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Energy Technologies
Direct combustion of biomass ranges from burning wood in fireplaces and stoves to burning dandified biomass to yield process heat or steam, and/ or electric power generation. Direct combustion is the simplest biomass technology and may be very economical if the biomass resource is nearby. Cogeneration concerns the sequential generation of heat or steam and electricity or mechanical energy using a single heat source. Biomass powered furnaces, boilers, or engines can cogenerate electricity for on-site use or sale to a utility. Electric power generators can use the heat they cogenerate for on-site process heat. Fuel saving is the major incentive for the use of cogeneration.
Major Biomass Resources
| Input | Energy Products |
| Wood, straw, dandified biomass, municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, sawmill waste | Heat, steam, electricity |
