Biomass Energy Facts

• Biomass is all plant and animal matter - anything that was alive
  
• In NH, biomass generally refers to low value wood from logging
  
• Tree tops, branches and other scraps are ground to wood chips
  
• The wood chips are burned by energy plants to make electricity
  
• Biomass fuel is renewable.  We can grow more in a short time
  
• Biomass is not a "fossil" fuel, like oil, gas, or coal
  
• Biomass gets it's energy from the sun, through photosynthesis
  
• Biomass plants are cleaner-burning than fossil fuel plants
  
• Energy from biomass produces almost no mercury or sulfur