How Green Is Biomass Energy?

Audio Report on Mar 28, 2011 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Engineering, Environment, Radio
Science Education Collections: Energy, HS Earth Science

 How Green is Biomass Energy? Educator Guide ( pdf ) A resource for using QUEST audio in the classroom.

California is hungry for renewable energy. Solar and wind power have taken off thanks to the state's ambitious clean energy goals. But there's another way to generate electricity — by using organic material like agricultural and tree waste. It's known as biomass power, but as Lauren Sommer reports, some say it's not as green as it seems.

Additional Links

• U.S. Deparment of Energy's Biomass Program
• California Biomass Collaborative
• Biomass Energy - Natural Resources Defense Council
• West Biofuels
• How Green Is Biomass Energy?