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TABLE 9.1
Miscanthus Production Cost When Biomass Is Utilized for Combustion, Animal Bedding, Biogas and Organic Biogas
Costs
Utilization
Yield Level
Interest
Harvest Date
Pathway
(t DM ha −1
a −1
)
Machine
Material
Fertilizer
Energy
Labor
Rate
Total
First Year – Establishment (€ ha −1
a −1
)
March
Combustion
15 and 25
408
2931
120
245
38
3743
Animal bedding
October
Biogas
Organic biogas
475
2408
142
249
43
3317
Second Year – Harvest Phase (€ ha −1
a −1
)
March
Combustion
15
244
8
104
50
37
28
471
25
291
173
69
51
32
624
Animal bedding
15
414
104
51
88
43
708
25
575
173
72
137
58
1023
October
Biogas
15
370
-
95
69
41
583
Organic biogas
Biogas
25
498
-
141
107
54
808
Organic biogas
41
795
Third Year – Harvest and Removal Phase (€ ha −1
a −1
)
March
Combustion
15
317
8
-
78
51
34
488
25
361
-
96
63
38
566
Animal bedding
15
487
-
78
102
50
725
25
644
-
99
149
64
964
October
Biogas
15
400
-
110
75
43
636
Organic biogas
Biogas
25
498
-
148
106
54
814
Organic biogas
Phytotechnology with Biomass Production
Source:
Modified from Winkler et al. (2020).
Miscanthus plantation
= 1 ha.