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Environmental impacts of this type of energy production
- pollutes air
- uses a lot of water for cooling
- causes global warming
How electricity is produced from this source?
Advantages of this type of energy production
- by burning animal or plant based fuels
- ex: wood, straw, manure, plant based oils, and decaying natural materials
-animal or plant based fuels are burned to create thermal energy. It turns the water into steam. That is used to turn the turbine to create electricity/power.
- renewable because plant and animal waste is continuously being produced
- 2 ways to get biomass ; leftover biomass and growing bio fuel crops
Bibliography
Biomass Energy Centre. (n.d.). Welcome to the website of the BIOMASS Energy Centre . Retrieved October 28, 2013, from http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/
Biomass
Disadvantages of this type of energy production
Biomass Energy Development. (n.d.). Biomass Energy Development. Retrieved October 28, 2013, from http://teeic.anl.gov/er/biomass/index.cfm
definition: Plant material, vegetation, or agricultural waste used as a fuel or energy source.
Barker, C. (2010). Science perspectives 9. Toronto: Nelson Education.
- used a lot of water for cooling and may be used to grow biomass plant crops
- impacts air quality
- takes space for food crops
- causes global warming
Union of Concerned Scientists. (2013, March 5). Environmental Impacts of Biomass for Electricity. Retrieved September 27, 2013, from http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/environmental-impacts-biomass-for-electricity.html
Personal opinion on whether this type of energy production should be used as a source of electricity (Jason)
Personal opinion on whether this type of energy production should be used as a source of electricity (Elena)
I think this should be a source of electricity because it is a renewable resource that does not pollute as much as other resources. It also is basically everywhere so it is easy to get.
I believe that biomass should be used as a source of energy because biomass isn't toxic to the environment because it practically is the environment and if there were say a biomass fuel spill, it would be much less damaging than an oil spill.