Energy

What is it for?

The main applications of biomass are: energy production (biopower), fuel synthesis (biofuel) and product synthesis (bioproduct).
In the energy field, wood and cellulose biomass (wood and by-products of grass, tree and forest cultivation) is mainly used as multi-purpose fuel: household heating, to produce electric energy and industrial uses.
Other sectors affected by the processing of this raw material are: the sectors of paper, cellulose, particle-board, compounds, animal food and chemical products.
“Energy culture”, i.e. the cultivation of vegetal species growing rapidly, are generally used in the production of bio-fuels. For example, the processing of organic matter of plants producing vegetal oil and sugars (sunflower, sugar sorghum and beetroot) are the raw material of bio-ethanol, which can be used as an additive for petrol and bio-diesel, that is a mixture similar to gas-oil. 
Bio-fuels, as well as producing heat and/or electric power, can be used as a car propeller, both mixed with other fuels or pure.