Researchers investigated how willow biomass can be utilized more efficiently. When processed correctly, willow is eminently suitable as a source of sugar in the production of ethanol. The lignin ...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:53:20 GMT — Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source - willow shrubs ...

Leaders from Central New York today hailed new evidence of the vast potential of biomass renewable energy to deliver economic, energy, and agricultural benefits to Upstate New York. At a press ...

Sustainable commercial production of willow biomass crops in northern New York State is being catalyzed by the USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). This program is helping landowners to ...

THE future arrived on a Pembrokeshire farm last week as an adapted forage harvester from Yorkshire made light work of the first crop of biomass willow to be harvested in Wales. THE future arrived on a ...

Farmers considering growing willow for biomass will be able to learn more about growing the crop at an open day in Scotland this week, according to organisers, Renewable Fuels (RFL). The event, which ...

According to engineers at the University of Leeds, UK, it is possible to use torrefaction, a process usually associated with coffee production, to increase the energy content of some of some crops by ...

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University investigated how willow biomass can be utilised more efficiently. When processed correctly, willow is eminently suitable as a source of ...

MIDDLEBURY, Vt.—Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source—willow shrubs —that could help ...

MIDDLEBURY -- Middlebury College used to heat its buildings with oil, then switched to wood chips. Now it has planted a sustainable and relatively cheap fuel source -- willow shrubs --that could help ...