First generation (fully commercialized technologies)
Raw Material
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Use
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Corn, sugar cane, molasses and sorghum
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Ethanol
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Soybeans and other vegetable oils, recycled grease, beef tallow
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Biodiesel
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Second generation (emerging biofuel technologies)
Raw Material
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Use
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Agricultural residue, including corn stover, wheat and rice straw, manure and bagasse (residue from sugarcane and sorghum stalks)
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Methane, cellulosic ethanol, power plant
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Forest biomass, including logging residues, wood
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Cellulosic ethanol and power plant
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Urban woody waste and landfills
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Methane, cellulosic ethanol, power plant
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Herbaceous plants, including switchgrass, miscanthus, reed canary grass, sweet sorghum, alfalfa
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Cellulosic ethanol, power plant
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Short rotation woody crops, including willow, hybrid poplar, cottonwood pines, sycamore pines, eucalyptus
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Cellulosic ethanol, power plant
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Information derived from “The Economics of Biomass Feedstocks in the United States: A Review of the Literature” by the Biomass Research and Development Board.
(This is a product of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://www.america.gov)
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