The Planet Sustainability TV Show focuses on many great environmental issues such as renewable and sustainable energy sources. Biomass is a sustainable source of green power. This renewable energy source harnesses the power of agricultural waste and other organic materials including trees, grasses and both corn and sugarcane stalks.
Biomass is typically used as an alternative energy source in a number of ways. For example, the combustion of biomass is used directly to produce heat, or it can be converted into steam, which generates electricity.
An article by the MIT Technology Review website mentions that using biomass to produce electricity is up to 80% more efficient than using the biomass to produce biofuel.
Biomass can also be processed into solid, liquid or gaseous biofuel. Biofuels, which include biomethane, bioethanol, biodiesel and biobutanol are used as a fuel to power vehicles such as cars and trucks.
Clean and Green Energy
Biomass is a relatively clean and green energy source. Although the combustion of biomass releases carbon dioxide it is much less CO2 than what’s released by fossil fuels.
The UK’s Renewable Energy Centre website mentions that “biomass is sustainable and generally carbon neutral because the carbon released in the combustion process is offset by the carbon trapped in the organic matter by photosynthesis during its growth.”
Did you know that biomass can be used as an alternative energy heat source? Wood pellets are made from compressed waste sawdust and burned in wood burning furnaces used to heat your home. Watch the Planet Sustainability Television program to learn about people turning to renewable energy sources to power their homes and businesses.
Biomass is typically used as an alternative energy source in a number of ways. For example, the combustion of biomass is used directly to produce heat, or it can be converted into steam, which generates electricity.
An article by the MIT Technology Review website mentions that using biomass to produce electricity is up to 80% more efficient than using the biomass to produce biofuel.
Biomass can also be processed into solid, liquid or gaseous biofuel. Biofuels, which include biomethane, bioethanol, biodiesel and biobutanol are used as a fuel to power vehicles such as cars and trucks.
Clean and Green Energy
Biomass is a relatively clean and green energy source. Although the combustion of biomass releases carbon dioxide it is much less CO2 than what’s released by fossil fuels.
The UK’s Renewable Energy Centre website mentions that “biomass is sustainable and generally carbon neutral because the carbon released in the combustion process is offset by the carbon trapped in the organic matter by photosynthesis during its growth.”
Did you know that biomass can be used as an alternative energy heat source? Wood pellets are made from compressed waste sawdust and burned in wood burning furnaces used to heat your home. Watch the Planet Sustainability Television program to learn about people turning to renewable energy sources to power their homes and businesses.