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. 2012 Apr 13;5:22. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-22

Table 4.

2G cost items and MESP-2G, 1G + 2G MESP and other economic and energy parameters for all scenarios

Scenario A B C D E F a G I J H a K1 a K2 a L1 a L2 a
2G ethanol, L/ton-dSC 45 57 53 76 76 151 95 95 95 136 136 151 61 102

2G cost items, US$/Lb

Enzymes 0.34 0.33 0.36 0.42 0.47 0.38 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.41 0.41 0.38 0.31 0.28

Acid 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.07

Base 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02

Water consumption 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01

Leaves 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.07

Labour, maintenance, insurance 0.15 0.12 0.13 0.09 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.06

Electricity export/opportunity cost 0.36 0.31 0.32 0.25 0.27 0.12 0.20 0.19 0.20 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.18 0.01

Vinasse sales 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Capital cost 0.56 0.46 0.49 0.34 0.33 0.28 0.36 0.34 0.33 0.34 0.31 0.31 0.22 0.25

MESP-2G 1.55 1.36 1.45 1.19 1.25 0.97 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.05 1.02 0.99 0.88 0.78

1G+2G MESP 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.51 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.38 0.40

Internal Rate of Return (%) c 15.7 15.4 15.0 14.5 14.1 11.5 12.7 11.5 13.4 13.6 11.2 11.4 21.5 18.8

Total capital cost (million US$) 232 236 234 237 228 299 272 260 259 331 311 334 181 234

Energy parameters

Plant energy efficiency 59.2 61.4 61.4 62.0 61.4 58.9 64.7 64.8 64.9 62.6 61.5 60.5 66.6 63.3

Electricity surplus (kWh/ton SC) 56 50 52 43 41 50 46 48 46 80 74 60 71 106

a In this scenario sugar cane leaves were added for the 2G ethanol production

b Cost items for the 2G are calculated according Equation 1 and MESP-2G is the sum of these items

c The internal rate or return (IRR) is calculated considering the hydrous ethanol selling price of 0.53US$/L, averaged for the years 2008-2011 in the São Paulo State. For the 1G process the IRR is 32.1%