Switchgrass

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Switchgrass is an annually harvested perennial energy crop.

The prairie grass native to North America holds promise as a feedstock for cellulosic conversion into ethanol. ^[1].

Switchgrass yields approximately 11.51 tonnes/acre/yearinfo.png

'11.51 tonnes/acre/year'

Last calculated 70 weeks ago

tonnes of dry swtich grass per acre per year. ^[2] It costs approximately $60 USD to produce one ton of Switchgrass^[3]. This is equivalent to 70 CAN 2010/tinfo.png

'70 CAN 2010/t'

Last calculated 88 weeks ago

. Switchgrass can be assumed to have a High Heating Value of 15.935 MJ/kginfo.png

paste(utConvert(sparql("SELECT ?x WHERE{<http://www.moxy.com.au/Wiki/a#Switchgrass_as_received_analysis> prop:HighHeatingValue ?x}"),'MJ/kg',1),"MJ/kg")

Last calculated 88 weeks ago

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Analysis	Basis
Switchgrass dry basis analysis	Dry basis
Switchgrass as received analysis	As received basis

References

1. ↑ Biofuels for transport: a roadmap for development in Australia pg 86
2. ↑ http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/papers/misc/switgrs.html
3. ↑ http://www.iowaswitchgrass.com/__docs/pdf/Costs%20of%20Switchgrass.pdf