The U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration
Annual Energy Outlook 2005
“End-use demand for energy from marketed renewables, such as wood, grows by 1.0 percent per year. Biomass used in the industrial sector, mostly as a byproduct fuel in the pulp and paper industry, is the largest source of renewable fuel for end use.”
- Biomass is organic, plentiful and renewable material source of energy, wood, crops, manure and organic garbage, such as waste grease from restaurants.
- Biodiesel is the fastest growing alternative fuel in the United States. Biodiesel produces lower emissions of carbon dioxide, sulfur oxide, particulates and carbon monoxide, sulfur and unburned hydrocarbons than regular diesel. When blended with regular diesel, it can reduce emissions.
- Use of biomass reduces the need for and the rising costs of oil and gas.
Burning biomass produces steam and heat which can be used for making electricity or for heating industries and homes.
Biomass can be converted to methane gas and fuels like clean-burning ethanol and biodiesel.
- “About 90 percent of the ethanol produced in the United States is used to make “E10” or “gasohol” a mixture of 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. Any gasoline powered engine can use E10.”[1]
- Using new technology, such as the Ashworth Combustor[2], offers flexibility in burning coal or biomass with emissions well below the EPA standards.
[1] U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Informtion Administration, www.eia.doe.gov.
[2] See the specifications on the Ashworth Combustor at www.clearstack.com.