Plant Biomass to Bioenergy

Biomass energy has potential to replace the traditional sources of energy and by this way it can strengthen the economy and creates a pollution free environment. It can change the direction towards energy production and consumption, provides a sustainable energy system. Biomass based energy also deals and resolves another critical issue of our country i.e. waste management. Bio-energy has many forms it can be used as heat, electricity, as biofuel, as biogas etc. Besides fossil fuels are not infinite, they have their end, so its better we should explore and advance another source of energy, biomass based bio-energy is best alternative in this context. Government of India also has taken noteworthy steps towards policy making to promote more use of biomass and excessive production of bio-energy. Under agricultural policies encouragement of farmers towards bio-energy has generated various employment opportunities in rural areas and upraises the rural economy. In the present chapter we try to cover most of the topic related to “Plant Biomass to Bio-energy”, hopefully it would be helpful to readers to better understanding of these topics.