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Biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms, such as wood, waste, and alcohol fuels. Biomass is commonly plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce heat. For example, forest residues (such as dead trees, branches and tree stumps), yard clippings and wood chips may be used as biomass.

Benefits of Biomass Power Systems The use of biomass in power generation systems is beneficial because it uses agricultural, forest, urban and industrial residues and waste to produce heat and electricity with a very limited effect on the environment. This type of energy production has a very limited effect on the environment because the carbon in biomass is part of the natural carbon cycle, while the carbon in fossil fuels is not, and adds carbon to the environment when burned for fuel. The use of biomass is especially useful where the source of agricultural waste is near to the power plant, since it is possible to avoid transportation costs. Using local biomass sources contributes to country and forests economy and helps in the effort to get power sources supply independence.

Trigeneration Trigeneration is the simultaneous production of mechanical power (often converted to electricity), heat and cooling from a single heat. Conventional thermoelectric stations convert only about 1/3 of the fuel energy into electricity. The rest is lost in the form of heat. One method for more efficient production of electricity is the Cogeneration of Heat and Power, where more than 4/5 of the fuels energy are converted in usable energy, resulting in both financial and environmental benefits. Cogeneration is the consecutive (simultaneous) production and exploitation of two energy sources, electrical (or mechanical) and thermal, from a system utilizing the same fuel. Combined heat and power production (CHP) is applied in industry and buildings where there is simultaneous demand of electricity and heat. In warmer climates the need for heating is limited to a few winter months or totally absent. There is, however, significant need for cooling and air conditioning. Heat by a cogeneration plant, in this case, is used to produce cooling using an absorption chiller. This "expanded" cogeneration process is known as trigeneration or combined heat, cooling and power production (CHCP).

Biomass power trigeneration: BIOMAX Termogamma BIOMAX power generation system is a trigeneration system that uses biomasses as fuel. BIOMAX joins together the advantages both of biomass utilization and trigeneration technology. BIOMAX system is especially designed for warm climate installation sites, in fact BIOMAX allows to reduce air conditioning electric power consumption of 90% because it uses a absorbtion cycle instead of traditional electrical air-conditioners. Moreover it is equipped with an electric power generator that uses the heat dissipated by the absorption cycle to produce electricity. Finally it is still possible to reutilize the residual heat for various purposes. BIOMAX power generation systems is based on a tested and reliable technology and so maintenance activity and costs are minimum. BIOMAX is designed to use wooden biomass as fuel;; for this reason it is particularly adapt to be installed in remote and inaccessible positions, since it is not necessary to be linked to a power distribution network: if a forest or a wooden biomass is available, BIOMAX allows to be independent from external power sources.