Installing a biomass power plant to burn the on-site waste that occurs as a by-product of industrial processes closes the factory input cycle.
They have considered an afforestation project in a south European mountainous area and used average yearly meteorological data.
Biomass energy has abundant availability.
The other forest protection scenario the one with a 6% increase in natural losses had less carbon absorbed in the forest compared to the actual forestry practice after 40 years 1.
Therefore, under the precautionary principle, we exclude it from this analysis, assuming that we should not evaluate hypothetical long-term benefits versus short-term effects on ecosystems.
Between periods of exchange, carbon is sequestered, or stored.