Bioenergy
January 2024 – Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy that is derived from organic matter, known as biomass. Biomass is used to generate clean electricity, carbon neutral gas, and sustainable biofuels. Power plants burn biomass to produce electricity and heat. Biomass can also be converted to biogas and biofuels. Bioenergy sources include wood chips, farming crops, food waste, and manure. There are many benefits to it’s utilization such as revenue from electricity generation and new job creation. In addition, replacing fossil fuel with bioenergy will reduce carbon emissions mitigating climate change. The use of this sustainable form of energy has grown as a result of increasing efforts to utilize waste for it’s production. In 2006, the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) was established to promote it for sustainable development.
In this slideshow, you will learn about the definition, generation, sources, benefits, UN policy, and global statistics of it’s production and utilization.