This short essay shows how biomass materials (plants) can be burnt to produce power and heat without the global warming which scientists fear will result from fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas). Grant aid may help communities and businesses make a change to biomass in countries such as the UK. This in turn may help new industries develop in those communities. We see an example in Somerset, UK. A wood pellet machine and pelleting machine are  imported from Sweden. A small scale industry develops.
Using energy from biomass materials results in a closed carbon cycle. In theory there should be no net increase in atmospheric CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels. This is of course critical to national and international attempts to contain the threat of global warming.
This becomes clearer by understanding the carbon cycle. While plants grow they absorb carbon from the air (from carbon dioxide), and energy from the sun. This creates what is known as biomass.
The plants eventually die, and the carbon returns to the atmosphere. If the plant rotted the decay processes release methane and/or carbon dioxide (CH4 and CO2). If the plant is burnt as a fuel then just carbon dioxide is returned.
This process is called the carbon cycle. It is completely natural and has existed since the dawn of life on earth.