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What is biomass? What can be done to obtain bio-energy using biomass?


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Biomass fuel is described as fuel derived from organic materials as well as garbage from living creatures that may have been utilized as renewable resources.

Advantages of biomass:

  1. Biomass is a renewable energy source.
  2. Environmental waste is reduced.

Disadvantages of biomass:

  1. Biomass takes greater upkeep.
  2. It needs greater room or a larger area.

Obtain bio-energy using biomass:

The ways for obtaining bio-energy from biomass would be as follows:

  1. Using firewood as a fuel source.
  2. Creating cow dung cakes for use as a heating source.
  3. It is possible to create gobar gas.
  4. A gobar could be used to generate electricity.

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