ABG POLL: Biodiesel Feedstock
It seems like every second day someone has come up with a cool new feedstock for biodiesel. But what do you think is going to win out in the future?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tim 9:26AM (1/17/2007)
All of the above. Each region will have their favorite feedstock and feedstock crops will be rotated depending on the needs of the soil that year. Even if 2010 is the year of the PHEV, we will still need renewable carbon-nutral fuel for the range extender engines and all those millions of IC vehicles still on the road. It will take decades to get rid of them all… if ever.
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Sam Abuelsamid 9:20AM (1/17/2007)
I think in the 2010 time frame most will still be coming from canola or soy, but longer term, possibly by 2015, algae will definitely be the way to go.
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Jimmy 9:55AM (1/17/2007)
I think the biggest near term trend is going to be toward greater diversification. Here is the recent tale of a biodiesel producer's wealth of potential feedstocks: http://energy.biofuels.coop/2007/01/09/vp-of-sludge/ . For ethanol there is great interest in non-corn crops as well: http://domesticfuel.com/?p=1292
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Andrew 9:51AM (1/17/2007)
What the majority of biodiesel will be made from in 2010 will not be the same as what the eventual winner will be. Three years isn't long enough for algae to come of age, but that's where my money is in the long run. Give it 5-8 years and algae biodiesel will be mainstream, and displacing foodstock-based biodiesel. As for 2010, canola's got my vote, but I hope Jatropha comes on strong soon.
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DB 6:28PM (1/17/2007)
Agree with the earlier sentiments. Canola will be the biggest in 2010, but long term algae by far makes the most sense. As long as the US govt doesn't keep forking over handouts to soy farmers to buy votes from the Mid-West (same for ethanol via corn).
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Brian Courtney 5:28PM (1/18/2007)
There's some good info about the markets, feedstocks and science of it all at http://www.ssi.shimadzu.com/apps/files/SSI_Biofuels_Whitepaper.pdf
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