19 Jul 2006
Corn waste potentially more than ethanol

This is the kind of thinking outside the box we need for biofuel development...

After the corn harvest, whether for cattle feed or corn on the cob, farmers usually leave the stalks and stems in the field, but now, a team of Penn State researchers think corn stover can be used not only to manufacture ethanol, but to generate electricity directly.

(link) [EurekAlert!]

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