bioenergy
Noun
Meaning
Energy produced from a biological resource such as biomass as biofuel.
(New Age) A form of spiritual energy or life force.
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Examples
AKST has played a role in improving the traditional bioenergy technologies, such as design and supply of efficient cooking stoves, and helping people to move to more sustainable, efficient and less harmful forms of energy.
“By 2050, we could get to five or six gigatons of carbon removed from the atmosphere by plants, and I think a major part of that could come from bioenergy crops like grasses and trees.
It’s called “bioenergy with carbon capture and storage,” or BECCS.
Unless bioenergy plantations are strictly confined to marginal lands, increasing the area of land that is used for bioenergy plantations reduces the land available for agriculture and livestock.
This bioenergy industry helps the local economy through providing employment opportunities.
Yet, the leaked policy document is already causing jitters in the bioenergy sector, which questioned the Commission’s aim to minimise the use of “whole trees” in energy production.