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The logistics of the fuel supply have a large impact on the economy of a biomass power generationfacility, especially for low density biomass fuels like straw. A detailed cost analysis of a typical rice strawlogistics process for two baling options in three regions of Thailand shows that the costs for all logisticsoperations vary from a minimum of 18.75 USD/t for small rectangular bales in the Northern region ofThailand to maximum 19.89 USD/t for large rectangular bales in the North-eastern region. The differencein costs is not very significant due to the higher ownership and operating costs of the equipment forusing large rectangular bales; however, the specific fuel consumption cost is substantially lower byaround 17.5% and a total transport cost reduction is about 31.5%. Analysis of the logistics economies ofscale for projected power plant capacities of 2e35MWe showed that each doubling the capacity of theenergy facility increases the specific costs of the logistics operations only by around 4% in all regions.
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