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 ...

Until the invasion of Iraq, it seemed that the U.S. had little motivation to curb its voracious appetite for oil (aka black gold or Texas tea). The oil crisis during the 1970s was perhaps the last ...

The supply of biofuels depends on the availability and price of feedstocks. As discussed in Chapter 3, a sufficient quantity of cellulosic biomass could be produced in the United States to meet the ...

Next time you’re strolling through a food market, stocking up on fruit and vegetables, consider this: you’re surrounded by unharnessed energy. Cabbages, apples, potato peels and similar food stuffs ...

Often treated as a renewable fuel, biomass is made from plant or animal material that can be replenished.