Energy from Biomass (Biomass and Bio-conversion) both terrestrial (those grown derivatives. It includes forest ir energy content on “energy , oi ural gas, which takes millions biomass can be considered a renewable energy source because plant life renews and add’s to itself every year. It can also be considered a form of solar energy as the latter is used indirectly to grow these plants by photosynthesis. As the word-clearly signifies; biomass means organic matter and photo- chemical approach to harness solar energy means harnessing of solar energy by photosynthesis. Solar energy is stored in the form of chemical energy. Hence Solar energy — Photosynthesis > Biomass —» Energy generation. ‘Out of several sources of renewable energy like solar, wind, ocean thermal energy, tidal wave energy, Geothermal energy, nuclear energy, energy through are important feature in our country. Biomass resources fall into three categories: @ Biomass in its traditional solid mass (wood and agriculture residue) and 4 biomass in non-traditional form (converted into liquid-fuels). The first category is to burn the biomass directly and get the energy. In the second category, the biomass is converted into ethanol (ethyl alcohol) and methanol (methyl-aleohol) to be used as liquid fuels in engines. The third category is to ferment. the biomass anaerobically to obtain a gaseous fuel called bio-gas, It is about this bio gas detailed discussion will be given in subsequent article, Biomass includes 00d waste and bagasse, which have potential of generating substantial electric Power. All these bio-mass are highly dispersed and bulky and contain large amount, of water (50 to 90%). Thus, it is not economical to transport them over long: distances, conversion into usable energy must take place close to the Source, which is ‘imited to particular regions. However, biomass can be converted to liquid or gaseous fuels, thereby increasing its energy density and making feasible transportation over: f oe... include (1) sugar crops such as sugarcane and sweet Sorghum; (2) herbaceous crops, which are non-woody plants that are easily converted into liquid or gaseous fuels; and (3) silviculture (forestry) plants such as cultured hybrid. sycamore, sweet gum, alder, eucalyptus, and other hard woods, Coren fee ere: on the screening and identification of apecies that ars 241e. The fami siproductionfom plant eros le feed stocks incav w matercesses whereby oy, lary fuels and id eee waste 0 K for further process ices, which are designed!