Switchgrass-Based Ethanol Produces 500% Energy Return

Posted January 24, 2008 at 9:12 am by Paul
Filed under: Alternative Fuels

A large five-year study that analyzed switchgrass produce on farms in three states has concluded that switchgrass can produce 540 percent more energy than the amount needed to grow, harvest and process it into cellulosic ethanol.  Switchgrass is a prairie grass with a great potential as a biomass fuel source.

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