Biomass

BIOMASS Biomass is a renewable energy source from waste or natural products like: - dead wood - waste industrial alcohol - corn - hemp

To turn biomass into a useful energy source there are three main ways to do it: - Thermal conversion - Chemical conversion - Biochemical conversion

The advantages to using biomass as an energy source are: - It is renewable - The products that can be turned into energy can be waste products so there is less waste on earth - The products are found everywhere and can be obtained easily

The disadvantages to using bio mass as an alternative energy source are: - it is expensive to turn it into a useful energy - the process of changing it into a useful energy source is very difficult.

Using biomass is the same to the environment as using fossil fuels. This is because one of the easiest ways to convert biomass into energy is combustion and it releases the same amount of carbon dioxide as a fossil fuel.