Wood energy

Wood energy
  Wood and wood products used as fuel, including round wood (cord wood), limb wood, wood chips, bark, saw dust, forest residues, charcoal, pulp waste, and spent pulping liquor.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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