The renewable gases from waste and biomass within and beyond the city of Sydney LGA, The varied waste streams, both organic and non organic, can be converted into gases and used in the planned trigeneration network. Energy crops have been excluded from this Master Plan to avoid any potential land use conflicts with food crops.
The biomass is the name given to any material which is recently derived from plants that use sunlight to grow. That is plant and animal material such as wood from forests, material left over from agricultural and forestry
processes, and organic industrial, human and animal wastes. It is classified as ‘combustible renewables and waste’.
Bioenergy also offers the potential for considerable economic benefits, including the increasing Australia's energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stimulating regional development.
Bioenergy is a renewable energy, the energy contained in biomass originally come from the sun. Through photosynthesis carbon dioxide in the air is transformed into other carbon containing molecules (e.g. sugars, starches and cellulose) in plants. The chemical energy that is stored in plants and animals or in their waste is called bio-energy. Naturely, by burning biomass its store of energy is released quickly and often in a useful way. So converting biomass into useful energy imitates the natural processes but at a faster rate. Provided biomass is not used faster than it can be produced, the energy obtained from biomass is considered a form of renewable energy. Using biomass energy means that the total amount of carbon dioxide in the environment stays reasonably constant, unlike burning fossil fuels which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Of all the existing renewable energy sources, biomass is the only one that stores solar energy as a convenient solid, liquid or gaseous fuel.
The sources of biomass are from wood from nature forests and woodlands, sewage wastes, forestry residues and so on.
Bioenergy in Australia, the Clean Energy Council’s Bioenergy Roadmap suggests that by 2020 the contribution from biomass for electricity generation could be 10,624 GWh per year or six times the current generation. It further identifies the long-term potential for electricity from biomass in 2050 to be as much as 72,629 GWh/year, which is approximately 40 times the current level. CSIRO has reported that there is potential for second generation biofuels to replace between 10% and 140% of current petrol only usage over time (Bio fuels in Australia, RIRDC 2007). At $1 a litre (before excise), replacing the current Australian current Australian transport fuels with renewable would represent sales of some $45 billion per year.
processes, and organic industrial, human and animal wastes. It is classified as ‘combustible renewables and waste’.
Bioenergy also offers the potential for considerable economic benefits, including the increasing Australia's energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and stimulating regional development.
Bioenergy is a renewable energy, the energy contained in biomass originally come from the sun. Through photosynthesis carbon dioxide in the air is transformed into other carbon containing molecules (e.g. sugars, starches and cellulose) in plants. The chemical energy that is stored in plants and animals or in their waste is called bio-energy. Naturely, by burning biomass its store of energy is released quickly and often in a useful way. So converting biomass into useful energy imitates the natural processes but at a faster rate. Provided biomass is not used faster than it can be produced, the energy obtained from biomass is considered a form of renewable energy. Using biomass energy means that the total amount of carbon dioxide in the environment stays reasonably constant, unlike burning fossil fuels which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Of all the existing renewable energy sources, biomass is the only one that stores solar energy as a convenient solid, liquid or gaseous fuel.
The sources of biomass are from wood from nature forests and woodlands, sewage wastes, forestry residues and so on.
Bioenergy in Australia, the Clean Energy Council’s Bioenergy Roadmap suggests that by 2020 the contribution from biomass for electricity generation could be 10,624 GWh per year or six times the current generation. It further identifies the long-term potential for electricity from biomass in 2050 to be as much as 72,629 GWh/year, which is approximately 40 times the current level. CSIRO has reported that there is potential for second generation biofuels to replace between 10% and 140% of current petrol only usage over time (Bio fuels in Australia, RIRDC 2007). At $1 a litre (before excise), replacing the current Australian current Australian transport fuels with renewable would represent sales of some $45 billion per year.
Reference:
1. Bioenergy AUSTRALIA, http://www.bioenergyaustralia.org/index.php.
2. Australia Institute of Energy
3. Australia Government, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Bioenergy.
1. Bioenergy AUSTRALIA, http://www.bioenergyaustralia.org/index.php.
2. Australia Institute of Energy
3. Australia Government, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Bioenergy.