Projects

Feedstock Development Project

Germplasm to Harvest

The primary goal is to develop new and improved perennial grass cultivars and hybrids that can be used on marginal cropland in the Central US for the production of biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts.

Feedstock Production

Germplasm to Harvest

The team conducts comparative analyses of the productivity potential and environmental impacts of the most promising bioenergy and bioproducts crops and management systems using a network of 17 fields strategically located across the Midwestern region. 

Feedstock Logistics Project

Germplasm to Harvest

The Feedstock Logistics team works on developing systems and strategies to enable sustainable and economic harvest, transportation, and storage of feedstocks. The team focuses on the development and evaluation of harvest and logistics systems that are easily adaptable, produce consistent and quality feedstock for conversion, and are economically, energetically, and environmentally efficient and sustainable. 

Feedstock Conversion/Refining Project

Post-Harvest

The Feedstock Conversion/Refining team is preparing a detailed economic analysis of the performance of a biorefinery based on pyrolytic processing of biomass into liquid fuels.