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When did biomass energy first become a commercial power source, as distinct from its individual fuels?

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Biomass energy covers fuels with their own documented first commercial dates (Biofuels 1975, Biogas 1895); no single first commercial year is defensible for the umbrella category, and traditional biomass burning for heat predates any commercial record. 1
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A family decision on whether first-commercial-year for this umbrella entity should mean the first traditional biomass trade (undiscoverable) or the first purpose-built biomass electricity station, which this atlas has not yet made. 1
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Biomass energy covers fuels with their own documented first commercial dates (Biofuels 1975, Biogas 1895); no single first commercial year is defensible for the umbrella category, and traditional biomass burning for heat predates any commercial record.

What would resolve this A family decision on whether first-commercial-year for this umbrella entity should mean the first traditional biomass trade (undiscoverable) or the first purpose-built biomass electricity station, which this atlas has not yet made.
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