To make small plants of 1 MWel economically profitable those power plants have need to be equipped with technology that is able to convert biomass to useful electricity with high efficiency such as ORC technology, a cycle similar to the water steam power process just with an organic working medium.
Raziskovalci so izmerili pomembno koncentracijo 14C°, ki je povezana z nedavnim rastlinskim življenjem, ne pa s fosilnimi gorivi.