Short-rotation coppicewood is sun-dried

Wood fed from top;Here the gasifier is being fired up

Producer gas generated runs through as series of filters

Gas is combusted in internal combustion or diesel engine which generates electricity

Dendro-thermal energy in Sri Lanka; a 35kW down-draft solid biomass gasifier

Source: www.re-focus.net Dec 2002

Agroforestry for Wood Energy in Cambodia

Worldwide, geothermal plants now produce 8,900 megawatts of power, or about enough to supply a midsized U.S. state such as New Jersey. The known potential is at least eight times greater, or 72,000 megawatts, she adds, "and with additional research and development the figure could be nearly double." The U.S. and Indonesia are among the countries with the largest geothermal potential.