Miscanthus an option for bioenergy

Radio Iowa


June 2, 2014 By Matt Kelley


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University launches grass project to produce fuel

AgriNews (Illinois/Indiana)


Tuesday, May 20, 2014 3:00 PM


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Repreve Renewables adds genetic assets from Mendel

Biomass Magazine


By Repreve Renewables | May 15, 2014


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Miscanthus Grass For Biomass An Economic Alternative For Unusable Land

Science 2.0

By News Staff | April 30th 2014 12:16 AM

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NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS PROFIT FROM INAUGURAL DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVATIVE BIOMASS CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEM

gnomes national news service
April 22, 2014


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Bioenergy crops have potential as invasive species

AG Professional


Weed Science Society of America  |  Updated: 04/08/2014


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The first decade: Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grasses

YottaFire
by Press Release
January 10, 2014


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The first decade: Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grasses

phys.org

December 4, 2013

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Miscanthus farmers look for alternative markets ahead of cellulosic ethanol

Biofuels Digest

Meghan Sapp | September 16, 2013

 

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Scientists develop 'green' pretreatment of miscanthus for biofuel

Biomass Magazine

By University of Illinois | May 17, 2013

 

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Elephant grass biomass industry, started in Limerick, facing collapse

Limerick Leader

By Donal O’Regan
Published on 02/04/2013 14:00    

 

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Switchable butadiene sulfone pretreatment of Miscanthus in the presence of water

Green Chemistry

by J. Atilio de Frias and Hao Feng


Received 21 Dec 2012, Accepted 05 Feb 2013

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Lower nitrogen losses with perennial biomass crops

Biobased Digest
Tom Saidak
January 22, 2013   Read more

Research show perennial biofuel crops reduce nitrogen loss

Ethanol Producer Magazine
By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
January 11, 2013

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Ohio State University wins grant for biogas research

Biomass Magazine
By Ohio State University
November 08, 2012

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Biomass crops benefit marginal soils

Ag Professional

University of Missouri
October 17, 2012

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Biofuel from biomass got one step closer to reality thanks to UGA discovery to manipulate “hot” microbes

OnlineAthens (Athens Banner-Herald)
August 24, 2012

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Promising biomass crop not a stranger to Illinois farmers

AgriNews Online
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
By Nat Williams

SIMPSON, Ill. — One crop that may hold promise in the biofuels industry looks pretty familiar to Illinois farmers.

Unlike perennial grasses such as miscanthus or switchgrass, tropical maize holds promise as a biomass crop that may have some advantages over its less-familiar relatives.

University of Illinois Extension environmental and energy stewardship educator Gary Letterly discussed the crop at a recent field day at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center.

Promotion of crops such as miscanthus has been an uphill battle, since there is no solid market, and demand is fleeting.

“We don’t have an end-use market that’s reared its head yet, so it’s pretty difficult to convince someone to just grow it,” Letterly said. “Farmers say, ‘I’m not going to dedicate land and resources to establish it.’”

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WSSA SAYS BIOFUEL BEST PRACTICES ARE IMPERATIVE TO PROTECT AGAINST PLANT INVADERS

Weed Science Society of America
June 18, 2012

The biofuels industry is hitting its stride, with both small farms and large-scale plantations producing renewable crops that can be converted to energy. But scientists with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) caution that many of these crops also are known as invasive weeds in some of the regions where they are planted. That means growers must exercise caution in order to protect our natural ecosystems.

"We don't yet have sufficient research and risk models to predict the environmental impact of these new crops in the field," says Jacob Barney, Ph.D., assistant professor of Invasive Plant Ecology at Virginia Tech. "In many ways it's a large-scale experiment, with few regulations or policy guidelines. Voluntary precautions taken by stakeholders are virtually our only line of defense."

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New Energy Farms develops new energy grass capsules

Biomass Power & Thermal
By Anna Simet
June 19, 2012

By reverse engineering a seed, energy crop developer New Energy Farms says it has developed a unique system for establishing miscanthus that could potentially reduce farmer establishment costs by 50 percent or more.

NEF has more than 15 years of experience in developing perennial energy grasses, but has made significant progress on the Crop Expansion Encapsulation & Drilling System (CEEDS) during the last two years, according to NEF cofounder and CEO Paul Carver, who holds a doctorate in miscanthus physiology.

Explaining how CEEDS work, Carver said the capsules contain vigorous vegetative tissue, to both protect it and allow it to develop prior to planting. “This is what delivers the more vigorous growth that we see,” he said.

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