Germany (EU) Jensen et al. [51] Ethanol Fuel price, feedstock (corn grain, switchgrass and wood wastes), fuel import, GHG emission reductions and fuel availability.
In recent years, this unsettling fact has motivated academic researchers and corporations to find ways to make bulk chemicals from renewable sources like corn and switchgrass.
DAP-SSF residues were generated from pine, poplar, and switchgrass.
Empirical data on yields of switchgrass from a network of experimental plots were coupled with data on switchgrass physiology and switchgrass breeding progress to provide reasonable expectations for rates of improvement over current yields.
Another LCA finds that when comparing algae, corn, canola, and switchgrass as a potential biofuel, algae have the highest energy production, lowest land requirement, and eutrophication potential, but corn and switchgrass reduce greenhouse gases more efficiently (Clarens et al. 2010).
Kumar et al. (2011) designed and developed a PEF system for the pretreatment of wood chip and switchgrass.
DuPont biofuels solution started the plant for production of 89,600 metric tons of ethanol annually from corn stover and switchgrass.
Similar results were also observed for wheat straw and switchgrass samples studied by Lam et al. (2008).
It's not just corn and switchgrass that pose a problem, either.
dPanicoid-expanded refers to the pattern in maize and switchgrass.
