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Corn A biomass power station makes electricity from biomass fuel. Bio- means biological, as in living things. Biomass fuels are everywhere. Waste wood, walnut shells, landfill gasses, crops grown specifically for fuel, animal wastes, the list goes on and on. Examples would be a plant that burns waste wood chips to power a boiler that runs a steam turbine-generator, or methane gas from decaying matter in a landfill used to run a gas-turbine generator. Biofuels are also sometimes co-fired with coal to lower the emissions of a coal-fired plant.

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Where can you get biomass locally?

Biomass is any vegetation that will burn to produce electricity in a power station.


What is the cost for a biomass power station?

well you can get pretty good ones from the pound shop xx


Do you have to burn biomass to produce electricity?

Yes. Biomass is usually vegetation or trash. It is burnt in an ordinary power station to generate electricity, but without contributing to global warming.


Does biomass cost anything to generate?

Yes, you have to grow the plants, or collect the garbage, and there are maintenance costs for the power station, which can be the same as a fossil fuel (coal, oil and natural gas) power station, but without causing global warming.


Does biomass use heat to generate electricity?

Yes, you burn biomass to generate electricity, the same as a fossil fuel (coal, oil and natural gas) power station, except without causing global warming.


What fuel do they use kingnorth power station?

You mean Kingsnorth in the UK? It is not nuclear, coal is used there.


What are biomass's environmental disadvantages?

From a Power Station point of view: It can lower the efficiency of boilers when it is used by plants which mix it with other combustible materials. Eg: A coal fired power station can only mix a very limited amount of biomass with the coal to run the boilers efficiently. It requires a large space to be stored correctly. Biomass gets wet very easily and holds moisture. This may mean it has to be disposed of or dried out before it can be used, which requires extra plant and energy to run. Some hardwoods used in biomass can, in very rare cases, cause cancer. When the biomass is turned into woodchip, the dust is easily inhaled.


How does biomass get its power?

By burning it.


How does biomass get power?

By burning it.


The price of biomass and where it comes from?

Biomass power is power that comes from plants. Biofuel, as the source of biomass power is called, costs about $5,000 a ton. Crops used as biofuel are mainly corn, soy, and sometimes wood.


How biomass gets power?

By burning it.


What device is used to convert biomass?

A biomass converter, also known as a biomass boiler or biomass power plant, is typically used to convert biomass into electricity, heat, or biofuels through processes such as combustion, gasification, or anaerobic digestion.