Biomass Briquetting in Sudan: A Feasibility Study by the Women's Refugee Commission for the US Agency for International Development.
In recent years the use of biomass as a source of energy became of great interest world-wide because of its environmental advantages. The use of biomass for energy production, biofuels, has been increasingly proposed as a substitute for fossil fuels. Biomass can also offer an immediate solution for the reduction of the CO2 content in the atmosphere. It has three other main advantages: firstly its availability can be nearly unlimited, secondly it is locally produced and thirdly the fact that it can be used essentially without damage to the environment. In addition to its positive global effect by comparison with other sources of energy, it presents no risk of major accidents, as nuclear and oil energy do.
In recent years, the introduction of small-scale low pressure briquetting is spreading in Africa, particularly in East Africa. However, the level of production is so low that anticipated impacts are negligible.
