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What Is Biomass?

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Variations: Virtual Resources| News | Did You Know? | Additional Activities MAYBE—Difficult and technical--Mill and Logging Residue Activity: Youth will do calculations associated with forest biomass and wood wastes and the transportation of those items. Access http://www.biosat.net/index.html and click on the Guided Assessment tab. Select Forest for biomass type and work with youth to answer mill residue questions on the related handout. Got Biomass? Need Biomass? Visit the North Carolina Biomass Trader http://www.ncbiomasstrader.com/home.aspx US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office is working to replace the whole barrel of oil using biomass feedstocks. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/about.html Sweet NC: North …show more content…

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