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gasDue to the call for to tackle climate change and global warming, particular buzzwords get thrown about. Renewable energy is one of the words then again many people don’t really understand what is and what isn’t renewable energy. For an power source to be renewable, the resources, which were used to generate the energy, must be replaced within the life of its use. Fossil fuels for example are forms of none renewable energy, as our rate of consumption of fossil far exceeds their normal development and replacement. Wind, solar and geothermal are forms of alternative energy, as the source of power is almost always available.

Though these forms of renewable energy are important to help to manufacture green power, they cannot offer enough energy to meet our total energy requirements. Therefore other forms of renewable energy must be well thought-out and used. Biomass and wood fuels are a further form of renewable energy that must be looked at. To obtain energy from biomass and wood fuels they must be burnt, this can either be in the form of conformist combustion, or it can be through more advanced technologies such as gasification.

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