Qi BioEnergy

Currently, perennial grass and woody crops have an average yield of about 5 dry tons per acre. Ethanol yield from a dry ton of biomass is about 67 gallons, so today we can obtain roughly 335 gallons of ethanol from an acre of bioenergy crops. If average biomass yields of about 10 to 15 dry tons per acre and ethanol yields of 80 to 100 gallons per dry ton of biomass could be achieved, an acre of bioenergy crops could generate 800 to 1500 gallons of ethanol.

Colorado has a vast amount of biomass that is capable of being converted into cellulose ethanol however there has not been any formal studies to confirm the actual amount of available biomass.

We need the state of Colorado and C2B2 to invest in research to figure out what amount of biomass is available in the state of Colorado.