Biomass

thumb|Bundles of rice straw thumb|Pile of stacked small rectangular straw bales sheltered under a clear tarpaulin thumb|Straw lines and a Combine Harvester|combine harvester Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield by weight of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making.

thumb|upright|A sample of biodiesel

thumb|270px|Simple sketch of household biogas plant

thumb|A collection of rice husks, an example of lignocellulosic biomass. Biomass is material produced by the growth of microorganisms, plants or animals. Beyond this general definition, there are differences in how the term is used and applied depending on industry or subject-matter norms. For example, it may be more narrowly defined as just plant matter, or as a combination of plant and animal matter.

species of plant

thumb|right|250px|Sugarcane bagasse in Hainan, China Bagasse ( ) is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after crushing sugarcane or sorghum stalks to extract their juice. It is used as a biofuel for the production of heat, energy, and electricity, and in the manufacture of pulp and building materials. Agave bagasse is similar, but is the material remnants after extracting blue agave sap.

thumb|Woodchips, with hand for scale Woodchips are small- to medium-sized pieces of wood formed by cutting or chipping larger pieces of wood such as trees, branches, logging residues, stumps, roots, and wood waste.

animal feces that has been dried in order to be used as a fuel source

Crops grown solely for energy production by combustion

plant dry matter

carbon captured by the world's coastal ocean ecosystems

Fuel source made from green waste

synthesis of fuel from biomass

species of plant

moderate temperature water-based process to convert biomass to a coal-like substance

Bioasphalt is an asphalt alternative made from non-petroleum based renewable resources.

generates heat from biomass