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Montana Potential Biofuel Production

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Current Situation in Montana
Gasoline Use	466 million gal.
Diesel Use	224 million gal.
Total Cellulosic Biomass	4.3 million dry T
Total Crop Biomass	0.1 million dry T
E85 Stations	3
Biodiesel Stations	5
Ethanol Plants	0
Ethanol Production Capacity	0 million gal.
Biodiesel Plants	0
Biodiesel Production Capacity	0 million gal.

Potential Production
Technology Scenario		Million Gallons
	Ethanol from Cellulosic Biomass	276
	% Corn/Sorghum used for Ethanol What is this?
	Ethanol from Corn and Sorghum	3
Total Ethanol		279
	Biodiesel from Oil Seeds	5

Petroleum Displacement Result		Percent
Gasoline Use Replaced by Ethanol		39.4
Diesel Use Replaced by Biodiesel		1.9
Co-Product Production
Electricity		1,216 GWh
Animal Feed		8.8 thousand T

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Map of the state of Montana with colors indicating biomass production potential. Most of the state can produce 1-250 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from forest and primary mill residues. Counties along the north central and northeastern part of the state can produce 1-100 thousand biomass tonnes/year/county from crops and crop residues. Follow the link to view the full size image.