Green Chemistry & Engineering

Biofuels and Alternative Energy

Bioenergy comes from biofuels. Biofuels are fuels made directly or indirectly from organic material – biomass – as well as plant materials and animal waste. Overall, bioenergy covers some 100% of the entire world's energy demand. ancient unprocessed biomass like fuel-wood, charcoal, and animal dung accounts for many of this and represents the most supply of energy for an outsized variety of individuals in developing countries WHO use it principally for cookery and heating. A distinction is formed between primary and secondary biofuels. within the case of primary biofuels, like fuelwood, wood chips, and pellets, organic materials are utilized in AN unprocessed kind, primarily for heating, cookery, or electricity production. Bioenergy is principally utilized in homes (80%), to a lesser extent in business (18%), whereas liquid biofuels for transport still play a restricted role (2%).