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Native Grasses
Research on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a biomass energy crop is conducted at several USDA-ARS facilities across the USA. At the USDA-ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit in University Park, Pennsylvania, research on biomass energy focuses on cropping systems, environmental effects, and management practices.
With concerns about energy security, depletion of energy sources, rising fuel costs and increasing global carbon emissions, native grass-based biomass is an attractive heat option for Wisconsin and the upper Midwest. The most promising areas to develop a grass based pellet industry are regions of the US where the land production costs are relatively low and the heating costs are high due to long winters. The Midwest agricultural sector and energy market could be profoundly transformed by the development of a commercialized grass bioheat industry in Wisconsin. And, building a native grass biomass supply chain for bioheat now could assist in creating infrastructure for a cellulosic ethanol industry that hopefully will come later.
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