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Bio-Energy Production and Processing in NNY

To support interest in renewable energy sources, NNYADP small grants projects pioneered grass-for-energy trials and on-farm entrepreneurship associated with developing local/regional bio-energy crops and enterprises. For example, farmer Tom Lee of Madrid, NY, built his own pelletizer and developed a partnership with local businessman Jim Thew to supply bioenergy briquettes to heat an apartment complex in Waddington, NY.

Grass Biomass Potential in NNY, NNYADP
2013 Results  2012   2011 Text/ Photos
2011 Photos and Table 1 / Figures 1-9

Optimizing Grass Biomass Yield and Quality for Combustion, NNYADP, 2012  2011-12  Photos 1  Photos 2 and Table 1  Figures 1-6
2009

Production and evaluation of perennial grasses for energy conversion in NNY, NNYADP, 2009  2008

Evaluating Grasses: Bioenergy Trials at Belleville-Henderson School, 2007
Evaluation of Warm Season Grasses for Biofuel Production in NNY, NNYADP, 2007
North Country Farmers Switching to Grass as Energy, Livestock Feed Crop, 2007

NNY switchgrass grower and processor Tom Lee’s story in Watertown Daily Times

Willow Research
Demonstrating Yield of Shrub Willow Bioenergy Crops at Willsboro Research Farm Fact Sheet, NNYADP, 2013
Sustainable Establishment of Shrub Willow for Bioenergy in NNY, NNYADP, 2013
2013 Willow Yield Trial Schematic/24 genotypes, NNYADP, 2013

Additional Bio-Energy Resources
Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations of NNY
GrassBioenergy.org
Willowpedia: Willow Energy Crop Info Resource at Cornell University

 

 

 

 

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