BIOMASS ENERGY IN THE THIRD WORLD | By Phil O’Keefe, John Soussan and Donna Pankhurst | Part 1

In developing countries biomass is the predominant fuel even accounting for 43 per cent of total energy consumption. And for the poor in developing countries, biomass remains the predominant fuel even if the problems of acquiring the fuel are increasingly acute. Biomass is a composite energy category that includes wood as well as crop and animal residues.