What is biomass?

Biomass is a word that is used quite commonly as a synonym to a few different things today. Basically it is stored solar energy via photosynthesis. Biomass is something that grows and stores solar energy, from which we can then extract that energy by a set of different processes. So Biomass is the raw material unless it is used for food or fiber. Regarded as a fuel biomass is itself a solid fuel that can be converted into other types of fuel, it is stored solar energy that might be used for societies of today.

This bioenergy answer has been provided by Björn Zethraeus and the Bioenergy Technology Department in Växjö University , Sweden.

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