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Biofuel from kudzu vines and branches boosts energy efficiency

June 26, 2024

Leftover branches and kudzu vines from logging are repurposed as carbon-neutral fuel to generate electricity.

Dr. Kyoungseon Min’s research team at the Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed a technology to convert forestry and agricultural waste such as logging residues, kudzu vines, and spent mushroom substrates into solid biofuel that can be co-used as fuel for thermal power plants.

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