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Univ of Washington team working to make poplar coppice viable cheap, high-volume biofuel feedstock

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For this study, trees in Jefferson, Oregon—one of the four study sites—were planted in rows close together in spring of 2012 and harvested less than two years later before the leaves had fallen. Research is underway to convert this bio-oil to a transportation fuel that resembles gasoline or diesel. Resources.