presentation on biomass

1. PRESENTED BY
RAJBALA PURNIMA PRIYA
PRESENTATION ON BIOMASS BASED
ENERGY ON THE MOVE

2. WHY BIOMASS BASED ENERGY IS
ON THE MOVE ?
 The rising energy prices, geopolitics as well as concerns over increasing
oil prices, national security, and the impacts of greenhouse gas
emissions on global climate change are driving large-scale efforts to
implement bioenergy alternatives. Markets for energy generated from
biomass are expanding at a fast pace.
 Biomass is non-fossil material of biological origin from forest, energy
crops, agriculture and different kind of wastes. Boenergy is produced in
a sustainable manner .
 The growth of biomass-based markets for transport fuel is an
expanding geographical process driven by regulation in the European
Union (EU).
 Setting up a certification system involves the process of development of
sustainability criteria and their evaluation.
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3. Biomass
 Biomass is any organic material, may include wood, wood waste,
straw, manure, sugar cane and many other byproducts from a variety
of agricultural processes.
 Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived
from biological sources.
 Biofuel (also called agro fuel) is a bioorganic fuel .It is obtained by
the fermentation.

4. BioFuels
1. Ethanol
 Created by fermentation of starches / Sugars
 Active research on cellulosic fermentation
2. Biodiesel
 Organic oils combined with alcohols
 Creates ethyl or methyl esters
3. SynGas Biofuels
 Syngas (H2 & CO) converted to methanol, or liquid fuel similar to
diesel

5. How Biomass Works
1. The waste wood, tree branches and other scraps are gathered
together in big trucks.
2. The trucks bring the waste from factories and from farms to a
biomass power plant.
3. In biomass power plant the biomass is dumped into huge hoppers.
4. This is then fed into a furnace where it is burned.
5. The heat is used to boil water in the boiler.
6. The energy in the steam is used to turn turbines and generators.
7. It is very much like geothermal energy, but it recycles the plants
waste, rather then tapping into the earth.

6. Environmental Advantages
1. Renewable resource
2. Reduces landfills
3. Protects clean water supplies
4. Reduces acid rain and smog
5. Reduces greenhouse gases
• Carbon dioxide
• Methane

7. CONCLUSION
 This report has argued that the EU’s regulation on liquid biofuel for
transport is a prominent example of how certification can serve as a
regulatory mechanism that facilitates regional territorialisation at a
global scale.
 The report has unpacked three relations they are:
1. The specific features of liquid biofuel for transport as a commodity
within regulation defined by the EU.
2. The role of this commodity plays in the EU’s territorialisation
process.
3. The political-economic conditions come EU biofuel regulation that
affect firm behavior, specifically with regards to accumulation
processes.