Biomass

Jellyfish make up up to 40% of the biomass of the ocean.

This fungus maintains its biomass under the soil.

Now, the more than 1,000 researchers and staff at N-REL develop everything from wind power to biomass technology, which involves using organic waste products to create clean-burning energy.

Since protein constitutes the majority of the biomass of a cell, building new protein is a major way that cells increase their size.

In the untouched Shangri-la-like Kingman Reef in the Line Islands in the central Pacific, sharks make up 75 per cent of the fish biomass.

Advanced technologies such as gasifier/gas turbine systems for electric power generation and fuel cells for transportation make it possible for biomass to provide a substantial share of world energy in the decades ahead, at competitive costs.

Among the key contracts she works on is the supply of coal and biomass to Drax power station and extensive rail operations for British Steel.

All vegetation and tree stumps were sent to a local recycling facility to be turned into biomass.