Biomass Energy Cycle What is biomass? Biomass is basically a substance that comes directly or indirectly from plants and is used in large quantities as energy or other usable substances. Refers to products obtained from cultivation. and the food industry, biomass is called phytomass (phytomass) and can also be changed to a biological source. The biological source may come from many species of plants, both terrestrial and aquatic. Cultivation methods that Various forestry wastes and wastes from animals as well as energy crops are one of the new alternative biomass substances because they can widely expand the area of waste from industrial production processes, even though at present they are not yet commercially produced. Biomass includes sawdust, wood chips. rice straw rice husks Household waste, wood waste, animal manure, etc., including hybrid eucalyptus, poplar, oil palm, sugar cane, switch grass.