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	HU HONUA POSTS 6 companies vying for use of valued trees on Big Island (Posted : October 18, 2009) Hu Honua discuss bioenergy details (Posted : )
Featured News Oil of Delay Read the full story and watch the video on the KFIVE website. Discover the Community Benefits: Economic Environmental Employment Improved Infrastructure Read More What is Biomass? Biomass is a renewable energy source because the energy it contains comes from the sun. Through the process of photosynthesis, chlorophyll in plants captures the sun’s energy by converting carbon dioxide from the air and water from the ground into carbohydrates, complex compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When these carbohydrates are burned, they turn back into carbon dioxide and water and release the sun’s energy they contain. In this way, biomass functions as a sort of natural battery for storing solar energy. As long as biomass is produced sustainably—with only as much used as is grown—the battery will last indefinitely. Read More at UCSUSA.org

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