Even as Congress declares that biomass is carbon neutral, burning it puts thousands of lives at risk. Biomass mostly comes from firewood, waste wood, wood pellets and wood chips, but it can also come ...

Honeywell’s Biocrude Upgrading technology offers a glimpse at how innovation can accelerate this shift. The process converts solid biomass into biocrude that is then upgraded into “drop-in” fuels that ...

In the quest for sustainable energy solutions, a comprehensive review by Segun E. Ibitoye and a team of international researchers provides valuable insights into the realm of biomass solid fuels (BSFs ...

With quickly approaching deadlines for achieving renewable portfolio standard goals, the likely lapse of a critical exemption this month may increase the challenges for meeting those mandates.

For millions of homes, plants, wood and other types of "biomass" serve as an essential source of fuel, especially in developing countries, but their mercury content has raised flags among ...

Sometimes specific crops and trees are grown just for biomass power. These are often referred to as energy farms. For many years, farmers have been growing switchgrass as a side crop for livestock ...

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 ...

Halting fossil fuel use by 2050 is crucial to avoid exceeding the critical 2°C temperature increase threshold. Figure 1. Carbon dioxide cycle of biomass-based fuels. The term 'biofuels' encompasses ...

Scientists have developed a new catalytic process to convert components of bio-oil directly into alkanes and methanol. For the protection of the environment, and because of the limited amount of ...

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.

BIOMASS is becoming a more popular renewable energy source in Slovakia and more and more local heating plants are announcing replacement of their obsolete technology with modern biomass-incinerating ...