A study has been made of the economic feasibility of producing fuel grade methanol from wood via catalytic gasification … utility and private investor financing. These wood costs include delivery to the plant. For utility financing, the methanol … private investor financing, the corresponding product costs are $.59, $.62, $.69, and $.83 per gallon for the corresponding …

Gasification combined cycle continues to represent an important defining technology area for the forest products … industry. The ''Forest Products Gasification Initiative'', organized under the Industry's Agenda 2020 technology vision and … shows that for this technology, and likely other gasification technologies as well, the first few installations will require …