In Michel Foucault’s terms, bio-power is a ‘technique’ or ‘technology of power’, a managerial form of authority that makes a population docile and consistent – or more concisely, governable. Bio-power [..]

The use of biomass feedstock to produce electric power or heat through direct combustion of the feedstock, through gasification and then combustion of the resultant gas or through other thermal conversion processes. Power is generated with engines, turbines, fuel cells or other equipment.