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Just as a fossil fuel can be burned to generate steam and drive a turbine, biomass can also be burned as a fuel to generate electricity. Biomass comes in many forms, such as wood and wood waste, agricultural waste, municipal waste, and energy crops. In the United States, biomass accounted for 1.5% of electricity generation, and was about 9% of electricity from renewables. Two-thirds of electricity from biomass comes from wood and wood waste. An advantage of using biomass as a fuel is that plants remove carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, thereby recycling the CO 2 made from combustion. The overall footprint of a biomass-to-electricity plant is dominated by the land area needed to grow and harvest the biomass fuel.
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- The Changing Energy Mix
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- 2020