Biomass

Biomass is derived from different types of organic matter: energy plants (oilseeds, plants containing sugar) and agricultural or urban waste. Biomass can be used for generating heat and electricity, and for transport biofuels. Bioenergy and biofuels contributed to around 63 % of renewable energy generation. Bioenergy can be traced back to energy from sunlight, produced via photosynthesis, making it a major renewable energy source. As a storage house of bioenergy, biomass can be considered to be natures 'solar batteries’. The energy biomass produces can be converted into electricity, heat or biofuels.

 Conversion technologies

Sustainable feedstock development

Biomass and electricity

Industrial waste biomass

Recent developments in sustainable biomass

Perennial biomass feedstock’s

Integrated biomass technologies