Competition between Food and fuel
Food versus fuel is the dilemma regarding the risk of diverting farmland or crops for biofuels production to the detriment…
Energy returned on energy invested
In physics, energy economics, and ecological energetics, energy returned on energy invested (EROEI or ERoEI); or energy return on investment…
Energy forestry
Energy forestry is a plantation of fast growing trees with the aim of producing wood as a renewable raw material…
Energy crop
An energy crop is a plant grown as a low-cost and low-maintenance harvest used to make biofuels, such as bioethanol,…
Energy content of biofuel
The Energy content of biofuel is a description of the potential energy contained in a given biofuel, measured per unit…
Cellulosic ethanol commercialization
Cellulosic ethanol commercialization is the process of building an industry out of methods of turning cellulose-containing organic matter into cellulosic…
Thermal depolymerization
Thermal depolymerization (TDP) is a depolymerization process using hydrous pyrolysis for the reduction of complex organic materials (usually waste products…
Pellet stove
A pellet stove is a stove that burns compressed wood or biomass pellets to create a source of heat for…
Pellet mill
A pellet mill, also known as a pellet press, is a type of mill or machine press used to create…