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Talking About Corn Stover

The single largest source of low cost cellulose in this country is corn stover. More...

Lonely Stalks

Those lonely cornstalks—called corn stover—left behind in the fields after the grain harvest is complete could someday become valuable raw material. More...

Using corn stover pellets in coal-fired power plants

Plans to build a new cellulosic ethanol plant in central Nebraska have been put on hold. The plant was to have used corn stover and soybean stubble as the feedstock, but developers say they have found a better use for the product. More...

Next Step handles all phases of harvesting your stover.

Once you complete your corn harvest, contact our harvesting scheduler and, we'll shred, bale, and transport your stover for free!

All stover is harvested no later than April 1st following the year of corn harvest.

Click here to contact one of our biomass procurement agents.

PowerPellet Burn Test

Fireside performance and mercury emission evaluations of PowerPellet-Coal blends.

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Cost Comparison of PowerPellets

PowerPellets present a promising opportunity to generate cost-effective electricity using renewable crop waste.

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Charateristics of Biomass

	Heat Content -- 7,283 BTUs/lb (HHV)
	Composition (% of mass)

	Moisture		7.90
	Ash		9.05
	Volatile		63.40
	Fix Carbon		19.70
	Sulfur		0.18

Mineral Analysis of Ash (%)

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	Phosphorous Pent Oxide		24.80
	Silicon Dioxide		18.00
	Ferric Oxide		1.85
	Aluminum Oxide		2.56
	Titanium Dioxide		0.16
	Manganese Dioxide		6.93
	Calcium Dioxide		21.20
	Magnesium Oxide		2.92
	Potassium Oxide		20.80
	Sodium Oxide		0.48
	Sulfur Trioxide		2.56
	Barium Oxide		0.16
	Strontium		0.08
	Undetermined		0.80