“Most people don’t understand biomass...”

RenewableEnergyFocusUSA.com
30 June 2011
Sarah Robertson

Bioenergy has the potential to provide renewable heat, electricity and transport fuel the world over, but controversy has dogged the technology’s development, especially in recent times. So what is the industry doing to redress this? Sarah Robertson talks to international bioenergy expert Ralph Sims.

Despite challenges, many renewable energy proponents believe the case for bioenergy is compelling. On one level, the use of biomass for heat, electricity and fuel production is mature, with an extensive supply and demand chain that offers advanced and developing nations the opportunity to capitalize on waste residues for local and national use. In addition, the development of pellets as a market in its own right offers global export potential in an energy hungry market.

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