{"id":4694,"date":"2017-03-02T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T21:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ieabioenergy.com\/newtask32\/?page_id=4694"},"modified":"2021-09-16T07:47:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T07:47:11","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/task32.ieabioenergy.com\/overview\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"Introduction\"><\/a>Worldwide, interest in using biomass for energy is increasing because of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Political benefits &#8211; eg the reduction of dependency on imported oil;<\/li>\n<li>Employment creation &#8211; biomass fuels create up to 20 times more employment than coal and oil;<\/li>\n<li>Environmental benefits such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, reduction of acid rain, and soil improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Already, around 12% of the global energy required is generated by combustion of biomass sources, which vary from wood to animal by-products and black liquor. A wide variety of appliances is used to convert this biomass into useful energy.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"70%\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"100%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/task32.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/03\/sawdust.jpg\" width=\"343\" height=\"234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" width=\"100%\"><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Many countries have abundant resources of unused biomass readily available<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In developing countries, around 35% of the energy used originates from biomass, but most of this is for non-commercial use in traditional applications (such as cooking). In a country such as Nepal, over 90% of the primary energy is produced from traditional biomass fuels.<\/p>\n<p>In industrialised countries, the total contribution of biomass to the primary energy mix is only 3%. This mainly involves the combustion of commercial biomass fuels in modern devices &#8211; for example, woodchip-fired cogeneration plants for heat and power. Other applications are domestic space heating and cooking, industrial heat supply, and large-scale power<br \/>\ngeneration in coal-fired plants.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 48.6726%;\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/task32.ieabioenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/03\/firehole.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"232\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><i><span style=\"font-size: small;\">View inside a step grate boiler (Courtesy<br \/>\nof TNO, Netherlands)<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Combustion is the most common way of converting biomass to energy. It is well understood, relatively straightforward, and commercially available, and can be regarded as a proven technology. However, the desire to burn uncommon fuels, improve efficiencies, cut costs, and decrease emission levels continuously results in new technologies being developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worldwide, interest in using biomass for energy is increasing because of: Political benefits &#8211; eg the reduction of dependency on imported oil; Employment creation &#8211; biomass fuels create up to 20 times more employment than coal and oil; Environmental benefits such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, reduction of acid rain, and soil improvement. 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