switchgrass

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Biomass sources that can be used for hydrogen production include ethanol, crop and forest residues, and dedicated energy crops such as switchgrass or willow.

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  • The plant will use 700 tons per day of corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble, switchgrass, and other feedstocks. —  U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
  • The plant will use 700 tons per day of agricultural residues including wheat straw, barley straw, corn stover, switchgrass, and rice straw as feedstocks. —  U.S. Department of Energy - Press Releases
  • (13 October 2008) - Environmental tech company Metabolix recently announced that they have discovered a way to derive large amounts of bioplastic (plastics made from renewable biomass resources) by growing it in switchgrass, a common prairie grass. —  Cool Hunting
  • They are often combined with solar panels to collect energy on days where there is insufficient wind, and the farmland is planted in switchgrass, which is sold to biofuel refineries that make cellulosic ethanol. —  E-Learning Queen
  • During the two day Brownfields Conference where a number of topics are being discussed the word switchgrass is thrown around a lot. —  13 Top Stories, Sports and Weather
 

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  1. Alteration (influenced by switch) of quitch grass.
 

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