While switchgrass may never be a major ethanol producer like corn or sugarcane, he believes the plant can still serve a big purpose and their switchgrass research could prove handy when ...

MSU researchers have discovered a way to allow the switchgrass plant to reach its full potential as a biofuel crop, following a discovery of one of its growth limitations. The discovery could ease ...

They can't do it in people, but scientists think they can keep switchgrass "forever young" by inserting a new gene, thus making it more useful in creating biofuel.

Michigan State University researchers have uncovered the cause of switchgrass' mid-summer shut down, providing insight for how to maximize its potential as a low-cost, sustainable biofuel crop.

ARCHIBALD, La. (AP) — An LSU AgCenter forestry researcher is looking at a fast-growing plant called switchgrass as a potential biofuel feedstock. Switchgrass needs little fertilizer and can ...

“When I started working on switchgrass a lot of research was geared towards ethanol production for transportation fuel,” she said. “In the next couple of years, everybody's going to be ...

Vogel and his colleagues showed that switchgrass yielded 540% more energy as a biofuel than the amount of energy used to grow, harvest and process it. (Corn ethanol yields just 25% more energy.) ...

And POET Bioprocessing — which sought to first make ethanol from corn stalks, then shifted to high-yield perennials like switchgrass — closed its plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa, according to Doug ...

Switchgrass, a high-yielding prairie grass, can be fermented to produce ethanol similar to corn. Farmers would plant the perennial grass and then harvest growth annually, making it an ...

Bales of switchgrass are gathered for transport at Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners. (Courtesy J.E. Doll/MSU) by: Matt Jaworowski Posted: Jan 31 ...

A jet engine powered by switchgrass? UGA project is looking at the biofuel possibilities Erica Van Buren, Augusta Chronicle October 30, 2023 at 4:05 AM·3 min read Katrien Devos, UGA professor ...