Biomass is organic material from plants and animals. This can be used as a source of energy. By-products from forestry, plants and animal waste from farms, even sewage and some waste from landfill ...

Ministers and their advisers at the Climate Change Committee (CCC) consider biomass to be a low-carbon source of energy if 70% of it is produced following a strict set of sustainability criteria.

Gardiner said: 'We believe that biomass has a growing role to play in the energy transition ... of market expectations as the ...