Patterns of energy production
Everyone knows that wood and biomass have long been a very inefficient form of power supply. Yet energy output through these methods provides a noticeable amount of energy throughout the United States. Although biomass production is growing increasingly in efficiency, both biomass and wood still remain a simple yet less-than-stellar approach to powering our homes, restaurants, and places in need of power. For more information about biomass production, check out this link about it's production, use, and new ways that scientists have discovered on utilizing its potential
Woodburning, on the other hand, has experienced less technological innovation than it's other biomass counterpart. For more information on woodburning power plants, check out anecdotal example of how woodburning plants are slowly beginning to be phased out of production here in the U.S.
The map above showcases how biomass and wood differ in terms of MegaWatt output within the U.S.. One may notice that woodburning plants relatively generate more power than biomass, although there exists a higher number of individual biomass plants in and of themselves. This is a good jumping-off point for examining just how these two fuel sources compare and differ in production rate as well as frequency. Scroll over the individual points to see the name of the plant as well as its corresponding production in MegaWatts (MW).
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