UT Corn Stover Study
The 1,000 MT/day facilities appear to be
economically feasible if the price of
ethanol at the plant gate equals
$1.25/gallon. Even at $1.15 per gallon
at the plant gate, the 1,000 MT/day facilities
are feasible in some states. If a
subsidy was available to producers using
corn stover to produce ethanol so that
producers were guaranteed $1.35/gallon,
an estimated 136 plants would be constructed,
4,134 million gallons of ethanol
would be produced, $963 million in
gross income to agricultural producers
would occur, and an estimated economic
impact of $11 billion in rural economies
of the ten state region would be realized.
