National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Learning About Renewable Energy

Student Resources on Biopower

Photo of a student measuring a willow tree.

A student monitors the growth of willow trees, which the State University of New York planted to fuel biopower plants.

The following resources will provide you with more information on biopower, or biomass power, technologies. If you are unfamiliar with these technologies, see the introduction to biopower.

High School and College Level

U.S. Department of Energy Consumer's Guide: Anaerobic Digesters
Describes how farmers and ranchers can use this technology.

Biomass Pyrolysis Network
Provides information on scientific and technological developments in biomass pyrolysis.

Publications

The following publications are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.