In New York state, ReEnergy is moving into commercial production of energy from shrub willow and is looking for farmers to supply the crop. Farms must have at least 100 acres of land available to participate and must sign a supply contract. The USDA granted $4.3 million earlier this year to promote the production of […]
In New York, Celtic Energy Farm is currently cultivating 1100 acres, where it intends to grow willow to supply ReEnergy, a company with power plants in northern New York. Willow has a typical yield of five dry tons per acre per year, meaning that 800 acres of willow could produce one megawatt of electricity. As […]
In New York State, scientists at Cornell University now believe commercialization of shrub willow as a biofuel feedstock could be years closer than they believed. A new $1.37 million grant is set to enable Cornell researchers to take advantage of the newly mapped shrub willow genome to study hybrid vigor and yield. “Determining the precise […]
In New York, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry is developing shrub willow as a renewable energy source for biobutanol production under the Willow Biomass Project. Thanks to a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and $75,000 from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, researchers are experimenting with […]
By Glenn Farris, Managing Director, Lee Enterprises Consulting Special to The Digest In the drive towards a clean energy future and a low-carbon energy environment, purpose-grown energy crops will play a major role. At this time and for many years, researchers associated with universities, national labs, seed companies, and other institutions both public and private […]
In Washington, the US Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office announced its notice of intent (NOI) to issue a funding opportunity announcement that will drive the research and development of low-carbon, purpose-grown energy crops leading to the deployment of clean energy technologies. The planned Regional Resource Hubs for Purpose-Grown Energy Crops funding opportunity will support […]
Harvesting and transportation makes up 40 –60% of the delivered cost of SRWC and are an important source of GHG emissions. Harvesting systems are not well developed — throughput decreases up to 65% from harvester to short term storage. Changes in biomass quality and impacts of pretreatment techniques are not well understood. And most of […]
In the United Kingdom, a project to facilitate more planting of the perennial bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, has been awarded over £150,000 (about $208,000) of funding through the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net zero targets. Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, has been successful in its bid to secure Phase 1 funding for […]
As many students around the world are in or preparing for school, a new children’s book, “Where Do Hot Dogs Come From,” is tackling the topic of cellular agriculture in the hopes that future generations will eschew resource-intensive animal farming in favor of sustainable, slaughter free alternatives like lab-grown meat. Other innovations this week include […]
In the United Kingdom, designer Sebastian Cox has created pendant lamps made by growing fomes fomentariu mushrooms in funnels. Dubbed Mycelium + Timber, the lamps were developed in partnership with researcher Ninela Ivanova. Willow wood from Cox’s own property provided a base for the fungus to grow. “It’s not just about the fungus, it’s about […]
