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Sustainable Biofuels and Co-Products  Title: Understanding the
reductions in US corn ethanol production costs: an experience
curve approach  item Hettinga, W - item Junginger, H - item
Dekker, S - item Hoogwijk, M - item McAloon, Andrew item Hicks,
Kevin  Submitted to: Energy Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
Journal Publication Acceptance Date: August 1, 2008 Publication
Date: September 30, 2008 Citation: Hettinga, W.G., Junginger,
H.M., Dekker, S.C., Hoogwijk, M., Mcaloon, A.J., Hicks, K.B.
2009. Understanding the reductions in US corn ethanol production
costs: an experience curve approach. Energy Policy. 37:190-203.
Interpretive Summary: The US is the world's largest producer of
fuel ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the 2007
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) calls for the
production of 15 billion gallons per year of corn ethanol by
2015. Ethanol production from corn is co