Energy crop

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An energy crop is a plant domesticated for use in agriculture or is produced as a harvest to be used to make biofuels or to exploit its energy content.

Dendro energy is energy generated by burning wood grown for the purpose.

1 Biotechnology
2 Energy crops and anaerobic digestion
3 Biobutanol
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Biotechnology

Biotechnology can be used to improve the plants, so they can yield more to produce biofuel, their cultivation cost less, uses less water, they are fast-growing or grow quicker.

[edit] Energy crops and anaerobic digestion

Anaerobic digesters are either fed with biodegradable waste materials or can be supplemented with energy crops. Energy crops can also be grown to generate biogas directly from high yield crops or to boost gas yields where feedstocks have a low energy content.