Biomass is plant or animal material used for energy production (electricity or heat), or in various industrial processes as raw material for a range of products.

It can be grown energy crops, wood or forest residues, waste from food crops, horticulture, food processing, animal farming, or human waste from sewage plants.

As a renewable energy source, biomass releases CO2 when it is burned. However, CO2 that is released from burning biomass will be cycled back into new crops, this recycling of CO2 from plants to atmosphere and back into plants can even be CO2 negative.

Biomass