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Energy Crop
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The main question for this topic @ Billion Dollar Questions: Can Biofuels become a sustainable energy resource in future?
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Energy crop
Content derived from Wikipedia article on Energy Crop
An energy crop is a plant domesticated for use in agriculture or is produced as a harvest to be used to make biofuels or to exploit its energy content.
Dendro energy
Dendro energy is energy generated by burning plants grown for the purpose. Energy crops are used for firing power plants, either alone or in combination with other fuels such as waste wood, oils, and coal. Alternatively they may be used for direct heat production.
Biotechnology
Biotechnology can be used to improve the plants, so they can yield more to produce biofuel, their cultivation cost less, uses less water, they are fast-growing or grow quicker.
Energy crops and anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic digesters are either fed with biodegradable waste materials or can be supplemented with energy crops. Energy crops can also be grown to generate biogas directly from high yield crops or to boost gas yields where feedstocks have a low energy content.
Biobutanol
Energy crops for biobutanol are grasses.
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Yields of common crops associated with biofuels production
Crop kg oil/ha litres oil/ha lbs oil/acre US gal/acre maize (corn) 145 172 129 18 cashew nut 148 176 132 19 oats 183 217 163 23 lupine 195 232 175 25 kenaf 230 273 205 29 calendula 256 305 229 33 cotton 273 325 244 35 hemp 305 363 272 39 soybean 375 446 335 48 coffee 386 459 345 49 flax (linseed) 402 478 359 51 hazelnuts 405 482 362 51 euphorbia 440 524 393 56 pumpkin seed 449 534 401 57 coriander 450 536 402 57 mustard seed 481 572 430 61 camelina 490 583 438 62 sesame 585 696 522 74 safflower 655 779 585 83 rice 696 828 622 88 tung tree 790 940 705 100 sunflowers 800 952 714 102 cacao (cocoa) 863 1026 771 110 peanuts 890 1059 795 113 opium poppy 978 1163 873 124 rapeseed 1000 1190 893 127 olives 1019 1212 910 129 castor beans 1188 1413 1061 151 pecan nuts 1505 1791 1344 191 jojoba 1528 1818 1365 194 jatropha 1590 1892 1420 202 macadamia nuts 1887 2246 1685 240 brazil nuts 2010 2392 1795 255 avocado 2217 2638 1980 282 coconut 2260 2689 2018 287 chinese tallow 3950 4700 3500 500 oil palm 5000 5950 4465 635 algae 80000 95000 70000 10000
- Note: Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum, or Tradica Sebifera) is also known as the "Popcorn Tree". Source: Used with permission from the The Global Petroleum Club
Typical oil extraction from 100 kg. of oil seeds
Crop Oil/100kg. castor seed 50 kg copra 62 kg cotton seed 13 kg groundnut kernel 42 kg mustard 35 kg palm kernel 36 kg palm fruit 20 kg rapeseed 37 kg sesame 50 kg soybean 14 kg sunflower 32 kg
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Agricultural byproduct Anaerobic digestion Biobutanol Biodiesel Bioethanol Biogas Short rotation coppice Short rotation forestry Vegoil Switchgrass
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