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. 2016 Nov 18;7:1620. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01620

Table 9.

State-of-the-art biomass supply costs, allocated costs (assessed as difference between biobased and fossil resources), and carbon mitigation costs of each value chain at the Stuttgart site.

Value chain Biomass supply costs Allocated costs CO2 mitigation costs [€ (t CO2eq)−1]
1) Small-scale combustion: chips 0.46 €ct (MJth.)−1 –0.77 €ct (MJth.)−1 –78.33
2) Small-scale combustion: pellets 0.79 €ct (MJth.)−1 –0.43 €ct (MJth.)−1 –49.65
3) Large-scale combustion: bales 6.25 €ct (MJel.)−1 5.6 €ct (MJel.)−1 82.52
4) Large-scale combustion: pellets 6.15 €ct (MJel.)−1 5.5 €ct (MJel.)−1 83.54
5) Large-scale bioethanol production 14.80 €ct (MJBioethanol)−1 11.52 €ct (MJBioethanol)−1 1737.56
6) Medium-scale biogas production 2.15 €ct (MJel.)−1 1.47 €ct (MJel.)−1 93.69
7) Large-scale insulation plant 27.69 € (m3)−1 28.53 € (m3)−1 70.75