Biomass
Issues
- Small scale and intermittent - not enough to materially provide security of supply (not constant)
- Economically unattractive
- Wind - we live in a low wind speed region
- Biomass - fuel supply and transport issue
Possible Solutions
- Systematic promotion with proper policy and incentives for viability from government
- Focus on developing mini-hydro, solar, biomass and biogas
- Need feed-in tariff
Biomass helps to reduce landfills hills by reprocessing the waste to become biofuel. This biofuels will be burned to heat water and generate electricity, yeps the typical process of power generation. The problem with burning carbon is the product will be carbon dioxide gas. Don't forget the smokes too.
During our Renewable Energy lecture, we learnt that biomass suppliers (mostly palm plantation companies) prefer to sell their product to outsiders instead of generating their own power plant. It is more profitable of course. Same applies to our petroleum, remember?
To conclude things up, all I can say is, we have to sacrifice something in order to gain something unless we want to go back to the old days. I need my smartphone. I need my computer and of course I want to travel around the globe with ease. Think about it.
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