region
ORIBAS Analysis - Minnesota
Northeast Region
Northern Plains Region
ORIBAS Analysis- Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Pacific Northwest Region (Hybrid Poplar Only)
Southeast Region
ORIBAS Analysis - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Southern Plains Region
References
 

Figures

1. Switchgrass farmgate prices ($/dry ton) assuming median yields (as depicted in the ORECCL database).
2. Short Rotation Woody Crop farmgate prices ($/dry ton) assuming median yields (as depicted in the ORECCL database).
3. Estimated returns to land and management ($/acre/year) based on cash rents for cropland and farmland value (as depicted in the ORECCL database)
4. Cropland acreage suitable for switchgrass production (as depicted in the ORECCL database).
5. Appalachian Region
6. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Tennessee.
7. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Tennessee.
8. Cornbelt Region
9. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Iowa.
10. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Iowa .
11. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Missouri.
12. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Missouri.
13. Delta Region
14. Lake States Region
15. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Minnesota .
16. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Minnesota .
17. Northeast Region
18. Northern Plains Region
19. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Nebraska.
20. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Nebraska.
21. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in North Dakota.
22. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in North Dakota.
23. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in South Dakota
24. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in South Dakota
25. Pacific Northwest Region
26. Southeast Region
27. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Alabama.
28. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Alabama.
29. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Florida.
30. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in Georgia.
31. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in Georgia.
32. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 110,000 ton/yr facility sites in South Carolina.
33. Location and marginal delivered switchgrass price of lowest cost 700,000 ton/yr facility sites in South Carolina
34. Southern Plains Region
 

Tables

1. USDA regions and states included in ORIBAS switchgrass analyses
2. Switchgrass - Appalachian Region
3. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Appalachian Region
4. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Cornbelt Region
5. Switchgrass - Cornbelt Region
6. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Delta Region
7. Switchgrass - Delta Region
8. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Lake States Region
9. Switchgrass - Lake States Region
10. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Northeast Region
11. Switchgrass - Northeast Region
12. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Northern Plains Region
13. Switchgrass - Northern Plains Region
14. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Pacific Northwest Region
15. Short Rotation Woody Crops - Southeast Region
16. Switchgrass - Southeast Region
17.Short Rotation Woody Crops - Southern Plains Region
18. Switchgrass - Southern Plains Region
 

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