Biomass makes up the second largest contributor to UK renewable energy, second only to wind and ahead of both solar and tidal. This is according to a report from JPIMedia Data.

With the number of biomass power stations having trebled in the past four years, from 135 to 429, burning organic material such as plants and trees has helped provide cleaner energy. However, it should be noted that although ‘cleaner’ than coal, oil or gas, biomass is still not an emissions free energy source. As such it is not free form controversy, with advocates underlining its use of renewable forestry and in turn the capacity of tree planting to capture carbon, and opposition protesting that biomass is not fully carbon neutral.

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