Sometimes specific crops and trees are grown just for biomass power. These are often referred to as energy farms. For many years, farmers have been growing switchgrass as a side crop for livestock ...

Next time you’re strolling through a food market, stocking up on fruit and vegetables, consider this: you’re surrounded by unharnessed energy. Cabbages, apples, potato peels and similar food stuffs ...

The supply of biofuels depends on the availability and price of feedstocks. As discussed in Chapter 3, a sufficient quantity of cellulosic biomass could be produced in the United States to meet the ...