Sentences with phrase «traditional fuel crops»

These «second - generation» bioenergy crops are often seen as the future of bioenergy because, as perennials, they are far better at storing carbon in the soil and in their biomass than traditional fuel crops like corn and canola.

Not exact matches

CAM plants can flourish here by conserving water more effectively than traditional crops — they capture carbon dioxide from the air at night and convert it to malate, which fuels photosynthesis during the day.

Another category is biomass grown in excess of what would have grown absent the demand for bioenergy, such as growing winter cover crops for energy and replacing traditional — yet inefficient — fuel wood harvests in some poor countries with wood grown in agroforestry systems and local plantations.