Course: BFM 101 Biofuels Fundamentals

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Summary
- Biofuels can be used for heating, lighting, power and transport.
- Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplasts of cells and the process consists of two stages: light and dark reactions.
- There are a number of biological products that can be used as biofuels, including wood, grasses, oils, sugars and starches.
- Wood and grasses are good biofuels because they grow relatively quickly.
- Biodiesel is produced from oil crops, bioethanol is produced from crops with a high sugar content and biogas is produced from the breakdown of organic matter.

This unit is adapted from Open Learn, The Open University, Biofuels course CC BY-NC-SA
www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/biofuels/

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