Biomass is nothing less than humans’ original fuel and building material. Long before we discovered the potential of fossil fuels and began to exploit them to power machinery, we used biomass to heat and to cook, and for shelter. Many of us still do.
Biomass is organic matter, material that comes from plants or animals. The most obvious biomass energy source is wood, but heat and warmth can also be generated from plants as diverse as grasses, cotton, sunflowers, palm nuts, wheat, sugar or rice.
The one common characteristic to all plant biomass is that these plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow and release it when they’re combusted. They’re carbon-neutral.
Active Energy Group plc (LON:AEG) is a biomass based renewable energy business focussed on using its proprietary technology to transform low-cost or waste biomass material into renewable biomass fuels, thus creating next generation biomass products. AEG’S CoalSwitch® is a second generation biomass fuel that has been tested, and proven, to replace the traditional coal fired-power industry and existing renewable biomass industry without requiring plant modification.
