#Biomass
Or to put it another way, $22/GJ subsidy is the equivalent of a $407/tonne carbon price subsidy. How are clean alternatives like biomass, pumped hydro or demand response supposed to compete with the playing-field tilted against them to the tune of $407/tonne? 2/-
February 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Today's ⚡️ power generation in Germany (as of 06:45 CET)

🌿 Renewable: 31.8% (gen.), 32.7% (load); Imports: 1.6%

🔥 Gas: 31.9%, ⛰️ Coal: 30.8%, 💨 Wind: 20.1%, 🍃 Biomass: 8.6%, ⚡️ Others: 3.9%, 🌊 Hydropower: 2.7%, ♻️ Waste: 1.8%

🌿 Next 15h renewable forecast: 28.1%
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Yesterday's ⚡️ power generation in Germany (February 08, 2026)

🌿 Renewable: 40.3% (gen.), 41.0% (load); Imports: 0.4%

⛰️ Coal: 27.7%, 🔥 Gas: 26.2%, 💨 Wind: 22.8%, 🍃 Biomass: 8.8%, 🌞 Solar: 6.0%, ⚡️ Others: 3.9%, 🌊 Hydropower: 2.5%, ♻️ Waste: 1.8%, 🛢️ Oil: 0.2%
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 AM
British electricity mix at 7am on 9th Feb 2026

🔥Gas 53.9% Biomass 8.6%
🍃Wind 23.8% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.5%
⚛️Nuclear 11.6%
➡️Imports 1.7% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 37GW
Carbon intensity 288 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Looks awesome!

Well-adorned biomass is the best biomass
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Current UK Energy Sources:
• 11.6% biomass
• 0% coal
• 34.2% gas
• 14.9% nuclear
• 0% hydro
• 0% solar
• 8.8% imports
• 30.5% wind
• 0% other

Carbon intensity: Moderate (155 gCO₂eq/kWh)
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
*surrounded by unidentified biomass*

Wait I thought you said multiple organisms
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 AM
British electricity mix at 2am on 9th Feb 2026

🔥Gas 37.2% Biomass 11.9%
🍃Wind 26.5% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.5%
⚛️Nuclear 14.9%
➡️Imports 9.0% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 29GW
Carbon intensity 216 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
They don't consider black people to be human. Thus, "biomass".
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Nice to have this paper on the effects of nitrogen fertiliser on Taro growth and biomass partitioning. Work was done by Honours student Laura Steel about a decade ago, but it had still not been done www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... #taro 🪴🌱🧪
Frontiers | Optimising plant growth, biomass partitioning, and nitrogen use efficiency in taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott)
IntroductionTaro (Colocasia esculenta) is the fourth most important root crop globally, yet it remains understudied. Productivity is frequently constrained b...
www.frontiersin.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Today's ⚡️ power generation in Germany (as of 00:45 CET)

🌿 Renewable: 34.7% (gen.), 36.5% (load); Imports: 0.0%

🔥 Gas: 30.7%, ⛰️ Coal: 29.5%, 💨 Wind: 23.2%, 🍃 Biomass: 8.5%, ⚡️ Others: 3.9%, 🌊 Hydropower: 2.2%, ♻️ Waste: 1.9%

🌿 Next 21h renewable forecast: 27.9%
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I gave the "reaction" for aerobic metabolism which if that occurs to the biomass it can't be converted into coal and liquid hydrocarbons under pressure in the heat of the deep subsurface.
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
If you look at Nuclear UK over the past year or so, peak day has been <5GW with the lowest >3GW with pretty consistent 3.7-4.1GW. Total capacity is ~6GW?
Even with three times the supply there’s little ability to compensate for low wind with Nuclear.

I think that’s what Biomass should be used for?
February 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Don't want to complicate what is supposed to be an easy way to express the process but the anaerobic requirement for the microbial metabolism in order for biomass to become fossil fuels would be nice for your students to know imo.
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
British electricity mix at 10pm on 8th Feb 2026

🔥Gas 40.6% Biomass 11.1%
🍃Wind 26.7% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.6%
⚛️Nuclear 13.8%
➡️Imports 7.2% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 31GW
Carbon intensity 230 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
February 8, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Current UK Energy Sources:
• 9.8% biomass
• 0% coal
• 41.3% gas
• 12.8% nuclear
• 0% hydro
• 0% solar
• 7.4% imports
• 28.6% wind
• 0% other

Carbon intensity: High (179 gCO₂eq/kWh)
February 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Very few details, seems like a paper produced in build up to try to get research funding or something although I did only read that news aggregator summary of it.

My belief is that a good way to dry wet biomass waste streams is within greenhouse style solar tunnels with heat pumps for dehydration
February 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Pyrolysis of wet manure can be combined with producing biochar from dry biomass effectively.

This proposed process can sequester 350 tons of CO2e while simultaneously slashing the emissions caused by traditional manure management by 75% […]
Original post on mstdn.social
mstdn.social
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Pyrolysis of wet manure can be combined with producing biochar from dry biomass effectively.

This proposed process can sequester 350 tons of CO2e while simultaneously slashing the emissions caused by traditional manure management by 75%.
#EnergySky
biochartoday.com/news/farm-sc...
Farm-Scale Parallel Pyrolysis System Sequesters 350 Tons of Carbon and Reduces Manure Management Emissions by 75 Percent Annually
A recent study in Biochar by Yuzhou Tang and colleagues finds that an integrated parallel pyrolysis system can process three hundred tons of biochar annually. This on-farm method reduces manure man…
biochartoday.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
British electricity mix at 8pm on 8th Feb 2026

🔥Gas 47.8% Biomass 9.8%
🍃Wind 22.5% Solar 0.0% Hydro 0.8%
⚛️Nuclear 11.9%
➡️Imports 7.1% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 0.0%

🔌Generation 35GW
Carbon intensity 262 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
what does "****** biomass worshipping freak" even mean
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
British electricity mix at 7pm on 8th Feb 2026

🔥Gas 49.5% Biomass 9.0%
🍃Wind 20.4% Solar 0.0% Hydro 1.0%
⚛️Nuclear 11.3%
➡️Imports 7.9% Other 0.0%
🪫Storage 1.0%

🔌Generation 37GW
Carbon intensity 268 gCO2e/kWh
vs target of annual average 50-100 gCO2e/kWh by 2030
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Today's ⚡️ power generation in Germany (as of 18:45 CET)

🌿 Renewable: 41.2% (gen.), 42.2% (load); Imports: 0.6%

⛰️ Coal: 27.3%, 🔥 Gas: 25.4%, 💨 Wind: 22.1%, 🍃 Biomass: 8.9%, 🌞 Solar: 7.7%, ⚡️ Others: 3.9%, 🌊 Hydropower: 2.6%, ♻️ Waste: 1.9%, 🛢️ Oil: 0.2%

🌿 Next 24h renewable forecast: 30.3%
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Highly indulgent edit; using all that biomass for something more useful
No onomatopoeia because I couldnt think of a sound lewd enough to describe whats occurring here

But cw : absolutely gushing a ton of those infesty eel critters out- each one a new hivemember >B)
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
fossil fuels are solar power with biomass energy storage
February 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM