Energy | What Is Biomass Energy?
What is biomass energy?
Biomass energy is energy produced by burning biomass. Biomass is a broad category of material encompassing all the living matter in an area. Wood, crops and crop waste, and wastes of plant, mineral, and animal matter comprise much of an area's biomass. Much of this material is considered "garbage" and ends up in landfills.
It has been estimated that 90 percent of U.S. waste products could be burned, thereby providing the equivalent energy of 100 million tons of coal (20 percent of waste products will not burn though they can be recycled). In Western Europe, there are more than 200 power plants that burn rubbish (garbage) to produce electricity.
Biomass can also be converted into energy-providing biofuels, such as biogas, methane, methanol, and ethanol. However, the biofuel production process is more expensive than the conventional fossil fuel processes.
Rubbish buried in the ground...
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