Campus Units
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Agronomy, Bioeconomy Institute, 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.
Rights
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
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Moore, Kenneth J.; Birrell, Stuart J.; Brown, Robert C.; Caster, Michael D.; Euken, Jill E.; Hanna, H. Mark; Hayes, Dermot J.; Hill, Jason D.; Jacobs, Keri L.; Kling, Catherine L.; Laird, David A.; Mitchell, Robert B.; Murphy, Patrick T.; Raman, D. Raj; Schwab, Charles V.; Shinners, Kevin J.; Vogel, Kenneth P.; and Volenic, Jeffrey J., "Midwest vision for sustainable fuel production" (2014). Agronomy Publications. 68.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/agron_pubs/68
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Comments
This articles was published in Biofuels 5 (2014): 687–702, doi:10.1080/17597269.2015.1015312.