United States already generate 45 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from biomass and that is 1.2% of whole United States electric sales.

United States also produce 4 billion gallons of ethanol, which is almost 2 percent of the liquid fuel used in cars and trucks. Same like that contribution for heat is also considerable. But still it can be produced more by better conversion technology and more attention paid to energy crops.

Estimation about the ultimate potential for the biomass energy differs. Because it depends upon on the agricultural forecasts, waste reduction by industry, and paper recycling. The Department of Energy is sure about producing four percent of transportation fuels from biomass this year and it will be increase to 20% by 2030.

For electricity production United States Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that only crops and crop residues supply will increase 14% for power needs.

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