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. 2017 Jun 30;8:1058. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01058

Table 6.

Economic and greenhouse gas costs for harvesting pelletizing and transport per Mg Miscanthus biomass.

Harvesting and transport option Cost per Mg GHG per Mg

£ kg CO2 eq. C Mg-1
Chipping £28.00 7.27
Baling £40.68 4.97
Pelletizing (small scale) £65.00 45.10
Pelletizing (large scale) £19.50 13.60

£ Mg-1 mile-1 g CO2 eq. C Mg-1 mile-1

Transport chips £0.12 35.45
Transport bales £0.07 18.51
Transport pellets £0.04 11.36