biomass
noun
bio·mass
ˈbī-ō-ˌmas 
1
: the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat)
2
: plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel
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Regulatory agencies around the world generally consider biomass – or organic material from animals and plants, including wood pellets – as a renewable energy source.
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Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
These are wind, bio-energy (made from biomass, a form of organic matter), waves, the tides, and geothermal sources.
—Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
In recent years, the biomass industry has come under increasing scrutiny.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, doubling its biomass as quickly as every two days to conquer small bodies of water.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024
One way to do this, analysts suggested at the time, was to use biomass instead of fossil fuels.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
Heat pumps, biomass stoves and boilers have a separate annual credit worth up to $2,000.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
Previously, scientists have tallied how much more biomass humans take out of the wild than other predators.
—Emily Harwitz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
Engineers then inject water or liquid biomass into the fractures and pump it to the surface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2024
Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
These are wind, bio-energy (made from biomass, a form of organic matter), waves, the tides, and geothermal sources.
—Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
In recent years, the biomass industry has come under increasing scrutiny.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
The buoyant greenery is azolla, a tiny fern that grows like crazy, doubling its biomass as quickly as every two days to conquer small bodies of water.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024
One way to do this, analysts suggested at the time, was to use biomass instead of fossil fuels.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
Heat pumps, biomass stoves and boilers have a separate annual credit worth up to $2,000.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
Previously, scientists have tallied how much more biomass humans take out of the wild than other predators.
—Emily Harwitz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
Engineers then inject water or liquid biomass into the fractures and pump it to the surface.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2024
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biomass
noun
bio·mass
-ˌmas
: the amount of living matter (as in a unit area or volume of habitat)
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