Since the early inventions when mankind started using petrol and gas as fuel the need has arisen to seek for newer resources due to increase in population and exhaustion of the natural resources.
Biomass is one of the renewable energy sources that can be extracted or derived from living or recently living beings such as waste, wood or alcohol fuels. Use of Biomass energy has grown to generate electricity and heat. Dead trees, stumps of trees and branches can be easily used for biomass energy.
Biodegradable wastes can also be burnt as fuel and are included in biomass energy but it does not include fossil fuels that can be converted to coal and petroleum through geological process.
Biomass energy is generated industrially through different plants such as polar, sugarcane, willow, hemp etc. and has its origin in the ancient civilization of many countries.
The energy generated through biomass is now gaining popularity and biomass boilers are also installed in many houses to serve as a purpose of generating heat to replace heaters that consumes lots of electricity and increases the cost.
The advantages of using biomass energy are the availability of natural raw material to generate energy and the cost reduction of gas and electricity.
Biomass energy can be generated through thermal conversion, Chemical conversion and Biochemical conversion and is easy to use. The combustion that takes place due to process of burning wood releases carbon dioxide in the environment. The residue left out after burning of the wood is also comparably very less compared to other energy source generation.
Whether you believe in pros or cons of biomass energy but no one can deny the fact of its cost-effective use personally and commercially. Different products are now available to help people generate biomass energy themselves at home. It is one of the energy that has been rapidly replacing the use of electricity and gas for different appliances.
