Wednesday 7 January 2015

Biomass Energy?

Here's a video showing how biomass energy works. 

How does biomass work? - Sustainability


Biomass energy and biofuels are sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels, but there are concerns over indirect land-use changes. Land-use changes associated with biomass, have triggered the food-hunger debate, concerns about ecosystem changes (Azar, 2011) and also have problematised greenhouse gas assessments for biomass technologies (Kim et al, 2012Lange, 2011). 

Good news!!! Current work on micro-algae technologies could provide a sustainable energy source for biofuel production (Ahmad et al, 2011; Montingelli et al, 2015) for the future. 


What do you think of biomass energy? Comment below :) 



Azar, C. (2011). Biomass for energy: a dream come true… or a nightmare?.Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change2(3), 309-323.

Kim, S., Dale, B. E., & Ong, R. G. (2012). An alternative approach to indirect land use change: Allocating greenhouse gas effects among different uses of land. Biomass and bioenergy46, 447-452.

Lange, M. (2011). The GHG balance of biofuels taking into account land use change. Energy Policy39(5), 2373-2385.

Montingelli, M. E., Tedesco, S., & Olabi, A. G. (2015). Biogas production from algal biomass: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews43, 961-972.



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