Forest Biomass: What are energy crops?
Energy crops are crops that are grown for the specific purpose of producing energy (electricity or liquid fuels) from all or part of the resulting plant. Switchgrass, alfalfa, corn, willow and poplar are examples of plants that can be grown as energy crops. Ethanol produced in Ontario , for example, is produced primarily from grain corn. Commercial Alcohol’s ethanol distillery in Chatham is Canada ‘s largest ethanol plant, capable of producing 150 million litres of ethanol per year, through the processing of over 15 million bushels of corn.
