What are feedstocks? Feedstocks for renewable fuels and chemicals include organic materials like grains, woody biomass and food waste and non-organic materials like plastics, hydrogen, carbon dioxide. Contrary to popular belief, the crops that are used for feedstocks are not necessarily placing a burden on available food sources.
Energy crops are crops that are grown for the sole purpose of energy production. Agricultural and forest wastes and residues result from crops and trees grown for other purposes. These can then be processed into liquid, gaseous, or solid forms of fuels.
Switchgrass field on Color Wheel Farm near Vonore, Tennessee
What can be used as feedstocks?