1. Biomass Power Adele Freeman David Clem David Leonard
Adele Freeman
David Clem
David Leonard

2. Heating Cooking Compost Material Electricity Uses of Biomass Energy

3. Biomass
Biomass energy starts with the plants absorbing the sun's energy in a process called photosynthesis.

4. How It Works Waste wood, branches, & other scraps gathered by trucks
Bring waste from farm to power plant
Biomass dropped into huge hoppers
Fed into furnace and burned
Heat used to boil water in boiler
Creates steams, turning turbines

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6. Energy Sources Wood is largest biomass energy source Food crops
Grassy and woody plants
Residues from agriculture or forestry
Organic component of municipal and industrial wastes
Fumes from land fills (methane gas)

7. Benefits of Biomass
Burning biomass releases CO2, but equals out amount of CO2 plant took in over its lifespan
Reduce dependence on foreign oil
Unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly into liquid fuels, called "biofuels"

8. What would it replace?
Biomass energy would replace non-renewable energies such as natural gas, nuclear, coal and other mainstream energy sources.

9. Where is it being used? It is used throughout the United States
Biomass is currently the second most commonly used form of renewable energy in the U.S.

10. Pros Reduction of “new” greenhouse gas emissions
Less dependency on foreign oil with use of ethanol and biodiesel
Support the economy by increasing demand for suppliers of the biomass

11. Cons High costs installing the technology
High cost growing, harvesting and storing the raw materials
Burning the biomass creates liquid and gas wastes

12. Challenges we would face…
The main problem that we would face in making this a mainstream form of energy would be cost. Installing the technologies that would be able to burn, recycle and refine the biomass would cost very much. It would involve a large risk to begin depending on this form, no one is sure if it could sustain large regions.

13. Will it become mainstream?
Very significant chance of becoming mainstream.
People want more renewable energy to replace non-renewable energy.
More than 40 countries are expanding in biomass power generation.

14. Specific Infrastructure Needed
Increase production of crops is vital to making biomass energy.
Biomass power plants to burn the crops and make the energy.

15. Works Cited
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