Comparison of supply and demand constraints on U.S. biofuel expansion

Morrison, Geoff; Parker, Nathan; Witcover, Julie; Fulton, Lewis; Pei, Yu

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2014.09.001

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“…The strategic importance of the US in the global gas market is steadily rising (Medlock et al, 2014;Moryadee et al, 2014), even as it vigorously pursues a robust biofuel policy. The intersecting implications of these trends to climate, security, economy and industry are wide-ranging (Medlock, 2012;Victor et al, 2014;Morrison et al, 2014;Garcia et al, 2014). We would therefore want to consider the effects of fuel substitution to obtain a better picture of the oil, gas and biofuel markets, while developing more robust scenarios to aid decision-making in addressing challenges, especially in North America.…”

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Multimodal Transportation Flows in Energy Networks with an Application to Crude Oil Markets

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Network models of energy markets have been beneficial for analyses and decision-making to tackle challenges related to the production, distribution and consumption of energy in its various forms. Despite the growing awareness of environmental and safety impacts of fuel transfer, such as emissions, spills and other harmful effects, existing energy models for various types of networks are yet to fully capture modal distinctions which are relevant to providing pathways to limiting these impacts. To address this deficit in detailed multimodal analyses, we have built on recent work to develop a partial-equilibrium model that incorporates the representation of multimodal fuel transfer within energy networks. In a novel application to the North American crude oil market, we also demonstrate that our model is a useful tool for exploring avenues for reducing the risks of light and heavy

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Multimodal Transportation Flows in Energy Networks with an Application to Crude Oil Markets

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“…They identified the ability to balance supplies of feedstock, the ability to form sustainable trade relations, the ability to withstand market pressures and the ability to devise economically attractive business plans as factors affecting the British Columbian biodiesel market. To accelerate biodiesel production in the United States, Morrison et al (2014) examined the commercial aspects of supply and demand for biofuels. Their analysis showed that if the constraints on supply and demand are removed, more than 3.5% of the total energy in the transport sector can come from biofuels in the United States by 2030.…”

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Environmentally benign solid catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production: A critical review

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Science of The Total Environment

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“…The strategic importance of the US in the global gas market is steadily rising [1,46], even as it vigorously pursues a robust biofuel policy. The intersecting implications of these trends to climate, security, economy and industry are wide-ranging [2,47,48,49]. We would therefore want to consider the effects of fuel substitution to obtain a better picture of the oil, gas and biofuel markets, while developing more robust scenarios to aid decision-making in addressing challenges, especially in North America.…”

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Mitigating Environmental and Public-Safety Risks of United States Crude-by-Rail Transport

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We present a medium-term market equilibrium model of the North American crude oil sector via which we develop a scenario analysis to investigate strategies to mitigate the environmental and public-safety risks from crude-by-rail transportation across the United States. The model captures crude oil movements across railroads, pipelines and waterways, while distinguishing between light and heavy crude qualities. We find that restricting rail loads or increasing pipeline capacity from areas driving production will significantly reduce rail movements. However, lifting the United States crude oil export ban in isolation will only increase rail transportation volumes. We show that an integrated policy of targeted rail caps, pipeline investments and lifting the export ban sustainably addresses medium-term crude-by-rail risks in the United States.JEL codes: Q31, Q38, L71, C61, C72

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Comparison of supply and demand constraints on U.S. biofuel expansion

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Multimodal Transportation Flows in Energy Networks with an Application to Crude Oil Markets

Multimodal Transportation Flows in Energy Networks with an Application to Crude Oil Markets

Environmentally benign solid catalysts for sustainable biodiesel production: A critical review

Mitigating Environmental and Public-Safety Risks of United States Crude-by-Rail Transport

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