Industry Invests In Cellulosic Ethanol
Private companies are making investments in cellulosic ethanol from building pilot facilities and/or commercial biorefineries to developing enzymes and...
Want To Plant Switchgrass? Choose Varieties Carefully
If you've found a market for switchgrass and decided to start growing it, Michael Casler suggests you ask a few detailed questions before buying. My colleagues...
Magnificent Miscanthus: Possible Biofuel Crop
Although slow to propagate,this crop offers high yields. Giant miscanthus is an impressive, 11'-tall grass that produces 10-16 dry tons/acre from stands...
Testing Biofuel Potential Of Other Perennial Grasses
Geneticist William Anderson is looking into how well bermudagrass, napiergrass and bahiagrass would work as biomass crops in Georgia and other Southeastern...
Alfalfa: Queen Of Biomass, Too?
With the prices growers can get for alfalfa, you'd think it wouldn't be considered as a potential biomass crop. Yet university and USDA researchers see...
Program May Help Growers Establish Energy Crops
Growers may get government financial help in establishing eligible bioenergy crops as part of a program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. The Biomass...
What Does Cellulosic Have Over Corn Ethanol
Part of corn ethanol's claim to fame has been that, when burned, it decreases greenhouse emissions by 10-20% as compared to gasoline, according to the...
High-Biomass Sorghum Fits Crop Rotations
Sorghum, an annual grass that can grow 12' tall, is seriously being looked at for its biomass potential. Sorghum produces high yields, is naturally drought-tolerant...
Government Supports Biofuels, But Will Investors Respond?
Expect strong federal support for developing the cellulosic ethanol industry to continue under the Obama administration, says Cole Gustafson, biofuels...
Dedicated Energy Crop Seed Released
A dedicated energy crop seed company is taking seed orders for two new switchgrass varieties and two new high-biomass sorghum hybrids under its Blade...
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