Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Biomass
The correct answer is Biomass. - Biomass is a renewable energy source that comes from plants and animals.
- Biomass contains stored chemical energy from the sun.
- Plants produce biomass through photosynthesis.
- Biomass sources for energy include:-
- Wood and wood processing wastes — firewood, wood pellets, and wood chips, lumber and furniture mill sawdust, and waste, etc.
- Agricultural crops and waste materials — corn, soybeans, sugar cane, switchgrass, woody plants, and algae, and crop and food processing residues.
- Biogenic materials in municipal solid waste — paper, cotton, and wool products, and food, yard, and wood wastes.
- Animal manure and human sewage.
- Fossil fuel is a fuel formed by natural processes.
- It is natural fuel such as coal, Petroleum products, and Natural gas, that was formed millions of years ago from dead animals or plants in the ground.
- Burning either fossil fuels or biomass releases carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas.
- India's Rank in Global Energy Transition Index - 74.
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