Energy crop
![A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs energy crops scheme plantation in the United Kingdom. Energy crops of this sort can be used in conventional power stations or specialised electricity generation units, reducing the amount of fossil fuel-derived carbon dioxide emissions.](/Images/godic/202501/08/DEFRA_Energy_Crops_scheme_plantation_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8481011852.jpg")
![Elephant grass (Miscanthus sinensis) is an experimental energy crop](/Images/godic/202501/08/Public_Footpath_Through_Elephant_Grass_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2915221852.jpg")
![Coconuts sun-dried in Kozhikode, Kerala for making copra, the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. Coconut oil extracted from it has made copra an important agricultural commodity for many coconut-producing countries. It also yields coconut cake which is mainly used as feed for livestock.](/Images/godic/202501/08/Kerala_coconut1852.jpg")
![Pure biodiesel (B-100), made from soybeans](/Images/godic/202501/08/Bequer-B100-SOJA-SOYBEAM1852.jpg")
An energy crop is a plant grown as a low-cost and low-maintenance harvest used to make biofuels, such as bioethanol, or combusted for its energy content to generate electricity or heat. Energy crops are generally categorized as woody or herbaceous plants; many of the latter are grasses (Graminaceae).