Bioenergy Power

Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources.

Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. Biomass is any organic material coming from any living or recently dead organisms which have stored sunlight in the form of chemical energy. Biomass can be combusted directly to create thermal energy or it can be converted into a biofuel. Biofuels are fuels in solid, liquid or gas form created from biomass. Biopower is both the direct utilization of biomass and the conversion of biomass into oils or fuels to generate electricity.

Wood burned to make fire is an example of a biomass being used to directly create energy.

Ethanol, commonly referred to as alcohol, is an example of a biofuel created by the fermentation of sugars by yeasts, eukaryotic microorganisms classified in the kingdom fungi.

Biomass combustion actually produces roughly the same amount of carbon dioxide as fossil fuels, but when converted to biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, their carbon emission production is greatly reduced. In fact, biofuels produce a substantially lower amount of greenhouse gasses when compared to fossil fuels. Biofuels are now being used as fuel additives to reduce carbon emissions and to help lower gasoline prices. Some alternative fuel vehicles will run on predominantly biofuel concentrated blends.

Bioethanol is the most popular in the USA and Brazil. The European Union produces the most Biodiesel, accounting for more than half of the production rate.