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People have used biomass energy—energy from living things—since the earliest “cave men” first made wood fires for cooking or keeping warm. Today, biomass is used to fuel electric generators and other machinery.

Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy generated from the conversion of biomass into heat, electricity, biogas and liquid fuels.

Fossil fuels like oil or natural gas contain organic matter deposited in the ground millions of years ago. Biomass energy, on the other hand, comes from organisms that lived far more recently.

Over the years, biomass has become a popular alternative energy source. In fact, biomass has a lot of potential to be a reliable source of renewable energy to power our society.

Biomass is a renewable source of energy, derived from burning animal and plant waste.