Why Use Biomass For Energy?
Biomass is a renewable fuel that can be sustainably produced. It makes sense to use biomass in place of conventional, nonrenewable fossil fuels – oil, gas, and coal – for several good reasons: * Biomass fuel is a local product. Biomass is grown and harvested on local and regional forests and farms. Dollars spent on biomass fuel stay in the regional economy, creating jobs and supporting forestry and agriculture. * Biomass is easy to use and has high energy content. Wood pellets or wood chips are a clean-burning, high energy renewable fuel that is convenient to use and requires less storage space than other biomass fuels. * Biomass fuel prices are generally lower and more stable. Biomass fuels have increased by only about 1 percent per year over the past 20 years and have historically been lower-priced than fossil fuels. * Biomass energy is good for the environment. Using carbon-neutral biomass in place of fossil fuels helps reduce atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases, which contribut
