Biofuels Research Center to focus efforts at LSU AgCenter

A new effort by the LSU AgCenter to streamline biofuels research may have a positive impact on local sugar cane, forestry and other agricultural producers while increasing the Louisiana’s use of biofuels. For example, timber processing leaves behind tons of branches, bark and debris — biomass — that can be converted to biofuel. Algae aquaculture also could generate significant biomass for fuel, and has been a subject of intense research nationally and at the AgCenter.