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Biomass
Waste can be converted into energy in the form of electricity, power and heat. This is done by incinerating the waste in modern plants, or by using it as a secondary fuel at coal-fired power plants or in cement furnaces. Many different kinds of waste can be used in this way: ‘traditional’ domestic and commercial waste, plus waste wood, bone meal, poultry litter, pig and cattle manure, vegetable and garden waste, and so on.
Biomass does not add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere as it absorbs the same amount of carbon in growing as it releases when consumed as a fuel. Its advantage is that it can be used to generate electricity with the same equipment or power plants that are now burning fossil fuels. Biomass is an important source of energy and the most important fuel worldwide after coal, oil and natural gas.
Traditional use of biomass is more than its use in modern application. In the developed world biomass is again becoming important for applications such as combined heat and power generation. In addition, biomass energy is gaining significance as a source of clean heat for domestic heating and community heating applications. In fact in countries like Finland, USA and Sweden the per capita biomass energy used is higher than it is in India, China or in Asia
Recent incentives here in the UK have promoted first withies and now Miscanthus as crops grown specifically for biomass energy use.
Initial returns have related to tuber propagation of miscanthus
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