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BIOENERGY

Bioenergy are diversified systems to convert biomass resources into heat, power and transportation fuels. Biomass is the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from agriculture (including vegetable and animal substances), forestry and related industries, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste. Conventional crops for non-food use: starch crops (maize, wheat, corn, barley), oil crops (rape seed, sunflower) and sugar crops (sugar beet, sweet sorghum...) Dedicated crops: short rotation forestry (willow, poplar) and herbaceous (grasses) Forestry by-products: logging residues, thinnings, etc. Agricultural by-products: straw, animal manure, etc. Industrial by-products: residues from food, and wood-based industries Biomass Waste: demolition wood waste, sewage sludge and organic fraction of municipal solid waste.

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