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IntroductionBiomass energy is an important source of renewable energy derived from living or newly existing organisms. This energy source is used for two purposes; to be used directly with the combustion process to produce heat or through indirect means after its conversion into different forms of biofuels. The focus of our project would be the utilization of biomass energy mainly through the combustion process in developing countries. In this region biomass is the primary source of domestic energy and provides approximately 70% of the energy consumed (Ndiema, Mpendazoe and Williams, 1997). When we talk about developing countries we mean nations that have comparatively lower standards of living and a developing industrial base than other countries in the world (Arthur, Sullivan, & Sheffrin, 2003). The author tried to keep regions to focus on, from villages in Kenya to the Pearl River Delta region in China. The purpose of the analysis of different socioeconomic regions is to study the wide variety of pollutants that can emerge based on the type of biomass used. Biomass products. There is a wide range of materials that fall into the solid biomass category. Some materials are more generalized such as wood, straw, agricultural residues, manufacturing waste, algae, and algae (Jones, Ma, Pourkashanian, & Williams, 2011). However, the type of materials used as biomass have been found to vary significantly based on the region in which they are used. For example, materials such as bamboo, oil palm trunk, acacia, and rubber wood have been used in the forested region of Southeast Asia (Aghamohammadi, Aroua, & Sulaiman, 2011). In terms of what cannot be considered biomass, there...... middle of paper ......source, Conservation and Recycling 69.N/A (2012): 109-121. Elsevier. Network. 2 December 2013.Ndiema, CKW, The combustion characteristics of the Kenyan biomass stove. PhD Thesis, Department of Fuels and Energy, University of Leeds, England, 1992. Sullivan, Arthur and Steven M. Sheffrin. Economy: principles in action. Needham, Mass.: Prentice Hall, 2003. Print.Williams, A, JM Jones, L Ma, and M Pourkashanian. "Pollutants arising from the combustion of solid biomass fuels". Advances in Energy and Combustion Sciences 38.2012 (2011): 113-137. ELSEVIER. Network. November 27, 2013.Zhan, Yisheng, Min Shao, Yun Lin, Shengji Luan, Ning Mao, Wentai Chen, and Ming Wang. “Inventory of carbonaceous pollutant emissions from biomass burning in the Pearl River Delta region, China.” Atmospheric Environment N/A (2013): 190-199Atmospheric Environment. Atmospheric environment. Network. November 27. 2013.