Bioenergy

Biomass: Green & Sustainable Energy for Kentucky

06.08.2010

Here is my recent presentation on biomass for Kentucky, presented at several conferences. The slide show requires narration, which I will add as soon as possible. Biofuels for kentucky View more presentations from Tom Kimmerer.

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A biofuel future for poplar

03.01.2010

Poplar trees (genus Populus, not to be confused with yellow-poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera) are among the fastest-growing trees in the world, and represent a diverse wide-spread genus of trees.  Poplars are grown in plantations for pulp and paper, and have great potential as feedstock for biofuels production. Poplars have a lot of advantages as experimental plants, [...]

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An endophytic tree fungus produces biodiesel

11.04.2008

Trees are host to a bewildering array of fungi. Fungi that live inside the tree’s body (rather than on the surface) are known as endophytes. Endophytic fungi produce a lot of interesting chemical compounds, including antibiotics and hydrocarbons. Gary Strobel and his research group at Montana State University have found a fungal endophyte in a [...]

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