Comments on: Southeast Poised to be Leader in Energy Crops

By: Duke Discovers Breakthough Gene for Grasses to Biofuels - Domestic Fuel

Duke Discovers Breakthough Gene for Grasses to Biofuels - Domestic Fuel — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:24:41 +0000

[...] Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) believes that it has altered a gene in perennial grasses to help them develop more robust roots speeding up the timeline for creating biofuels. According to [...]

By: Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanol Production

Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanol Production — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:01:48 +0000

[...] it uses half the amount of water used in corn production and second, the sugar-based sorghums, like sweet sorghum and energy sorghums produce more ethanol per acre than other starch-based [...]

By: Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanal Production - Domestic Fuel

Sorghum Poised for Bigger Role in Ethanal Production - Domestic Fuel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:59 +0000

[...] it uses half the amount of water used in corn production and second, the sugar-based sorghums, like sweet sorghum and energy sorghums produce more ethanol per acre than other starch-based [...]

By: Alan Pryor

Alan Pryor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:54:14 +0000

Ms. Schroeder,
You cover a huge information space in your blog. It is fantastic! Keep up the great information flow! Thank you for what you are doing to educate us all. Sorry for my earlier suggested correction, and thanks for making the change. I’ve been lost for over an hour reading your content. Come visit us on the Farm in Soperton, Georgia if you are ever in “fly-over” country! Again, keep up the great work!
Best Regards,
Alan
Sunbelt Biofuels, LLC
888.447.6938

By: How to Create Effective Biofuels Public Policy

How to Create Effective Biofuels Public Policy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:01:29 +0000

[...] pricing would be. He noted that we know that the cost to produce a gallon of ethanol using second generation feedstock is typically twice as much as corn-based ethanol. So you have to ask, he said, will this sector ever [...]

By: How to Create Effective Biofuels Public Policy - Domestic Fuel

How to Create Effective Biofuels Public Policy - Domestic Fuel — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:08:36 +0000

By: Joanna Schroeder

Joanna Schroeder — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:18:26 +0000

Thanks Alan, I made the change.

By: AgWired » Blog Archives » U of I Unveils First Ever Miscanthus Harvester and Planter

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:56:54 +0000

[...] The new machine is the result of a three-year collaboration between U of I, Tomax Ltd and Bermuda King USA. According to a news release from U of I, this machinery can lower the cost of miscanthus rhizome production by up to 40 percent and create opportunities for miscanthus to be used more widely as a high-yield bioenergy crop. [...]

By: Alan Pryor

Alan Pryor — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:15:53 +0000

Ms. Schroeder, I am sorry but you have misquoted the quantity of biomass grown by Dr. Erikson. You quote 40 tons per acre, but he said 40 megagrams per hectare in the interview. On the same basis, Freedom(tm) Giant Miscanthus grows 56.04 dry megagrams per hectare or 1.4 times as much biomass as his research. Our best yield has been 60.53 dry megagrams per hectare. Nobody, I repeat, nobody has a biomass of 40 tons per acre yield. SunBelt Biofuel’s Freedom(tm) Giant Miscanthus is the highest yielding biomass crop known today, and it is sterile and cannot become a noxious weed. I agree with Dr. Erikson that the Southeast will be the biomass growing region for the US, and although the other plants he has studied will do a good job, your readers who wish to be in the business of growing biomass should give us a call, so they can be the low cost producer in their market. Thank you for a good interview with an expert, and with this correction, the article is now more accurate to the interview.
Best Regards,
Alan Pryor
SunBelt Biofuels, LLC