Biomass represented 8.6% of the UK’s energy supply in 2022 and is set to play an important role in the government’s plan to meet net zero goals. However, there are concerns about the supply of biomass fuels and whether it is viable on a large scale. Here, Mike Torbitt, managing director of resistor manufacturer Cressall, explores the importance of sustainable biomass projects and the resistor technology involved in making them a success. Biomass has long been earmarked as a greener alternative to fossil fuels. According to the European Environment Agency, it represented 40% of the continent’s renewable energy supply in 2022. Generating energy with biomass involves the combustion of a wide range of materials such as wood, agricultural residues and food and industrial waste. Although biomass releases carbon dioxide (CO2) during the combustion process, the plants used as fuel capture almost as much CO2 through photosynthesis, meaning that it is widely considered to be carbon neutral. The use of waste...
How resistor technology supports biomass-to-energy projects
