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Piña Colada Cupcakes

Pineapple and coconut top these light pineapple cupcakes, what a perfect Spring dessert! For the coconut lover out there, these are super easy, low fat, moist and delicious!
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Biomass

Biomass is biological material from living, or recently living organisms, most often referring to plants or plant-derived materials. [ 1 ] As a renewable energy source , biomass can either be used directly, or indirectly—once or converted into another type of energy product such as biofuel . Biomass can be converted to energy in three ways: thermal conversion , chemical conversion , and biochemical conversion . Historically, humans have harnessed biomass derived energy products since the time when people began burning wood to make fire. [ 2 ] In modern times, the term can be referred to in two meanings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification

Gasification

Gasification is a process that converts organic or fossil based carbonaceous materials into carbon monoxide , hydrogen and carbon dioxide . This is achieved by reacting the material at high temperatures (>700 °C), without combustion, with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam .