Module 10 looks at densification of grass into pellets or pucks that can serve as a heating biofuel
10.1: Recap: What is woody biomass 10.2: Grass biomass feedstock supply 10.3: Grass biomass densification & combustion 10.4: Vermont study of energy grass densification & combustion 10.5: Conversion of grass to liquid biofuels 10.6: Grass biomass feedstock quality & characteristics 10.7: Environmental impact of grass biomass 10.8: Economic considerations of grass biomass |
Organizations:
Vermont Grass Biomass Energy Project at UVM Extension
Vermont Bioenergy Initiative, focused on jump-starting oilseeds, grass, algae and more
Grass Energy in the Northeast, a site for discussing the benefits & challenges of using grass to produce energy in the Northeastern US
Renewable Energy Resources: Biomass Heating Solutions - Focus on grass energy in the Northeast
Vermont Grass Biomass Energy Project at UVM Extension
Vermont Bioenergy Initiative, focused on jump-starting oilseeds, grass, algae and more
Grass Energy in the Northeast, a site for discussing the benefits & challenges of using grass to produce energy in the Northeastern US
Renewable Energy Resources: Biomass Heating Solutions - Focus on grass energy in the Northeast
Resources:
- Technical assessment of grass pellets as a boiler fuel in Vermont, BERC (2011)
- Home-farm-school heating with grass biomass, a slide show of growing, pelletization and grass heating appliances
- Growing energy on the farm: biomass and agriculture, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Grass heating appliances by design or operational adaptation, NY Farm Viability Institute
- On-farm production of biomass grass pellets, Penn State Extension case study
- Grass biofuel pellets, REAP Canada
- Grass basket report, Vermont Tech (2009)
- Grass pelletizing report, SOAR, Vermont Tech (2012)
- US industrial hemp development continues (report on energy & ash of hemp pellets), Biomass Magazine (2008)
Video resources:
- Samso straw bale biomass heating plant, Samso is an Danish island that uses 100% renewable energy
- Whole-bale straw-fired boiler system, GEE Renewable Sustainable Energy, Northern Ireland
- Straw-powered biomass boiler at British nursery
- Grass for solid biofuel, Vermont Bioenergy Initiative
- Multi-fuel biomass boiler at the Rutland's Vermont Farmers Food Center, Vermont Bioenergy Initiative
- Meach Cove Farms biomass project, burning grass biomass for heat
- The new coal? Grass pellets, Pawling, NY - Grass pellets are burned in a stove designed for rice coal to heat a greenhouse