Sustainable Energy Sources: Biomass

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As the environment becomes more and more of a concern, many businesses are turning to sustainable energy sources to power their operations. One of these renewable energy sources is biomass.

Biomass is classified as any renewable energy source that uses biological material from living (or recently living) organisms. This includes sources such as wood, animal waste, gas and alcohol fuels; but the most common source is plant matter. Residues from forests, dead trees, tree stumps, garden clippings, wood chips and garbage are often used for biomass sources. These are incinerated to generate heat and electricity. Biomass can be used to generate power in smaller operations, or it can be converted into other forms of energy such as methane gas, ethanol and biodiesel.

Many companies in the UK are now thinking about using renewable sources of energy such as biomass for many different reasons. Firstly, many companies want to invest in sustainable energy as a way to improve their ‘green’ credentials. As consumers become increasingly concerned by environmental issues, it makes sense to take into account their feelings ...
... and respond to this as a company by switching to renewable energy. If sourced from the right company, biomass can be carbon neutral – now that’s green.

Another reason for making the change to renewable energy is that it could help you make use of resources that you already have. Many manufacturing operations generate by-products that would normally be discarded, such as wood chippings or plant debris. Could any of your businesses’ waste products be used for biomass?

The most important benefit of switching to biomass is that you could save money on your energy bills, especially if you are able to produce your own biomass. By using renewable energy sources your costs will be less subject to market fluctuations caused by the rising cost of oil and coal.

Energy company Dalkia is able to provide help and advice about making the switch to renewable energy sources such as biomass. We are committed to providing long term sustainable and renewable energy solutions. Dalkia uses life-expired wood as biomass and sorts and processes this into wood chips or pellets depending on quality. This provides a guaranteed renewable and carbon neutral energy supply for our customers.

Our biomass programme has a dedicated wood supply and the processing and logistics operation is run from a number of regional locations across the UK. To find out more about biomass, please visit the Dalkia website: http://www.dalkia.co.uk/.