Biodiesel is a diesel fuel substitute made from a variety of oils, fats, and greases.Biodiesel, a diesel fuel substitute that can be made from a variety of oils, fats, and greases, is of interest to farmers for a number of reasons: It can provide an additional market for vegetable oils and animal fats; it can allow farmers to grow the fuel they need for farm machinery; and it can decrease U.S. dependence on imported oil since fuel feedstocks …
Research is examining microalgae, 20 to 80 percent oil by dry weight biomass, as a biofuel energy crop. Learn about algae production in ponds and photobioreactors, yields, costs and challenges to this exciting new feedstock for biodiesel production.
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| Biofuel research on algae. Photo: Farm Energy Community of Practice |
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Algae are organisms that …
Interested in feedstock crops for biofuel energy production, but don’t know where to start? Learn about harvesting energy from sugar, starch, fiber, residues, oil and wood products.
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| Sweet sorghum. Photo: Dennis Pennington, Bioenergy Educator, Michigan State University. |
Biomass feedstocks for energy production can result from plants grown directly for energy or from plant parts, residues, processing wastes, …
