What is biomass energy production?

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What is biomass energy production?

Answer 1

Biomass is like plant material and animal waste. The old way of converting biomass to energy, practiced for thousands of years, is simply to burn it to produce heat. This is still how most biomass is put to use, in the United States and elsewhere. The heat can be used directly, for heating, cooking, and industrial processes, or indirectly, to produce electricity. So in simpler terms, biomass energy production is the burning of plant material and animal waste to be used as heating for homes, and in industrial processes, or to produce electricity.