Biomass: How clean is energy from waste and plants really?

Clean energy from re-growing resources and waste. Biomass sounds like a perfect alternative power source. Globally, at least 5% of energy come from biomass. But what does it mean if we use organic matter for fuel or electricity? Credits: Reporter: Nicole Ris Editor: David Jacobi Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörer & Joanna Gottschalk We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we’ll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #Biomass #Sustainability Read More: Land competition between fuel and food: Biomass industry threatens European forests: in Quantifying biomass-related forest growth: Total methane emission rates and losses from 23 biogas plants: A global renewable energy status report (2020): Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:48 Anaerobic Digestion 03:10 Biofuels 05:00 Traditional Use of Biomass 05:30 Wood Pellets 09:55 Conclusion