Univ of Ill. says hybrid grass 2.5 times as efficient as corn for ethanol
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. [from U of I press release] In the largest field trial of its kind in the United States, researchers have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources by a lot.....
What weve found with Miscanthus is that the amount of biomass generated each year would allow us to produce about 2 1/2 times the amount of ethanol we can produce per acre of corn, said crop sciences professor Stephen P. Long, who led the study.
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I can't figure out if they've actually done the processing into ethanol or are just assuming it can be done
Posted by: mhw 2008-08-04 |