Farm Bioenergy Research
BP invests $500 million in research program that will bring farm bioenergy production to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Illinois will collaborate with the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in forming the Energy Biosciences Institute. ...
... "As part of the EBI, some 340 acres of farmland at the Urbana campus will be devoted to the study and production of feedstock for biofuel production. Researchers will explore the potential benefits of using corn crop residues, switchgrass, Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganticus: a hybrid grass that can grow 13 feet tall), and other herbaceous perennials as fuel sources. The initiative will explore how adequate supplies of high quality plant biomass can be sustainably produced and utilized in facilities that convert the biomass to fuels. " ...
Via University of Illinois: Initiative will put Illinois at forefront of farm bioenergy production
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