Energy Crops
Energy crops are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for renewable bioenergy production (not for food). The crops are processed into Solid fuel, solid, liquid or gaseous fuels, such as Pellet fuel, pellets, bioethanol or biogas. The fuels are burned to generate electrical power or heat. The plants are generally categorized as Woody plant, woody or Herbaceous plant, herbaceous. Woody plants include Salix, willow and Populus, poplar, herbaceous plants include ''Miscanthus giganteus, Miscanthus x giganteus'' and ''Pennisetum purpureum'' (both known as elephant grass). Herbaceous crops, while physically smaller than trees, store roughly twice the amount of CO2 (in the form of carbon) below ground compared to woody crops. Through biotechnology, biotechnological procedures such as genetic modification, plants can be manipulated to create higher yields. Relatively high yields can also be realized with existing cultivars. However, some additional advantages such as reduce ...
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DEFRA Energy Crops Scheme Plantation - Geograph
DEFRA may refer to: * Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, United States law * Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom government department * ''List of Coptic place names#Gharbia Governorate, Defra'' (), an Egyptian town {{Disambiguation ...
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