Biomass is organic material derived from living or recently living organisms like plants, animals and microorganisms. It can be used as a renewable energy source via combustion, fermentation or ...

The Renewable Biofuels Facilitation Act is legislation designed to promote the development and use of cellulosic ethanol derived from woody biomass. The bill before the Legislature would broaden the ...

Move over, corn and canola. There's a new player in the biomass game. "Algae is the hottest thing in biomass. No question about it," says David Haberman, president of Delray Beach, Fla.-based IF L.L.C ...

This photo taken on February 3, 2016 shows a technician holding wooden pellets that will be burned at France's largest biomass-fired power plant in Gardanne, near Aix-en-Provence, southern France.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Tuesday said bamboo pellets and charcoal briquettes, both locally-sourced, ...

CANTON, Minn. -- When Congress passed the Biomass Crop Assistance Program in the last farm bill, renewable energy supporters and sustainable agriculture advocates both cheered. Here is a program to ...

IZMIR, TURKIYE - OCTOBER 13: A view of fabrication of biomass fuel type pellet, which is used for heating and obtained by drying and grinding industrial and agricultural wastes and compressing them ...

While this fuel source isn’t without controversy, the global biofuel demand is expected to increase by 28 percent by 2026. By Carla Delgado Published Sep 15, 2022 11:30 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many nations are realizing that they are exceedingly vulnerable to just-in-time energy supplies, as well as to the outsized power of near-monopolistic energy states ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers at North Carolina State University reviewed studies on underutilized sources of plant proteins and discussed strategies to enhance ...

Biomass is burning trees for electricity and it is being promoted by politicians and the logging industry claiming that biomass will reduce wildfires and provide jobs. According to the California ...