Last updated:
 

Visitors:
 

Biomass Energy Sources

While thinking about biomass feedstocks for anaerobic digestion plants it is worth considering the following table of biomass resource categories, from a US report entitled, “BIOMASS AS FEEDSTOCK FOR A BIOENERGY AND BIOPRODUCTS INDUSTRY: THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF A BILLION-TON ANNUAL SUPPLY”.

Watch our video in which Steve Last
presents his view of the above table and
suggests another very large biomass source which is just
waiting to be tapped on our doorsteps (or just outside them!).

Tell us what you think! Join our Anaerobic Digestion Forum here.

If you liked this page you may find this “What is Biomass” page interesting.

References and US Government Site Links

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) place high importance on developing resources and conversion technologies for producing fuels, chemicals and power from biomass. The two departments have been working together on several aspects of bioenergy.

The report from which the table above was obtained can be found at:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/publications.html

The website for biomass feedstock research sponsored by the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of the Biomass Program (OBP) can be found at:
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/

More general information about OBP’s feedstock research program can be found at:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/biomass/biomass_feedstocks.html

The website for research and development sponsored by the USDA Forest Service can be found at: http://www.fs.fed.us/research/

The website for bioenergy research sponsored by the USDA Agricultural Research Service can be found at:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/programs/programs.htm?NP_CODE=307

© 2007 - 2008 Anaerobic Digestion.Com