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CT: There is a wide range of biomass materials that are produced as byproducts, residues or wastes from some other process, operation or industry. many of these have a valuable energy content that can usefully be exploited. In many cases this may have the added benefit of divertin the material from landfill.
S: http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk/portal/page?_pageid=75,225247&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL (last access: 11 February 2016)
N: 1. residue (n): Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin residuum, from neuter of residuus left over, from residēre to remain.
2. Something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process.
3. Defined as the use of wood and plant biomass to generate electricity and heat, bioenergy is a growing renewable-energy technology. Biomass includes forest and sawmill residue, such as bark, sawdust, wood chips, trees, agricultural residues and organic waste.
4. By converting wood processing waste into a green energy source, used in mills and beyond, British Columbia’s (B.C.) forest sector utilizes most of the wood fibre in each log. The emerging bioenergy industry in B.C. and throughout Canada has the potential to significantly reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
5. The results of “The possible contribution of agricultural crop residues to renewable energy targets in Europe: A spatially explicit study” show that the estimated crop residue resources in EU-27 could provide fuel for about 850 plants expected to produce about 1500 PJ/yr. Mobilization needs for the residues are also estimated, leading to a total amount of 1.5×1012–2×1012 tkm are necessary for the full potential exploitation.
S: 1 & 2. MW – http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/residue (last access: 11 February 2016). 3 & 4. http://www.naturallywood.com/emerging-trends/bioenergy (last access: 11 February 2016). 5. http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/remea/possible-contribution-agricultural-crop-residues-renewable-energy-targets-europe-spatially-explicit (last access: 11 February 2016).
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CR: biomass, biomass energy, ecology, environment, hazardous waste, household waste recycling centre, inert waste, landfill, municipal solid waste, olive mill wastewater, recycling, spill, vegetable water, waste.
