[Gasification] Biomass heated ethanol plants

[CAVM at aol.com]

Mark, the Midwest is big timber country.  I have a site in Indiana  with 
about 700,000 tons of sawdust on it and can get 100,000 more tons per year  if I 
want it.
 
We have conducted several economic evaluations of farm crop residue as  
biomass.  If the farmer can get $30/ton for his biomass crop residue it has  a 
chance of working economically. But since green sawdust is about $10/ton plus  
freight there is not much incentive to bale corn stalks.
 
Neal
_www.kentuckyenrichment.com_ (http://www.kentuckyenrichment.com) 
_cavm at aol.com_ (mailto:cavm at aol.com) 
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Where is  the "wood waste" to fuel the gasifiers coming from. The Midwest,
where the  bulk of ethanol production facilities seem to be located, is not
exactly  big timber country.

Plenty of cornstalks that may otherwise be chopped,  ensiled and used as
animal food, but how do they get to the  gasifier?

Best regards,
Mark