The Stirling Biomass Gassification Engine in Action (Video)


The Stirling Engine is a small-scale generator that converts biomass (wood chips) into electricity and heat. It's designed to power mid-sized buildings, like schools or hospitals, and small communities with low energy demand. Below, one of the lead researchers demonstrates how it works:

Denmark uses a lot of biomass. As of now, biomass generation accounts for some 10% of its energy mix -- often in situations as those described above. Biomass is still controversial in green circles, due to the relative resource intensity inherent in such operations -- primarily, they use up a lot of water to grow fuel instead of food.

But the process is essentially carbon neutral (unless the biomass fuel needs to be transported over long distances), and provides a fine stopgap climate solution in many localalized situations.

Read more about Stirling's unique brand of biomass gassification at the company's website.

Tags: Biofuels | Clean Energy


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