Sustainability is the key issue currently in the energy sector. To ensure mankind’s future, it is necessary to make use of renewable energy rather than continuing to rely on fossil fuels. There are various types of renewable energy options, such as solar energy and wind energy. However, only biomass can be used for a wide range of applications, for example wood pellets and wood chips (see Figure 1) can be used in co-firing power plants to produce heat and electricity while biodiesel is used in the transport sector.
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Figure : Solid biomass fuels (from upper-left hand with counter-clockwise rotation: wood pellets 6mm, torrefied pellets 6mm, wood chips 0-40mm).
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