A New Proposal of Cellulosic Ethanol to Boost Sugarcane Biorefineries: Techno-Economic Evaluation

Table 6

Main parameters used in the economic analysis.

Data	Value
Project lifetime	25 years
Construction and startup	2 years
Depreciation	10 years
Interest rate	15% year
Sugarcane average cost	35.17^a US$/t
Sugarcane-trash average cost	15.02^b US$/t
Enzyme average cost	1.25^c US$/kg
Ethanol average price	0.72^d US$/L
Electricity average price	51^d US$/MWh

 ^a[30]; ^b[8]; ^c[31]; ^d[32].