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TABLE 9.2
Miscanthus Production Cost When Biomass Is Utilized for Combustion, Animal Bedding, Biogas and Organic Biogas
Costs
Harvest
Utilization
Yield Level
Date
Pathway
(t DM ha −1
a −1
)
Machine
Material
Fertilizer
Energy
Labor
Interest Rate
Total
First Year – Establishment (€ ha −1
a −1
)
March
Combustion
15 and 25
356
2931
106
205
34
3632
Animal
bedding
October
Biogas
Organic biogas
413
2408
127
197
38
3183
Second Year – Harvest Phase (€ ha −1
a −1
)
March
Combustion
15
199
8
104
45
35
22
413
25
248
173
65
49
27
570
Animal
15
361
104
44
81
37
635
bedding
25
522
173
65
130
51
949
October Biogas
15
320
-
90
62
35
515
Organic biogas
Biogas
25
452
-
140
94
48
742
Organic biogas
(Continued)
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