Campus Units

Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Agronomy, Economics

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Published Version

Publication Date

2014

Journal or Book Title

Biofuels

Volume

5

Issue

6

First Page

687

Last Page

702

DOI

10.1080/17597269.2015.1015312

Abstract

This article charts the progress of CenUSA Bioenergy, a USDA-NIFA-AFRI coordinated agricultural project focused on the North Central region of the US. CenUSA’s vision is to develop a regional system for producing fuels and other products from perennial grass crops grown on marginally productive land or land that is otherwise unsuitable for annual cropping. This article focuses on contributions CenUSA has made to nine primary systems needed to make this vision a reality: feedstock improvement; feedstock production on marginal land; feedstock logistics; modeling system performance; feedstock conversion into biofuels and other products; marketing; health and safety; education, and outreach. The final section, Future Perspectives, sets forth a roadmap of additional research, technology development and education required to realize commercialization.

Comments

This article was published in Biofuels 5 (2014): 687–702, doi:10.1080/17597269.2015.1015312.

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Works produced by employees of the U.S. Government as part of their official duties are not copyrighted within the U.S. The content of this document is not copyrighted.

Language

en

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