University of Masschusetts, Amherst Researchers Plan to Double Biofuel Yield From Camelina

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: May 8, 2012

One of the most promising avenues for reducing our national dependence on imported oil, lowering greenhouse gases and boosting domestic fuel production is biofuel from non-food plant seed oils.
Recently, University of Massachusetts, Amherst researchers started a $2 million project to develop Camelina, a non-food oil seed crop related to canola, to dramatically increase seed oil generation for processing into sustainable liquid transportation fuels.

Plant oils can directly convert to biofuels with existing technologies, are compatible with current farm practices and are carbon neutral.

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