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d. Then, some of the advantages and disadvantages of using biomass will addressed . A conclusion will plete the essay. Biomass in Brief Biomass is one of the oldest sources of energy in the world. Although we have been using it all the time, it may have been never heard about its scientific name. Biomass known as living material or specifically, it is the conversion of the stored energy in the dead trees, tree branches, wood, crops and even animals into energy so that we can use it. For example, The major categories of biomass fuels used in the Fahad Rafai 5 United States today include, wood processing residues, inforest residues, agricultural residues and urban wood residues. As a result, biomass energy can be found easily in any place and any time. In fact, biomass will not be useful for producing electrical power energy unless converted into another form. Consequently , if any pany wants to use biomass as a source of energy instead of oil or gas, it will need to collect the biomass ( plants, wood and so on ) and burn it in special places, then the heat of this burning can be used in a steam turbine to generate electricity. In the same way, power plants can use biomass in a different process which called Gasification. In this case, biomass is going to be heated at very high temperature degrees to produce flammable gases which can be used to rotate the turbine and produce electricity. According to the California Energy Commission web site, California produces about 60 million tons of biomass every year, which means around 2021 megawatt of electrical power. In fact, this power is enough to market and could supply about two million homes. Although biomass energy has been used many years ago, some countries still use it as a fuel in electrical power generation until now. In contrast, some countries stopped using it because of its environmental impacts. It has been said that biomass has been contributing to the environmental pollution. However, the benefits of this energy encouraged some societies to use it, for instance, BEG (The Biomass Energy Group) has concluded that a biomass industry in Scotland has the potential to supply as much as 450 MW of electricity from the wood fuel resource while employing over 2021 people and stimulating other sectors of the Scottish economy. In addition , EIA (The Energy Information Administrat