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Switchgrass Latest News
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Range Fuels Makes Batch of Methanol GEORGIA, US - Range Fuels Inc. in Broomfield has produced its first batch of cellulosic methanol from its commercial biofuels plant near Soperton, Georgia.
Friday, August 06, 2010
Biomass Grant for Murray State University US - Murray State University in Kentucky is to receive a state grant of $50,000 to help launch a regional network of farmers to grow biomass crops.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A New Tool for Improving Switchgrass US - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed a new tool for deciphering the genetics of a native prairie grass being widely studied for its potential as a biofuel.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Demonstrations of Energy Crop Production US - Midsummer is nearly here, and the University of Tennessee Biofuels Initiative (UTBI) is closely watching how more than 1000 acres of newly planted, improved varieties of switchgrass are...
Monday, July 19, 2010
Re-using Enzymes in Industry US - A South Dakota State University scientist is exploring ways to re-use enzymes in processes such as making cellulosic ethanol.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Biomass Production in Switchgrass across US US - A group of researchers at the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have been investigating biomass yield in relation to soil, climate and...
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Energy Crops Growing On Seawater US - Energy crop company Ceres has developed a plant trait that could bring new life to millions of acres of abandoned or marginal cropland damaged by salts. Results in several crops, including...
New Biofuels Processing Method for Mobile Facilities US - Chemical engineers at Purdue University have developed a new method to process agricultural waste and other biomass into biofuels, and they are proposing the creation of mobile processing...
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Improvement in Efficiency of Biofuel Production US - Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a more efficient technique for producing biofuels from woody plants that significantly reduces the waste that results from conventional...
Friday, June 18, 2010
Colorado Team Plants Biomass Crops US - A consortium of governmental, educational and community-based organisations in Colorado is planting a variety of grasses and crops designed to produce biofuels.
Friday, May 21, 2010
Novozymes and Ceres Partner on Biofuel Crops US - Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. and enzyme company Novozymes, have entered a research collaboration to co-develop customised plant varieties and enzyme cocktails for the production of cellulosic...
Friday, May 14, 2010
EdeniQ and Logos Start on CCM Pilot Plant US — EdeniQ and Logos Technologies have formed a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to receive up to $20.5 million in federal cost share under the DOE's Integrated Biorefinery...
Friday, April 30, 2010
Ecological View on Sustainable Biofuels US - The promise of switchgrass, the challenges for forests and the costs of corn-based ethanol production are thre subjects of a series of reports from the Ecological Society of America (E...
Friday, April 23, 2010
Calculating Crop, Ethanol Yields and Irrigation Needs US - Estimating crop yields based on available water in semi-arid regions has been made easier for several hundred farmers who are using a special calculator computer program developed by an...
Friday, April 16, 2010
Go-ahead for Biomass Plant UK - Plans have been given the go-ahead for a biomass plant on the Isle of Wight.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Energy Wasted Grinding Switchgrass US - Biofuels processors, who mill switchgrass into fine bits to help its flowability, should be able to save time, energy and money by not doing so, a Purdue University study shows.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Scientists Producing Ethanol from Stems and Leaves UGANDA - Researchers from National Crop Resources Research Institute and Makerere University have made a breakthrough in extracting bioethanol from non-food parts of plants including cassava...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Estimating Ethanol Yields from CRP Croplands US - The scramble to find sufficient land for biofuel production has experts eyeing marginal croplands that have been placed in the Conservation Reserve Programme (CRP).
Friday, March 19, 2010
First Parasitic Nematodes in Biofuel Crops US – Researchers at the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) at the University of Illinois have discovered widespread occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes in the first reported nematode survey...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Genome of Biofuel Model Crop Grass Sequenced US - US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues at the Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute have completed sequencing the genome of a kind of wild grass...
Monday, January 11, 2010
Community Solar Project Proposed US - Philadelphia company Community Energy is seeking to build a series of solar panels 40 acres in East Drumore Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Freedom for a Viable Biomass Material US - Collaboration between a Mississippi State University research agronomist and Georgia’s self-proclaimed “sodfather” may offer the Southeast the “Freedom” to be the centre of alternative energy...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Conference Examines Future of Biofuels Production US - Cropfields could play a major role in future energy needs, and some of the world's top researchers will discuss the challenges and opportunities for agriculture in the renewable fuels industry...
New Switchgrass Germplasm Collected in Florida US - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have collected 46 new populations of switchgrass in Florida, adding valuable new accessions to the germplasm collection of...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Energy Crops for Thermochemical Biofuel Production US - Energy crop company Ceres is working with international biomass to liquids technology company, CHOREN, to get the most out of energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon...

