"We want to get beyond the food-versus-fuel debate, and have looked at things like wheat sheaves, corn husks, wood chips and even garbage as a viable energy feedstock." But none of the research money ...

AMES, Iowa -- Switchgrass has been a buzzword in renewable fuels for awhile, but Iowa State University researchers say miscanthus may be the answer. Iowa State agronomist Emily Heaton describes ...

If you live east of the Rocky Mountains, you've probably encountered switchgrass, perhaps without even realizing it. A hardy perennial, the roadside and prairie grass is as ubiquitous as it is ...

Biofuels processors who mill switchgrass into fine bits to help its flowability should be able to save time, energy and money by not doing so, a new study shows. Biofuels processors who mill ...

Tim Reinbott, superintendent of the Bradford Research Center in Boone County, Mo, clutches a handful of switchgrass on March 17, 2015. Switchgrass is a perennial, warm-season grass that’s native to ...

In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south. The discrepancy wasn't a welcome sight ...

It's natural, it's all-American, it's a native that was here before any humans arrived, and it's green in many ways. It's switchgrass. We've blogged about this prairie grass that once stood taller ...

An ongoing study dedicated to identifying and accessing renewable energy source options suggested switchgrass could be a contender. “Switchgrass is a grass that is native to the United States,” said ...

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) a DOE Bioenergy Research Center led by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made an ...

John Fike, a Virginia Tech researcher, combs through switchgrass at the school's agricultural center in Orange, Va. According to a five-year study conducted by researchers at the University of ...