GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM BIOMASS AND WASTE

Electricity may be generated from a range of biofuels which are themse lves derived from a wide variety of biologically based feedstocks. Sou rce materials comprise both biomass of agricultural or forestry origin and waste matter. These sources of energy are becoming increasingly i mportant in both the developed as well as the developing nations, prov iding viable and environmentally attractive fuels able to compete effe ctively with more conventional energy sources in niche markets. Given further development, biofuels have the potential to provide a signific ant fraction of the world's electricity generation needs.