Biomass energy is derived from organic energy sources and provides approximately 3% of total U.S. energy consumption, representing a small but growing part of the U.S. energy mix. Most importantly, the U.S. and nations around the world see the efficient conversion of biomass as a significant opportunity to sustainably produce electricity and fuel through the use of non-food organic feedstock.

GreatPoint Energy’s hydromethanation process converts low-cost, abundant feedstock like biomass into high-value, clean, pipeline quality, renewable natural gas. Sources like woody biomass, switchgrass, and municipal solid waste, for example, can be ideal feedstock for hydromethanation and represent a long-term opportunity for GreatPoint Energy to develop a fully renewable natural gas product that offers a superior alternative to combustion.

In fact, biomass-derived natural gas is cleaner than biomass combustion, and the carbon dioxide emissions from the hydromethanation process can be readily captured for sequestration.