Journal des bioprocédés et des biotechniques

Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. Biomass is any organic material which has stored sunlight in the form of chemical energy. As a fuel it may include wood, wood waste, straw, manure, sugarcane, and many other by products from a variety of agricultural processes. Some of the important components of the bio energy market are biogas, starch-based and cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel, etc. Presently, the biofuels segment is the only one to have shown great promise of achieving large-scale CO2 emission reductions. According to analysts, the growth of this segment is also expected to create jobs, improve energy security, and boost economic growth. The bio energy market faces challenges in terms of technological assistance, economics, and knowledge. Several environmentalists are also opposed to the idea of burning forest biomass as it leads to greenhouse gas emissions. However, the biggest opportunity for the global bio energy market is the increasing demand for electricity across the world.

Biomass is material of plant or animal that is used for production of energy and use as raw material for various industrial processes. This energy production process is called as Bioenergy. It is mostly found in the recently living plants or living plants and biological waste. It can be purposely grown energy crops, wood or forest residues, waste from food crops, horticulture, food processing, animal farming or human waste from sewage plants. Biomass is fuel that is developed from a renewable and sustainable source of energy and organic materials used to create different forms of power and electricity. Biomass power is carbon neutral electricity generated from organic waste that can be renewable, or dumped in landfills, openly burned, or left as fodder for forest fires.