Sugarcane Ethanol is one of many agricultural products that become a source of renewable energy when the science of growing, distillation and refining come together. Ethanol is produced from a variety of plants such as sugar cane, sugar beets and corn as well as many types of biomass and cellulose waste. Most of the area in the Rio Solare project is flood irrigated agriculture and dedicated to crops such as alfalfa, cotton and hay. This alternative use of land for Bio Fuel, specifically Sugar Cane, is combined with drip irrigation to develop the most ethanol per acre in arid lands according to studies.
Along with the harvesting of ethanol rich sources like sugar cane, are the waste products which are the fibrous husks, stalks and other discarded biomass. This byproduct produces bagasse, the dry pulpy residue left after the extraction of juice from sugar cane, used as fuel for electricity generation by combustion. This makes sugar cane an ideal crop for ethanol and a perfect cousin to the Algae Farm for renewable energy production.
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