The first dedicated, independent study into Miscanthus life cycles shows that the above ground biomass grows annually and recycles all the carbon that’s been produced through planting, harvesting and burning the crop for renewable electricity, and at the same time, the underground rhizome and decaying leaf litter fixes and stores net 0.64 tonnes of carbon (2.35 tonnes CO2e) per hectare, each year as it grows. Because Miscanthus is a perennial, it can store large amounts of carbon over time. The deep root network of the plants allows complex microbial communities to develop and draw carbon further into the soil.