Illinois to demo biofuel production from grasses collected from highway roadsides

August 17, 2017 |

In Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation has approved implementation of a renewable energy demonstration project using grasses collected from mowing highway rights-of-way (ROW).

The work will implement the findings of a three-year study by a multi-disciplinary team including the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois. The team concluded that nearly $2 million in energy could be recouped by harvesting the biofuel for energy. They also calculated that this would not only offset the cost of mowing, but also generate net revenue.

Category: Research

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