Feb

3

Fuel and Food In Just One Step

February 3, 2015 | Leave a Comment

A team at the National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences in Japan has developed an efficient production of both ethanol biofuel and animal feed from one crop. Using rice, the predominate grass and starch crop in Japan, the work can be done on a farm without the need for an off-site processor. The research has been […]

Mar

25

Fruit Trees For Fuel

March 25, 2013 | 1 Comment

Fast growing trees, especially the poplars are being studied as they produce a large body of biomass per area.  Poplars and willows are leading candidates as biofuel crops that are expected to produce cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels when the sugars can be efficiently extracted. We non-tree experts are going to be surprised […]

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