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Purpose-Designed Crops for Biofuels Products
Philippe Crowe April 18, 2013
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As rises the popularity of biofuels, so does the need for specific crops to provide the “bio” part of the fuel.
With this in mind, NexSteppe announced the launch of its first sorghum hybrid products in the U.S. and in Brazil.
NexSteppe’s new Malibu sweet sorghum hybrids and Palo Alto high biomass sorghum hybrids are said to offer a tailored alternative for companies seeking a cost-effective feedstock solution for the production of advanced and cellulosic biofuels, biopower and biobased products.
NexSteppe describes itself as a company dedicated to pioneering the next generation of sustainable feedstock solutions for the biobased industries.
Named for the city where the company was founded, NexSteppe’s Malibu sweet sorghum hybrids have been optimized to provide an easily accessible source of fermentable sugars for the production of advanced biofuels and biobased products.
The company said Malibu sweet sorghums can be used as a complement to sugarcane to provide additional feedstock for existing sugar-to-ethanol mills. Because of their lower water requirements, Malibu sweet sorghums can also provide a fermentable sugar feedstock in areas where sugarcane does not perform well.
The company’s first generation of Malibu sweet sorghum hybrids is designed to provide a wide range of maturities to meet varying customer harvest-window profiles. Several of these hybrids were also selected for their yield performance in tropical short day-length environments to help enable year-round production.
Standing at 20 feet tall after four months of growth, NexSteppe said its Palo Alto high biomass sorghum hybrids provide a high-yielding, low-cost biomass feedstock for biopower, including biogas, and cellulosic biofuels.
Designed to have low moisture levels at maturity, Palo Alto high biomass sorghums significantly lessen the amount of water harvested, thereby reducing the harvest and transport costs that can be 50 percent or more of total delivered feedstock cost. Lower moisture levels also provide a higher effective energy density for combustion.
According to CEO, Anna Rath, “NexSteppe is singularly focused on bringing to market feedstock products that will enable the biobased industries to achieve scale, cost-effectiveness and sustainability. We believe these first products will play a critical role in enabling the continued development of these industries in both the U.S. and Brazil.”
Posted in E85 Ethanol, Environment, Fuels, News, Oil Dependence, Research Categories
Tagged as biofuel, crop, E85 Ethanol, Malibu sweet sorghum hybrids, NexSteppe, Palo Alto high biomass sorghum hybrids
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