Emerging biomass industries

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Biomass is used in increasingly diverse ways for multiple purposes. This page is intended to document the emerging biomass industries that are creating a "bio-based economy."

Contents 1 Biofuels 2 Biopower 3 Bioheat 4 Biobased products 5 Biochemicals

Biofuels

See the following pages:

• Biodiesel
• Bioethanol

Biopower

See the following pages:

• Direct biomass firing

Bioheat

See the following pages:

• Combined heat and power

Biobased products

See the following pages:

• Bioplastics

Biochemicals

	Biomass	edit
Biomass energy - Biopower/Bioelectricity | Woody biomass | Emerging biomass industries Biomass sources: Traditional - Trees/Wood - Agricultural waste | Potential - Seaweed Biomass-related events (Biomass event archive) Biomass-related news (Biomass news archive)

	Bioenergy feedstocks	edit
Biodiesel feedstocks: Currently in use: Animal fat | Castor beans | Coconut oil | Jatropha | Jojoba | Karanj | Palm oil | Rapeseed | Soybeans | Sunflower seed | Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) Currently in research and development: Algae | Halophytes (Salt-tolerant plants) Ethanol feedstocks: First-generation: Cassava | Corn | Milo | Nypa palm | Sorghum | Sugar beets | Sugar cane | Sugar palm |Sweet potato | Waste citrus peels | Wheat | Whey Second-generation: For cellulosic technology - Grasses: Miscanthus, Prairie grasses, Switchgrass | Trees: Hybrid poplar, Mesquite, Willow Charcoal feedstocks: Bamboo | Wood Waste-to-energy (MSW)

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