Plants:
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www.science.doe.gov
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U.S. Department of Energy's Geographic Distribution of Biomass
Crops Map.
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Camelina:
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biofuelsdigest.com
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Biofuels Digest. "Report on camelina, an advanced biodiesel
wonder crop”. August 18, 2008.
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Cattails:
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bioenergy.checkbiotech.org
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Check Biotech.org "Cattails can be ethanol source" August 11,
2008.
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Duckweed:
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www.sciencedaily.com
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North Carolina State University research shows that growing
duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more
starch per acre than corn. "Tiny Super-plant Can Clean Up Animal
Waste And Be Used For Ethanol Production" ScienceDaily, Apr.
13, 2009.
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Hemp:
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www.hempcar.org
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Hemp Car. Industrial hemp would be an economical fuel if hemp
were legal to cultivate in the United States. Hemp Car
demonstrates the concept of hemp fuels on a national level and
promotes the reformation of current law. Facts and info.
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thehia.org
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Hemp Industries Association is a non-profit trade group
representing hemp companies, researchers and supporters.
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www.hemp.org
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Hemp.org focuses on the industrial uses of hemp, including fuel,
paper, foods, clothing, building materials and, potentially, many
more. Over the past 15 years the hemp industry has grown to a
nearly billion dollar a year industry. See biodiesel and biomass
news.
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Jatropha:
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e360.yale.edu
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"Hailed as a Miracle Biofuel, Jatropha Falls Short of Hype"
Report 04 May 2009 Yale Environment 360.
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www.time.com
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The Next Big Biofuel? A Florida farmer thinks the next big
biodiesel alternative will come from the seedpods of the jatropha
tree. Time.com Video.
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Kudzu:
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dsc.discovery.com
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Discovery News "Kudzu Gets Kudos as a Potential Biofuel"
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Myco-Diesel (from Fungus):
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www.montana.edu
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Montana State University led team finds new type of fuel in
Patagonia fungus.
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mic.sgmjournals.org
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Society for General Microbiology. "The production of
myco-diesel hydrocarbons and their derivatives by the endophytic
fungus Gliocladium roseum (NRRL 50072)"
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Miscanthus: (also known as Elephant Grass or Giant Grass)
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news.illinois.edu
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign "Using corn or
switchgrass to produce enough ethanol to offset 20 percent of
gasoline use – a current White House goal – would take 25 percent
of current U.S. cropland out of food production, the researchers
report. Getting the same amount of ethanol from Miscanthus
would require only 9.3 percent of current agricultural acreage." A
rhizome, Miscanthus returns annually without need for replanting.
If harvested in December or January, after nutrients have returned
to the soil, it requires little fertilizer.
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Sorghum:
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www.uga.edu
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"Genome sequence shows sorghum's immense potential"
University of Georgia via Eureka Alert. Jan 29, 2009.
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Switchgrass:
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www.grassbioenergy.org
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Grass Bioenergy Information Sheets. Instructions for
production. Cornell University.
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money.cnn.com
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CNN. "Tennessee, DuPont break ground on biofuels refinery"
Tenn. officials hope new research refinery will make state a major
biofuel player. Tennessee has committed $70 million to its
switchgrass initiative- $40 million for the refinery and $30 million
for research at the University of Tennessee into advances in
growing, harvesting, storing and transporting the common prairie
grass. October 14, 2008.
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bioenergy.ornl.gov
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"Biofuels from Switchgrass: Greener Energy Pastures"
Oak Ridge National Laboratory. See numerous reports on
switchgrass.
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Willow:
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www.esf.edu
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State University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry. For almost two decades SUNY-ESF has
teamed up with over 20 organizations to facilitate the
commercialization of willow crops and other woody biomass for
bioenergy and bioproducts in the Northeast and Midwest United
States.
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