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A Landowner's Guide to Commercial Wind Energy Contracts
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A Landowner's Guide to Commercial Wind Energy Contracts

This publication provides landowners with information to consider when evaluating and negotiating contracts with wind energy developers. Topics covered include lease vs. easement, parts of a wind energy contract, propert...

Alcohol Distillation: Basic Principles, Equipment, Performance Relationships, and Safety
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Alcohol Distillation: Basic Principles, Equipment, Performance Relationships, and Safety

Discusses different processes of alcohol distillation with an emphasis on understanding concepts....

Basics of Energy Production through Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Manure
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Basics of Energy Production through Anaerobic Digestion of Livestock Manure

Bioenergy generated from diversified sources provides local and emerging opportunities to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and petroleum-based fuels. This publication describes the basics of anaerobic digestion as a ...

Biodiesel Quality: Is All Biodiesel Created Equal?
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Biodiesel Quality: Is All Biodiesel Created Equal?

3-page publication discussing biodiesel quality and explaining why consumers should not attempt to produce their own biodiesel....

Biofuels and the Impact on Food Prices
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Biofuels and the Impact on Food Prices

4-page publication discussing the likely impact of biofuels on food prices and the considerations involved in this issue...

Cellulosic Ethanol - Biofuel Beyond Corn
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Cellulosic Ethanol - Biofuel Beyond Corn

4-page publication explaining how cellulose feedstocks (wheat straw, corn stover, switch grass, etc.) can be converted to ethanol....

Considerations for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installations
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Considerations for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Installations

Solar-generated electricity is increasingly affordable. This four-page brochure by two Purdue University renewable energy experts offers guidelines to help determine whether a solar photovoltaic system is a good investme...

Corn Stover for Bioenergy Production: Cost Estimate and Farmer Supply Response
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Corn Stover for Bioenergy Production: Cost Estimate and Farmer Supply Response

8-page publication providing cost estimates for harvesting corn stover for bioenergy production...

Development of a Viable Corn Stover Market: Impacts on Corn and Soybean Markets
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Development of a Viable Corn Stover Market: Impacts on Corn and Soybean Markets

The purpose of the research reported here was to determine to what extent the switch to continuous corn in the Midwest Corn Belt is likely to occur, and if it did, what would be the implications. The major objective of ...

Economic and Policy Evaluation of Solar Energy for Indiana Business and Residential Applications
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Economic and Policy Evaluation of Solar Energy for Indiana Business and Residential Applications

A 12-page publication presenting an economic and policy evaluation of solar energy for Indiana business and residential applications....

Economics of Ethanol
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Economics of Ethanol

4-page publication explaining the economics of ethanol, including its energy value, subsidy-policy incentive value, and additive value....

Energy from the Wind: Planning a Small Wind Turbine for Rural Areas of Indiana
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Energy from the Wind: Planning a Small Wind Turbine for Rural Areas of Indiana

If you are a rural resident or landowner considering adding small wind turbines to either supplement your energy usage or with the goal of supplying 100 percent of the electricity you use (going "off the grid"), you must...

Feed Ingredient Co-Products of Ethanol Fermentation from Corn
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Feed Ingredient Co-Products of Ethanol Fermentation from Corn

4-page publication explaining how feed ingredient co-products are obtained from ethanol fermentation from corn....

Field to Flight: A Techno-Economic Analysis of the Corn Stover to Aviation Biofuels Supply Chain
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Field to Flight: A Techno-Economic Analysis of the Corn Stover to Aviation Biofuels Supply Chain

An 8-page publication presenting an analysis of the production of aviation biofuel from corn stover, the risk for private investors, and the possible need for government intervention....

How Fuel Ethanol Is Made from Corn
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How Fuel Ethanol Is Made from Corn

4-page publication explaining how fuel ethanol is made from corn and outlining some of the challenges and opportunities this presents....

Incentives in Long-Term Biofuel Contracts
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Incentives in Long-Term Biofuel Contracts

The five-page publication discusses incentives to convince farmers to sign long-term biofuels contracts with refineries....

Is Biodiesel as Attractive an Economic Alternative as Ethanol?
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Is Biodiesel as Attractive an Economic Alternative as Ethanol?

3-page publication explaining the economics of biodiesel, including how biodiesel is used, the economics of biodiesel production, and the prospects for technological improvements....

Meeting the Ethanol Demand: Consequences and Compromises Associated with More Corn on Corn in Indiana
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Meeting the Ethanol Demand: Consequences and Compromises Associated with More Corn on Corn in Indiana

4-page publication explaining the consequences of and compromises involved in planting more corn after corn for ethanol production....

Preparing for a Grain Dryer Energy Audit
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Preparing for a Grain Dryer Energy Audit

This publication outlines steps that farmers should take before, during and after a grain dryer system energy audit conducted by the Purdue Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program. Such audits are necessary if see...

Properties of Wood Waste Stored for Energy Production
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Properties of Wood Waste Stored for Energy Production

Storage of wood biomass is not a new concern, but our current focus on using wood for renewable energy has brought it back to researchers' attention. Many barriers stand in the way of the use of wood biomass for energy. ...

Solar Heating Systems for Confinement Livestock Buildings
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Solar Heating Systems for Confinement Livestock Buildings

This publication is designed to help the livestock producer evaluate the potential of solar heating for a particular situation. It also discusses the major factors affecting the use of solar energy and the two types of s...

Synergies Between Cover Crops and  Corn Stover Removal
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Synergies Between Cover Crops and Corn Stover Removal

A 12-page publication estimating the costs and benefits associated with cover crops at the interface of stover removal in the Midwest....

The Economics of Harvesting Corn Cobs for Energy
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The Economics of Harvesting Corn Cobs for Energy

This 8-page publication presents the results of research on the economics of harvesting corn cobs for energy. It addresses the associated, additional costs of harvesting cobs and whether or not harvesting cobs generates ...

The Effect of Ethanol on Grain Transportation and Storage
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The Effect of Ethanol on Grain Transportation and Storage

4-page publication describing the effects of ethanol production on grain transportation and storage, including near and longer term adjustments and effects on inbound and outbound transportation of corn and on grain elev...

The Value of Distillers' Grains as a Livestock Feed
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The Value of Distillers' Grains as a Livestock Feed

2-page publication explaining the value of distillers' dried grain as a livestock feed....

The Wind Energy Ordinance Process for Local Government
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The Wind Energy Ordinance Process for Local Government

Use of wind energy has become a viable and substantial strategy for expanding renewable electricity production in the Midwest, and more so recently throughout Indiana. However, preparation for wind energy development req...

Use of Dry Distillers' Grains with Solubles by Poultry
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Use of Dry Distillers' Grains with Solubles by Poultry

This 3-page publication discusses the issues that must be addressed before large amounts of DDGS can be fed on poultry farms. ...

Value of Distillers' Grain Ethanol Co-Products to Dairy Replacements
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Value of Distillers' Grain Ethanol Co-Products to Dairy Replacements

This 3-page publication discusses the storage and handling concerns that must be addressed and the requirements that must be met for wet DGS or DDGS to be an effective feed for dairy replacements. ...

Value of Distillers' Grains for Lactating Dairy Cows
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Value of Distillers' Grains for Lactating Dairy Cows

This 3-page publication discusses the feed value of distillers' grains for lactating dairy cows and the steps that should be taken to capture the maximal feeding value from corn ethanol co-products. ...

What is Biodiesel?
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What is Biodiesel?

2-page publication defining biodiesel and explaining some of its advantages and limitations as a fuel....