Energy from Biological Resources

Biological resources refer to the living landscape—plants, animals, and other natural elements—and are vital to society for the services they give as well as the difficulties they may cause. Biological energy resources, commonly known as biomass, are a diverse collection of materials derived from living or recently living organisms. For renewable energy and green chemistry applications, biological resources are currently the best alternative to fossil fuels or petrochemical solvents. Bioenergy is biofuel or biomass-derived energy. Any organic material that has absorbed sunlight and stored it as chemical energy is known as biomass. Wood, energy crops, and garbage from woods, yards, and farms are examples. Because biomass (for example, wood logs) can potentially be used as a fuel, some people use the phrases biomass and biofuel interchangeably. The term "biofuel" is primarily used to refer to liquid or gaseous transportation fuels.