Biomass

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Biomass

• Definition of Biomass
• Use of Biomass in the world
• Biomass combined heat and power station in
  Recklinghausen
• Facts and figures
• Outlook for the future

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What is Biomass?

• Wood chips
• Wood pellets?
• Grain
• Litter / Straw
• Liquid manure
• Waste wood

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So biomass is

• any material recently derived from plants that
  use sunlight to grow, i.e.
• plant animal material, e.g.
• wood from forests,
• material left over from agricultural and
  forestry processes
• organic industrial, human and animal wastes.

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Use of Biomass in the world

• About 11 of the worlds energy comes from
  biomass.

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Biomass combined heat- and powerstation in
Recklinghausen
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Facts figures about the Power station

• 100,000 tons waste wood annually
• produce more than the total energy demand of all
  of Recklinghausen
• Co2 savings 93,000 tons
• 40,000 litres of fuel oil
• 43,000 cubic metres of natural gas
• Ash residue 1

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Future prospects

• In 12 years nearly twice as much power out of
  renewable energy as today
• planning a new one
• Germany- until 2030 -15 biomass