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Biomass Fuels – Future Renewable Energy Source

There is a Biofuel making plant in Arizona that uses algae as its source for production. The plant is set up in a greenhouse like casing, allowing the sun to penetrate. The sunlight helps the algae grow. Long, clear, plastic bags flow down from the ceiling with flowing water. The algae grow inside of the plastic bags. The process is called vertebrae. The creator of the facility states, he could produce 30,000 gallons a year. If we took a tenth of New Mexico and filled it with algae growing facilities, they could produce enough these fuels for the entire country.

There are many controversies about creating the biomass. The different types of Biofuels that could be produced or are already in use, and resources that could be produced are listed:

Fossil fuels

Bio-diesel fuel from algae

Turning sunlight into liquid fuels

Using waste cooking oil to create fuels

Hydrogen fuel

Bio-based butanol

Biomass power

Thermo-chemical pathway

Cyanobacteria

Studies of Bio-fuels are currently in progress all across America. Our focus for studying is to develop a “green” product that is safer for the environment and to establish a new source of energy for powering transportation vehicles. We are trying to become independent on our own energy resource to resign from depending on foreign country oil production. Depending on other countries for energy resources is putting America at danger of limitations and lack of power. Scientifically establishing our own resources puts America back on track for sustainable life.

The world wants to know how using biofuels will benefit them as a society. Researchers are heavily exploring all their alternatives, and trying to get patents for legal purposes. What if we became a completely biomass dependent country? What are the negative results of using these fuels? How can we propel and move forward with the new energy products? Will we be able to use them in future products? These are questions that might be asked as we dive into details of using and creating its. Only time will tell if these Alternative Energy will be safe and reliable for our country’s use.

Thanate Tan is a Blogaholic and also like to help our Earth with going green campaign.

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The Underutilized Forest and Wood Biofuel

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As people are waiting for “them” to make biofuel available as a source of energy there are many of us who have been using forest biofuel to heat our homes for generations. This biofuel is sold on the free market without government subsidies or a need for more research and development.

Wood can be made into many biofuel products like methane, alcohol, or diesel and it can be burned directly to power electric generators to produce electricity. All of these are expensive and energy intensive. After refining wood into these biofuels the cost and energy used has not made wood biofuel a viable source of energy. The exception to that is burning wood to generate electricity which has experienced some commercial success.

What people often overlook is a form of wood biofuel that requires very little or no processing and that is wood as a heating fuel. While people are waiting for biofuel they are still using fossil fuels to heat their homes when they could switch today to an economically proven biofuel heat source which is to burn wood.

Since there is little or no processing required, direct heating with wood is more efficient than turning wood into another fuel such as diesel or electricity. The raw material is directly converted to the desired product which is heat.

The most basic form of wood biofuel is simple firewood for wood stoves and fireplaces. This is a very desirable form of energy for many homes but it’s not for everyone. Burning firewood does have some disadvantages such as wood handling, it can be messy and can produce smoke. Although modern wood stoves have come a long way in reducing emissions and efficiency. Modern wood stoves can burn with no visible smoke. Burning firewood is not as convenient as other heat sources since you have to continually feed fuel into the fire.

The alternative to fireplaces and firewood stoves is wood pellet stoves. Wood pellets require more processing but pellet stoves are more efficient than firewood stoves so it makes up for the difference. A pellet stove combines the use of renewable biofuel with the convenience of traditional electric, gas or oil heating systems.

Pellet stoves have automatic fuel feeding systems and are thermostatically controlled. Wood pellets are available today and have been proven as a heat source that is competitive and can even cost less than fossil fuels.

Both firewood and wood pellets are available as a practical source of forest biofuel that you can start using today. Which one you choose depends on your situation and preferences.