Bioenergy

Bioenergy

Energy produced from biomass or organic matter. Biomass may either be burned directly or converted into liquids or gaseous fuel.

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bioeconomy

Energy; Bioenergy

Productive economic activity based on crops, residues and biomass for production of fuel and other products, such as biopolymers.

A Brazilian national alcohol program launched in 1975 that aimed to reduce the country’s dependence on petroleum by subsidizing the production of ethanol from sugar cane as a substitute for gasoline. ...

renewable energy

Energy; Bioenergy

Renewable energy sources, or RES, are those energy sources which are not destroyed when their energy is harnessed. Renewable energy sources are distinct from fossil fuels, which must be consumed to ...

renewable fuel

Energy; Bioenergy

Renewable fuels are those derived from biomass sources (plants) or from the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy, or other source that does not permanently deplete a resource like oil or ...

biomass residues

Energy; Bioenergy

Residue resulting from the harvesting, processing, and use of biomass. Can be divided into primary residues (generated before and at harvest, e.g. tops and leaves of sugar cane), secondary residues ...