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.