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Q: Biomass Energy?
What percentage of canada uses Biomass energy? Also what is the cost of developing Biomass energy. I keep looking it up on Google but they just don’t give me a straight answer.

A: I can’t answer your first question. The cost of bio mass research alone is well into the hundreds of millions. Developing infrastructure systems and facilities will cost billions of dollars. We are in the infant stages of refinement and there are still many roads and avenues to persue.

Q: biomass energy?
Can anyone provide me with link which provides me info on future of biomass energy?

A: no

Q: Biomass energy???????
Is burning materials using biomass energy?

A: no burning organic materials is biomass energy like dead plants , wood , leaves , etc.

Q: Whats the difference between Waste to Energy and Biomass Energy?
I have to write a 15 page research paper on an alternative energy source that can be produced in a power plant. My teacher gave me some topics and i had chosen to do it on waste. I have been researching municipal solid waste incineration. I talked to a friend and she said she was also doing waste and she kept mentioning biomass. I thought that those were two completely different subjects. So now im confused if i should mention biomass in my paper or not. Please help me.

A: Waste to energy is basically burning your trash to create energy and biomass is burning anything that was once living or part of a living thing, like in places where they burn cow “pies” to cook their food that’s biomass.

Q: What are two advantages and disadvantages of biomass energy?
Biomass energy is the use of biological matter known as trees, grass, and undeveloped remains to create a fuel that produces heat and electricty.

A: adv. Renewable, Domestically available
Disadvantage. Requires use of natural resources, releases CO2 and other poluttants.

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of biomass energy?
I need to know a few examples of advantages and disadvantages of biomass energy. but only for electricity and heating, not transportation. also, any websites that you have would help.

A: Try these…..cut and paste in…
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/generate_your_own_energy/types_of_renewables/biomass/
http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=73,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Biomass, especially if its a waste product like straw, meat waste, wood shavings are all used for bio mass in a factory I visit with its own power plant. The green benefits include the fact then when it is burning bio-waste, it is not burning coal or oil

Q: How is Biomass energy used today?
I know what biomass energy is and where it comes from and all that. But how is used today?. Since it burns fuels to use as heat is gasoline consired biomass? I mean while people drive theres gasoline being burned to make heat and make energy to make cars go. If not, then how is this energy used today? Like in the present?

A: No, gasoline is not biomass. Biomass only burns all ORGANIC material (dead or alive) and it’s wastes, hence the prefix bio. For example, a dead carcass of a squirrel could be used for the production of energy, as can it’s faeces. Both human and animal waste can be converted into biogas using anaerobic bacteria. In manu developing countries (such as Nepal), the manure from cows and camels is shaped into pancakes or bricks, dried and stored. It is then burnt to provide heat for cooking.

We are not able to efficiently run the average car with energy purely produced from biomass yet, because of the limited rate of supply and its low energy output per unit mass of fuel. Therefore, biomass is currently not a suitable alternative for liquid petroleum gas, which is why car manufacturers are turning to other sources such as natural gas and hybrid cars.

Q: What are some negative effects of biomass energy?
I have a report on renewable resources and I need some negative effects of biomass energy.

A: Disadvantages of Biomass Energy:
1.Combustion of wood and other biomass, gives out carbon dioxide thus adding to global warming. In some cases, the wood is from the forests and in such cases, instead of getting a lesser ratio of carbon released to carbon captured, the ratio is greatly increased. This means that a great amount of carbon is added to the atmosphere – a lot more than what could have been recaptured by the forests.
2.Although biomass fuels are renewable fuel sources, there is still no significant reduction in their emission levels. Biofuels produce the same amounts of harmful pollutants as fossil fuels. There is actually a chance of increased pollution, due to incomplete combustion of biomass, which produces black carbon, a major contributor to global warming.
3.The food vs. fuel debate is one of the disadvantages of using biomass energy. Large areas of crop and farm land are used for growing biomass. This cultivation of crops for fuel might just put a little too much strain on our other limited resources such as water and land which could be used for food crops. This is also called the food vs. fuel debate. People all over the world question this use of resources for producing energy to support our lavish lifestyles while people in other underdeveloped countries starve without adequate food to eat.
4.Another one of the biomass energy disadvantages is that at times, it is just not economical to produce, grow and transport biomass. This is especially true when the source of biomass is not too close to the area of processing or the methods used to process it are wasteful.
5.Another biomass energy disadvantage is that the cost of installing and maintaining the infrastructure for processing the biomass is very expensive. It involves making infrastructure for collecting, processing, and then purifying the biofuel. This is a long process and is often time consuming, although research continues and success is being seen in reducing the time and expenditure involved.
6.Biomass fuels usually have lower fuel economy than normal fossil fuels. They are not able to generate enough energy efficiently.
7.Biomass production sometimes depends on seasonal crops such as corn for ethanol production. This makes it impossible to produce such biofuels all year round. This problem is being overcome by the use of waste materials and the cultivation of switchgrass, which can greatly reduce a number of drawbacks that using corn causes.
8.The net energy gain from using biomass for energy is very low and steps have to be taken to improve the overall gain, from producing and using biomass.

Q: Where or when is it a bad time to use biomass energy?
I am doing a science report on renewable resource and i need to know…Where or when is it a bad time to use biomass energy?

A: I provide biomass for a co-gen plant. We remove small trees from forest to reduce fire danger and improve forest health. So I would think that if you were over cutting forest just to provide fuel for co-gen plant that it would be a bad thing.

Q: I meed a science fair project that has to do with BioMass energy?
Can some one help me i need a project or at least an idea of a BioMass energy project not a BioGas but BioMass. So yeah any help would be nice thanks!

A: Bio Mass energy is derived using biological substance, it may be direct combustion of wood, shrubs, agri waste and by-products. A complicated example of Biomass energy is extracting ethanol or any other volatile gases/liquor to burn and then generate heat or electricity.

Q: What are advantages of biomass energy?
i know theres a long list of them, and also disadvantages?
i believe that biomass is also the best source of energy.

A: Advantages

Theoretically inexhaustible fuel source

When direct combustion of plant mass is not used to generate energy (i.e. fermentation, pyrolysis, etc. are used instead), there is minimal environmental impact

Alcohols and other fuels produced by biomass are efficient, viable, and relatively clean-burning

Available throughout the world

Disadvantages

Could contribute a great deal to global warming and particulate pollution if directly burned

Still an expensive source, both in terms of producing the biomass and converting it to alcohols

On a small scale there is most likely a net loss of energy–energy must be put in to grow the plant mass

Q: which animal chips work best for biomass energy?
i know that in biomass energy u can use animal chips for the fire. but which animal chips work best?

A: There are a few factors to determine when you say best.
BTU per unit of measure may depend more upon what the animal has eaten than the type of animal. The manner in which you cure the fuel and burn it may also make a difference.
A Pellet stove may be modified to use corn, so it may be able to use dried rabbit pellets.
For collecting and tossing on a fire Elephant pasture patties would take the least amount of trips.

Q: Where is biomass energy being used in the world currently?
It seems that biomass is currently being used a lot in developing countries, but I heard the burning and distilling was a costly process.

Burning wood in fireplaces of course, is a biomass energy process.

But does anyone know of countries in the world that are currently using biomass energy, or alike?

Thanks ; )

A: Nearly every part of the world has a biomass resource that can be tapped to make biofuels and generate electric power. From coconut or rice husks to fast-growing trees, from perennial grasses to scrap wood, there is a (probably under-utilized) form of biomass almost anywhere you go on Earth.

Q: What is used for making Biomass energy?
I am doing a science project and i left what i needed for my outline at school and i am doing it on biomass energy. what do the people use to make that energy? all i remember from the sheet is manure and trash and yard clippings. anything else?? i need this by tomorrow! THANX!

A: Anything organic can be used as a biomass material for producing methane gas or other fuels. Organic materials include every living thing. Leftovers from your dinner plate as well as old flowers, manure from all livestock can be used too. Everything that works well as a biomass also works well for composting material for use in flower and vegetable gardens.

Q: What are some pros and cons of biomass energy?
Just any pros and cons about biomass energy.

A: It depends on what kind of biomass you are talking about. For a while, biofuel was just converting corn to ethanol, which in itself takes a lot of energy to produce. It also drove up the price of corn, posing the question: should we be driving up the price of a food staple for energy consumption? Also, it takes a lot of land and water to grow corn, which encourages deforestation.

Nowadays, a lot of biofuel options involve human and agricultural waste, or other types of biochemical waste that doesn’t involve using up our resources that we can eat. Reusing Methane as a biofuel is also being considered.

However, the problem is to use biofuel, a combustion still has to take place, converting hydrocarbons to CO2. This still produces greenhouse gases which isn’t entirely fixing the whole problem.

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