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Bioenergy
Feedstocks
Liquid Biofuels
Fossil Fuels
Cellulose Hemi-cellulose Lignin Extractives
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
Corn stover a
30 - 38 19 - 25 17 - 21 3.3 - 11.9
Sweet sorghum 27 25 11
Sugarcane bagasse a
32 - 43 19 - 25 23 - 28 1.5 - 5.5
Sugarcane leaves b b b
Hardwood 45 30 20
Softwood 42 21 26
Hybrid poplar a
39 - 46 17 - 23 21 - 8 1.6 - 6.9
Bamboo 41-49 24-28 24-26
Switchgrass a
31 - 34 24 - 29 17 - 22 4.9 - 24.0
Miscanthus 44 24 17
Giant Reed 31 30 21
Bioethanol N/A N/A N/A N/A
Biodiesel
Coal (low rank;
N/A N/A N/A N/A
lignite/sub-bituminous)
Coal (high rank
N/A N/A N/A N/A
bituminous/anthracite) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Oil (typical distillate) N/A N/A N/A N/A
Source:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bioenergy Feedstock Development Program. P.O. Box 2008, Oak
Ridge, TN 37831-6407 (compiled by Jonathon Scurlock in 2002, updated by Lynn Wright in 2008).
Notes:
N/A = Not Applicable.
a Updated using http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/feedstock_databases.html
b Data not available.
Section: Appendix B
Characteristics of Selected Feedstocks and Fuels
Biomass Energy Data Book – 2011 – http://cta.ornl.gov/bedb