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• Biomass — refers to living and recently dead biological material that can be used as fuel or for industrial production. Most commonly, biomass refers to plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce biofuel, but it also includes plant or animal… …   Wikipedia

• Biomass (ecology) — Biomass, in ecology, is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass , which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass , which is the mass of all… …   Wikipedia

• Milltown Biomass-to-Energy Power Station — Milltown Biomass to Energy Generating Station Location near Milltown, Indiana Status Active Commission date Unit 1: 2009 Owner(s) Liberty Green Renewables …   Wikipedia

• tropical rainforest — Introduction also spelled  tropical rain forest        luxuriant forest, generally composed of broad leaved trees and found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator.  Rainforests are vegetation types dominated by broad leaved trees …   Universalium

• Ecology — For other uses, see Ecology (disambiguation). Ecology …   Wikipedia

• Oil palm — African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

• Wood fuel — is wood used as fuel. The burning of wood is currently the largest use of energy derived from a solid fuel biomass. Wood fuel can be used for cooking and heating, and occasionally for fueling steam engines and steam turbines that generate… …   Wikipedia

• Solar energy — is the light and radiant heat from the Sun that powers Earth s climate and weather and sustains life. Since ancient times it has been harnessed for human use through a range of technologies. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources… …   Wikipedia

• Carbon offset — Part of a series on Green economics Concepts …   Wikipedia

• Tree — For other uses, see Tree (disambiguation). Trees on a mountain in northern Utah during early autumn …   Wikipedia

• global warming — an increase in the earth s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. [1975 80] * * * Potential increase in global average surface temperatures resulting from… …   Universalium