Cooking Biomass to Create Bioenergy

As reserves of fossil fuels dwindle and the need to cut carbon dioxide emissions becomes paramount the search is on for renewable energy alternatives, which are also carbon neutral.

The hunt for viable forms of “bioenergy” is well advanced at Aston University, in the West Midlands of the UK, where a research team are leading the field in the development of “fast pyrolysis”, which can convert biomass into a biofuel through a carbon neutral process.