Bioenergy in 2016: Powered Up, Hoping to Run

Renewable Energy World: Bioenergy refers to the many kinds of woody, cellulosic and organic hydrocarbons that may be used directly or manipulated into a fuel product. Forest lumber, for example, can be placed on a campfire or in a furnace or boiler, or it can be transformed into fuel pellets. Corn, switchgrass and other crops grown for energy can be distilled into ethanol. Organic wastes placed in a biodigester become methane gas. As an energy source, the bioenergy sector includes a diverse mix of materials that can become an equally diverse set of energy products – liquids, solids and gases.

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