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biomass, the weight or total quantity of living organisms of one animal or plant species (species biomass) or of all the species in a community (community biomass), commonly referred to a unit area or volume of habitat.
Biomass is renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals. Biomass can be burned directly for heat or converted to liquid and gaseous fuels through various processes. Biomass was the largest source of total annual U.S. energy consumption until the mid-1800s.
Biomass (ecology), the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. This can be the biomass of particular species or the biomass of a particular community or habitat.
1. : the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat) 2. : plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Biomass refers to renewable organic matter derived from plants and animals, containing stored chemical energy from the sun, generated through photosynthesis. It can be directly combusted for heat or transformed into liquid and gaseous fuels through various processes.
Biomass (in the context of energy generation) is matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms which is used for bioenergy production. There are variations in how such biomass for energy is defined, e.g. only from plants, [8] or from plants and algae, [9] or from plants and animals. [10]
Biomass contains stored chemical energy from the sun that is produced by plants through photosynthesis. Biomass can be burned directly for heat or converted to liquid and gaseous fuels through various processes. Liquid biofuels and biogas are energy carriers, or currencies, that are easier to use, transport, and store.