biomass
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- noun
- /ˈbaɪoʊˌmæs/
- Specialized
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biomasa
- In urban areas, people have limited physical access to biomass fuels, making energy transition issues particularly important.
- biomass energy
- biomass fuel
- biomass feedstock
There are the non hydro renewables, mostly wind and a little bit of biomass.
- There are the non hydro renewables, mostly wind and a little bit of biomass.
- Or you can burn biomass with a special method and catch the carbon in stuff called biochar.
Examples
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California's energy deregulation includes a "transition fund" that provides support for biomass energy plants through the year 2002.
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Conference papers reported on biomass research and demonstration projects around the globe.
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Yet in addition to its traditional uses, biomass energy can serve more modern purposes.
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And I gave the first course on talking about biomass and biomass conversion to energy.
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There is scope to remove more biomass from the forests than we are currently doing.
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With modern conversion technologies, biomass energy may become a viable electricity or automotive fuel source.
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Rural populations, in particular, rely on biomass fuels to meet well over 90 percent of their energy requirements.
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Brazil's national alcohol program is the largest commercial biomass utilization in the world.
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Poor rural households still depend on biomass energy, which is typically burned in inefficient stoves.
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Farmers are increasingly using biomass such as crop residues and animal waste for energy production.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biomass comes from bio- meaning 'life', like in biology, and mass meaning 'a large amount'. That's why biomass also means plant or animal material that people burn or turn into energy.