College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
 
Biomass Gasification
Biomass technology allows crops such as corn stover and other fibrous plants to be used as fuel sources.  These biomass sources do not produce greenhouse gases and emit fewer pollutants than traditional fuel sources such as coal, oil and wood.

Learning to “gasify” these sources is a key technology that requires additional research.  WCROC is a research partner in the biomass gasification demonstration and research facility at the adjacent University of Minnesota, Morris campus.

More information about biomass-related research at the WCROC can be found on the biomass section of the Renewable Energy Initiatives website.