Cellulosic feedstocks
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Most plants and trees are made of inedible cellulose. Cellulose, in the form of firewood has been used as a basic form of bioenergy for millenia. Recent advances in bioenergy, ranging from the simple (biomass pellets) to the complex (cellulosic ethanol), have created a need for high-yield feedstocks.
- The crops under consideration are mostly grasses and trees, which as perennial crops may also provide a range of environmental benefits over annual crops like corn and soybeans.
- Because yields of cellulosic feedstocks are much higher because any part of the plant can be used and because they don't compete with food, cellulosic feedstocks are seen as the best hope for large-scale, sustainable biofuel production.
- Crops, like switchgrass, which are grown purely for energy and have no use as food or fibre, are also called dedicated energy crops.
- Technologies that can use cellulosic feedstocks include Cellulosic ethanol, biomass-to-liquids, gasification, biogas and others.
Grasses
Trees
- Hybrid poplar
- Mesquite (found in North America)
- Resources
- "Cooking up a smoky solution - Texan mesquite could offer cheap biofuel resource" - from Nature magazine (Payment required)
- Resources
- Willow
Publications
See books, reports, scientific papers, position papers and websites for additional useful resources.
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