Bamboo is one of the most productive and fastest growing plants on the planet. … Its fuel characteristics, high productivity, short rotation and rapid growth makes bamboo even much more valuable: the International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation (INBAR) claims that a single bamboo pole is capable of providing enough power for a rural household for an entire month. Because of its energy yields and credibility as a viable source of bioenergy, bamboo power has been used extensively in India, China and Brazil. Researchers from RMIT University and Center for International Forestry Research have partnered with Clean Power Indonesia (CPI) due to their increased curiosity into how bamboo works as a biofuel and how it may be more sustainable than traditional wood. Bamboo has great fuel characteristics: high heat values, volatile contents, lower ash and moisture content. Bamboo has proved itself as a great alternative to wood; removing bamboo normally doesn’t damage the environment nor its stock and its approach to carbon sequestration is much more effective than that of wood. Bamboo biomass can be processed through either thermal or biochemical conversion to produce different energy products, such as charcoal, pellets, and briquettes, which could substitute wood fuel products. And small islands of Indonesia are a testament to the effectiveness of the bamboo, as we’ll mention further on.