WHAT IS BIOMASS?
Materials from agriculture or logging can be burned or gasified, and are called biomass.
Wood: Chips from tree trimmers, wood pellets from logs, waste lumber, logging slash.
Corn stover: Parts of the corn plant, including cobs, left after the kernels are harvested.
Ag residue: Hulls, small seeds and other plant material left after grain processing.
Energy crops: Switchgrass or other perennial grasses.
Animal waste such as poultry litter.
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