Feedstock assessment
Establishing whether enough feedstock exists inside an economic radius, across good seasons and bad.
Feedstock, not plant technology. The question is whether enough biomass or molasses can be gathered inside an economic haulage radius, reliably, in a bad season as well as a good one. Projects that failed almost always failed here, and the answer is knowable before any capital is committed.
What this includes
- Crop and residue mapping inside the haulage radius
- Seasonal availability and a bad year scenario
- Competing demand from existing buyers
- Delivered cost per tonne at the plant gate
- Moisture, sugar or starch content sampling
- Storage requirement to bridge the off season
- What you receiveOutput
- Feedstock availability study with seasonal and bad year scenarios
- When you need itTiming
- First. Before site, technology or financing.
Counting theoretical crop residue in a district. Much of it is already sold, burnt or used as fodder, and the share genuinely available to a new buyer is far smaller.
Delivered by our own team together with vetted specialist partners and, where the question needs it, a named member of our expert bench. We tell you who is doing the work before the engagement starts.
Other parts of ethanol
Aggregation and logistics
Aggregation plan with collection points, contracts and delivered cost
OpenProcess and technology selection
Technology recommendation with yield, water and effluent implications
OpenPlant delivery
Commissioned plant with performance test results against guarantees
OpenOfftake and blending compliance
Offtake agreements plus the licences and compliance systems to supply under them
Open