Woody biomass production costs in the United States: An economic summary of commercial Populus plantation systems.

摘要

Production costs for commercial-sized Populus plantations were developed from a series of research programs sponsored by the US Department of Energy's Short Rotation Woody Crops Program. Populus hybrid planted on good quality agricultural sites at a density of 2100 cuttings ha(sup (minus)1) was projected to yield an average of 16 Mg (OD) ha(sup (minus)1)yr(sup (minus)1). Discounted cash flow analysis of multiple rotations showed production costs of $17 (US) Mg(sup (minus)1)(OD). 10 refs., 2 tabs.