by | Feb 9, 2021 | News, Sustainability
As most of us learned in school, plants use sunlight to synthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into carbohydrates in a process called photosynthesis. But nature’s “factories” don’t just provide us with food — they also generate insights into how ecosystems...
by | Feb 1, 2021 | Conversion, Feedstock Production, News, Research Profiles
The overarching goal of the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) is to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels by increasing the value of energy crops. CABBI uses a “plants as factories” approach to grow fuels in plant stems, derive...
by | Jan 5, 2021 | News, Sustainability
Large perennial grasses like miscanthus are a primary target for use as bioenergy crops because of their sustainability advantages, but they take several years to establish and aren’t ideal for crop rotation. Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with...
by | Dec 9, 2020 | News, Research Profiles, Sustainability
While the month of December concludes the 2020 calendar year, it marks new beginnings for the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI), which is poised to begin its fourth year of Department of Energy-funded research. This fall, the Center...
by | Nov 20, 2020 | Conversion, Feedstock Production, News
From southeastern Florida to northern Mississippi to the Midwestern Corn Belt, CABBI scientists have struck sustainable oil with sugarcane. But the crop’s potential value to the renewable energy sector earns this particular variety a more appropriate designation:...
