Biomass CHP
Technology Outline
Biomass energy technologies refer to those technologies using plant matters or animal wastes to produce energy. Biomass energy is considered as renewable energy because the energy content of plant matters originated from the solar energy absorbed during photosynthesis.
Biomass can be derived from a variety of sources, including
- Forestry residues: thinning residues, wood chips, spurning residues
- Industrial residues: wood chips and sawdust, residues from furniture industry
- Agricultural residues: corn stover, rice hulls, sugarcane bagasse, and animal waste
- Energy crops: willow and switchgrass
Municipal organic waste is in fact also one form of biomass.
Hong Kong does not have forestry industries or sizeable agricultural industries. Topographically, Hong Kong has a mountainous terrain with limited flat land, and is not suitable for energy crop plantation development. There are very limited biomass resources, except for municipal organic waste.
