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Table 4 Overall ethanol production (1G plus 2G), surplus electricity, and 2G yield for evaluated scenarios

From: Techno-economic analysis and climate change impacts of sugarcane biorefineries considering different time horizons

Scenario

Ethanol production (103 m3/year)

Surplus electricity (GWh/year)

Ethanol production (L/TCa)

Surplus electricity (kWh/TCa)

2G yield (L/t LCMb)

1G-base

170.4

–

85.2

–

–

1G-ST

339.7

697.5

84.9

174.3

–

1G-MT

438.3

1153.7

76.6

201.5

–

1G-LT

561.6

1769.8

68.8

216.7

–

1G2G-ST

433.9

274.3

108.4

68.6

237.5

1G2G-MT

667.4

403.2

116.6

70.4

293.0

1G2G-LT

989.1

555.4

121.1

68.0

348.9

  1. aTC refers to metric tons of cane (either sugarcane stalks or energy cane)
  2. bLCM refers to dry lignocellulosic material pretreated in the 2G process