Sugarcane with 20 % oil produces more than 15 times more jet fuel (6,307 liters, or 1,666 gallons) per
hectare than soybeans.
Not exact matches
• Biodiesel production using
soybean required 27 % more fossil energy
than the biodiesel fuel produced (Note, the energy yield from soy oil per
hectare is far lower
than the ethanol yield from corn).
Based on a decade of research at the Cedar Creek Natural History Area, a 2200 -
hectare experimental ecological reserve operated by the University of Minnesota, Tilman said that diverse mixtures of plants that mimic the native prairie ecosystem are a better source of biofuels
than corn ethanol or
soybean biodiesel.