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A source of [[renewable energy]], is [[biology|biological]] material such as wood, wood waste, municipal solid waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from agricultural and forestry production as well as other sources.
Renewable [[Organic chemistry|organic]] materials such as wood, wood waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from [[Agriculture|agricultural]] and [[forestry]] production as well as other sources. Since biomass derives from [[Plant (organism)|plants]] generated by [[solar energy]] in the [[photosynthesis]] process, it can also be defined as the organic material on [[Earth]] that has stored solar energy in the [[chemical bond]]s of the organic material.

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A definition or brief description of Biomass.

A source of renewable energy, is biological material such as wood, wood waste, municipal solid waste, straw, sugar cane, algae, and many other byproducts derived from agricultural and forestry production as well as other sources.

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