BIOENERGY

Bioenergy is renewable energy produced from recently living biological material or organic matter, termed biomass. Conversion of biomass into energy takes a number of forms including direct heat from burning wood or other plant material or electricity produced from burning of those same materials. Biomass can be converted into biogas through a biological conversion known as anaerobic digestion or a synthetic gas (syngas) produced by a partial combustion system called gasification. These biogases can replace natural gas and LPG, both fossil fuels. It can also be a transport fuel including compressed biogas, ethanol from fermented biomass and biodiesel from vegetable oils and fats. Newly developed cellulosic biofuels (green petrol and diesel) can be produced directly from plant matter. For any fossil fuel-based product there's an equivalent replacement product that can be derived from biomass... The Victorian Bioenergy Network (VBN) is an association of people who share a common..