@article{Dumortier:198706,
      recid = {198706},
      author = {Dumortier, Jerome},
      title = {Co-firing in Coal Power Plants and its Impact on Biomass  Feedstock Availability},
      address = {2015},
      number = {904-2016-70093},
      pages = {15},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Several states have a renewable portfolio standard (RPS)  and allow for biomass co-firing to meet the RPS  requirements. In addition, a federal renewable fuel  standard (RFS) mandates an increase in cellulosic ethanol  production over the next decade. This paper quantifies  the  effects on local biomass supply and demand of different  co-firing policies imposed on 398 existing coal-fired power  plants. Our model indicates which counties are most likely  to be able to sustain cellulosic ethanol plants in addition  to co-firing electric utilities. The simulation  incorporates the county-level biomass market of corn  stover, wheat straw, switchgrass, and forest residues as  well as endogenous crop prices. Our scenarios indicate that  there is sufficient feedstock availability in Southern  Minnesota, Iowa, and Central Illinois. Significant supply  shortages are observed in Eastern Ohio, Western  Pennsylvania, and the tri-state area of Illinois, Indiana,  and Kentucky which are characterized by a high density of  coal-fired power plants with high energy output.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198706},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198706},
}