What is biomass?

Biomass is the total quantity of living tissue oer tree, per unit of area or in a plant community such as a forest. Biomass represents the amount of organic matter present in the body of a living organism at a given time. Simply, total biological contents is called biomass

Photosynthesis is the major source of biomass; it provides 120 billion tons of biomass every year.

Historically biomass accumulated in living plants primarily trees have been the main energy source for domestic cooking, space heating, food nad mineral processing. Therefore biomass fuel used for these purpose are grouped under the class as traditional energy biomass can be directly for heating and cooling.

Sources of biomass

1. Woody biomass
2. Non woody biomass
3. The non woody animal wastes
4. Other wastes