Slideshow: Grow Your Own Oil, U.S.

credit Image: Courtesy of DynaMotiveWood chips and sawdust can serve as raw ingredients for bio-oil. credit Photo: Courtesy of Iowa State UniversityThough it’s quite different chemically, bio-oil bears a resemblance to petroleum crude. credit Image: Courtesy of DynaMotiveDynaMotive’s first electricity-generating plant was located in West Lorne, Ontario. credit Image: Courtesy of DynaMotiveThe diagram illustrates DynaMotive’s […]


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Wood chips and sawdust can serve as raw ingredients for bio-oil.

credit Photo: Courtesy of Iowa State University

Though it’s quite different chemically, bio-oil bears a resemblance to petroleum crude.

credit Image: Courtesy of DynaMotive

DynaMotive’s first electricity-generating plant was located in West Lorne, Ontario.

credit Image: Courtesy of DynaMotive

The diagram illustrates DynaMotive’s process for converting biomass into bio-oil, flammable gas and carbon char.