Entries from The Big Biofuels Blog tagged with 'switchgrass'

DuPont in cellulose ethanol trial in Tennessee

DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC (DDCE) and the University of Tennessee (UT) Research Foundation, through its Genera Energy LLC, have announced a partnership to construct an innovative pilot-scale biorefinery and state-of-the-art research and development facility for cellulosic ethanol in Vonore. There's more...

Switching to switchgrass isn't easy

Switching to switchgrass isn't going to be easy, according to this useful piece from redorbit. Worth reading. ...

Oklahoma to plant 1000 acres with switchgrass

Oklahoma to plant 1000 acres with switchgrass to demonstrate whether it is suitable as a cellulosic biofuel. According to PR newswire, the site will be 35 miles from Abengoa's biorefinery in Hugoton, Kansas. Seeral thoughts strike me. Why not just...

There's a wave of approval for switchgrass

There's a tide of approval out there for switchgrass as a biofuels source following an article which appeared in Science Now and reported briefly here on the basis that switchgrass is energetically sustainable Typical is James Hudnall in his official...

Ethanol from corn is a bad thing, according to little blog in the big woods

Little Blog in the big woods has decided that ethanol from corn is a bad thing, for a number of reasons. The blog has got hold of the ideas that there are not enough rail tank cars and that the...

Switchgrass and domestic heating

Check this out...