Everything about Bioenergy totally explained
Bioenergy is
renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. In its most narrow sense it's a synonym to
biofuel, which is fuel derived from biological sources. In its broader sense it encompasses also
biomass, the biological material used as a biofuel, as well as the social, economic, scientific and technical fields associated with using biological sources for energy.
There is a slight tendency of the word
bioenergy being favoured in
Europe compared to
biofuel in
North America. An another sense is the "bioenergy healing" that means healing with human internal energy via the human energetical field, called also chakra healing. Biomass is organic material which has stored sunlight in the form of chemical energy. Biomass fuels include wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugar cane, and many other byproducts from a variety of agricultural processes..
Biomass
Biomass is material derived from recently living
organisms, which includes plants, animals and their byproducts. Manure, garden waste and crop residues are all sources of biomass. It is a
renewable energy source based on the
carbon cycle, unlike other
natural resources such as
petroleum,
coal, and
nuclear fuels.
Animal waste is a persistent and unavoidable pollutant produced primarily by the animals housed in industrial sized farms. Researchers from
Washington University have figured out a way to turn manure into
biomass. In April 2008, with the help of imaging technology, they noticed that vigorous mixing helps
microorganisms turn farm waste into alternative energy. This is providing farmers with a simple way to treat their waste and convert it into energy.
There are also
agricultural products being grown for
biofuel production. These include
corn,
switchgrass, and
soybeans, primarily in the
United States;
rapeseed,
wheat and
sugar beet primarily in
Europe;
sugar cane in
Brazil;
palm oil and
miscanthus in Southeast Asia;
sorghum and
cassava in
China; and
jatropha in
India.
Hemp has also been proven to work as a biofuel.
Biodegradable outputs from
industry,
agriculture,
forestry and households can be used for biofuel production, either using
anaerobic digestion to produce
biogas, or using
second generation biofuels; examples of this include straw, timber, manure, rice husks, sewage, and food waste. The use of biomass fuels can therefore contribute to waste management as well as fuel security and help to prevent or slow down
climate change, although alone they're not a comprehensive solution to these problems.
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