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Table 8 Ethanol price scenarios

From: The commercial performance of cellulosic ethanol supply-chains in Europe

Pricing method

Label

Net ethanol revenue (2005US$ litre-1)

Comment

  

Oil price US$62 barrel-1a

Oil price US$100 barrel-1

 

Price = f(volume + subsidy)

E5+ subsidy

0.65

0.89

Price = (gasoline price) + (subsidy) - (margin incentive)) - (transport and distribution costs).

Price = f(volume)

E5

0.37

0.61

Price = (gasoline price) - (margin incentive)) - (transport and distribution costs).

Price = f(energy content)

E85

0.23

0.40

Price = (gasoline price) * (relative energy density) - (margin incentive)) - (transport and distribution costs).

  1. a2005 EU average.