Sentences with phrase «using switch grass»

We can be a beacon, a light to show the rest of the country how we can literally make our home grown energy, bio-fuel, using switch grass and algae based bio fuels.

Natural grass litters, such as those that use switch grass, are made from a plant that is not food related, and have a low price point.

Not exact matches

I started out using grapeseed oil, then switched to palm oil, and now I'm a big believer in grass fed butter (which Sally Fallon discusses in the video below).

Algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, like corn, switch grass and canola, Clarens and his colleagues found by using a statistical model to compare growth data of algae with conventional crops.

Conover hopes that instead of using non-native invasive landscape plants like Chinese silvergrass, homeowners and horticulturists will use one of this area's beautiful native tall grasses such as prairie dropseed, little bluestem, big bluestem, switch grass or Indian grass because, «restoring the flora to its native species will enhance the biodiversity of native plants and the native animals, including butterflies that depend on them.»

In a study published Nov. 6 in PLOS ONE, a team of University of Wisconsin — Madison researchers used modeling tools to explore how switching land from growing an annual corn crop to growing perennial grasses for bioenergy would impact farmer income, energy production, and environmental benefits like greenhouse gas mitigation, biodiversity support and water quality.

In recent work, Brian Fox and colleagues at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison characterized glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that digest cellulose and can be used to turn plants such as switch grass into biofuels.

This will require some technological breakthroughs since the production of ethanol from such sources as switch grass require the use of cellulosic enzymes whose economical production has not been perfected yet.