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Renewable Energy from Biomass: an Overview of the Amazon Region

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Economic and social development around the world has contributed to increased energy demands, which have strained the energy supply chain. The global energy matrix depends on the exploitation of fossil fuels, which are responsible for disastrous social, political, and environmental impacts. This situation has led to the need for technological advances in the development of new sources of safe, renewable, and sustainable energy production. In recent years, biomass has gained importance among emerging sources of energy production due to its abundance and renewable nature. Therefore, this study reviews the availability and physicochemical properties of unexplored Amazonian biomass sources, which, in principle, neither compete with food production nor have disastrous environmental impacts on the Amazon forest. This review also focuses on thermochemical conversion methods for possible application of the biomasses under study to produce electricity for geographically isolated communities in the Amazon, whose electricity comes from generators powered by diesel oil, a nonrenewable and relatively expensive resource. The information provided in this article is important for the formulation of alternative and renewable energy government policies for the Amazon region, in addition to presenting a scientific study of the main biomass available in the region, including thermochemical characteristics for energy conversion.

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This work was financially supported by the Federal University of Amazonas (Universiade Federal do Amazonas), Amazonas State Research Foundation (FAPEAM)-PAMEQ-062.01094/2019, and a grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) No 425522/2018–0. This study was financed in part by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Finance Code 001.

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    Rayanne O. Araujo, Flaviana C. P. Ribeiro, Vanuza O. Santos, Victoria M. R. Lima, Jamily L. Santos, Jose E. S. Vilaça, Jamal S. Chaar & Luiz K. C. de Souza

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ROA, FCPR, and VOS: conceptualization, writing, original draft, formal analysis, and investigation. VMRL, JLS, and JESV: writing and investigation. JSC, NPSF, and AMP: review and editing, visualization, and funding acquisition. LKCS: supervision, conceptualization, methodology, writing—review and editing, funding acquisition, and project administration.

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Araujo, R.O., Ribeiro, F.C.P., Santos, V.O. et al. Renewable Energy from Biomass: an Overview of the Amazon Region. Bioenerg. Res. 15, 834–849 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-021-10308-x

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