Biomass

Look at the flash map of Samsø. Locate the biomass plants. Biomass is used on Samsø for the production of heating.

By clicking on the individual plants, you can see the district heating supply network. What types of fuel do the four plants use?
Click here to open the Flash map of Samsø.

See the photographs of Samsø’s utilisation of energy from biomass
Click here to see the photographs.

Find Samsø on Google Earth and zoom in on the landscape. What resources for biofuel can you find? How can actually you locate biomass resources on a satellite picture?
Click here to download and install Google Earth.

Elean Power Station in the UK is the world’s largest straw-fired power station, and it is a good example of the principles of a biomass plant.
Click here to access the website for Elean Power Station.

Carry out the experiment Peanut power from the Californian Energy Quest. The experiment gives an impression of the energy content of organic material.
Click here to open the energyquest website.

There are facts on biofuel (PDF file, page 8), on the website for the National Energy Education Development Project from the USA.
Click here to read facts on biofuel.

The Italian Eniscuola.net (in English) also has detailed information on biomass.
Click here to access Eniscuola.net

On the Canadian Renewable Energy Project Kit on biomass energy, there is background information and pupil questions.

Can you explain for yourselves and others why the burning of wood and straw is CO2 neutral compared to the burning of oil and coal?

Are there resources for biomass-fired power stations in your region? And, if applicable, what about the class you cooperate with – are there any resources there?
Click here to access the Canadian Renewable Energy Project Kit on biomass energy.

Mark resources on a map and use it to communicate and exchange information. Use for instance Google Earth’s placemarks. The image can be saved, shown on an interactive whiteboard and sent by e-mail.
Click here to read about using Google Placemarks.