TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - BIOLOGY - Preferred Components: The biomass was obtained from an oleaginous microbe cultured under heterotrophic conditions. The biomass is selected from microalgal biomass and oleaginous yeast biomass. The biomass is milled or processed to generate particles of 1-50 mm. The biomass is derived from a microalgae selected from Achnanthes orientalis, Agmenellum, Amphiprora hyaline, Amphora coffeiformis, Amphora coffeiformis linea, Amphora coffeiformis punctata, Amphora coffeiformis taylori, Amphora coffeiformis tenuis, Amphora delicatissima, Amphora delicatissima capitata, Amphora species, Anabaena, Ankistrodesmus, Ankistrodesmus falcatus, Boekelovia hooglandii, Borodinella species, Botryococcus braunii, Botryococcus sudeticus, Carteria, Chaetoceros gracilis, Chaetoceros muelleri, Chaetoceros muelleri subsalsum, Chaetoceros species, Chlorella anitrata, Chlorella antarctica, Chlorella aureoviridis, Chlorella candida, Chlorella capsulate, Chlorella desiccate, Chlorella ellipsoidea, Chlorella emersonii, Chlorella fusca, Chlorella fusca variety vacuolata, Chlorella glucotropha, Chlorella infusionum, Chlorella infusionum variety actophila, Chlorella infusionum variety auxenophila, Chlorella kessleri, Chlorella lobophora (strain SAG 37.88), Chlorella luteoviridis, Chlorella luteoviridis variety aureoviridis, Chlorella luteoviridis variety lutescens, Chlorella miniata, Chlorella minutissima, Chlorella mutabilis, Chlorella nocturna, Chlorella parva, Chlorella photophila, Chlorella pringsheimii, Chlorella protothecoides (including any of UTEX strains 1806, 411, 264, 256, 255, 250, 249, 31, 29, 25, and culture collection of algae and protozoa (CCAP) strains 211/17 and 211/8d), Chlorella protothecoides variety acidicola, Chlorella regularis, Chlorella regularis variety minima, Chlorella regularis variety umbricata, Chlorella reisiglii, Chlorella saccharophila, Chlorella saccharophila variety ellipsoidea, Chlorella salina, Chlorella simplex, Chlorella sorokiniana, Chlorella species, Chlorella sphaerica, Chlorella stigmatophora, Chlorella vanniellii, Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorella vulgaris f. tertia, Chlorella vulgaris variety autotrophica, Chlorella vulgaris variety viridis, Chlorella vulgaris variety vulgaris, Chlorella vulgaris variety vulgaris f. tertia, Chlorella vulgaris variety vulgaris f. viridis, Chlorella xanthella, Chlorella zofingiensis, Chlorella trebouxioides, Chlorella vulgaris, Chlorococcum infusionum, Chlorococcum species, Chlorogonium, Chroomonas species, Chrysosphaera species, Cricosphaera species, Cryptomonas species, Cyclotella cryptica, Cyclotella meneghiniana, Cyclotella species, Dunaliella species, Dunaliella bardawil, Dunaliella bioculata, Dunaliella granulate, Dunaliella maritime, Dunaliella minuta, Dunaliella parva, Dunaliella peircei, Dunaliella primolecta, Dunaliella salina, Dunaliella terricola, Dunaliella tertiolecta, Dunaliella viridis, Dunaliella tertiolecta, Eremosphaera viridis, Eremosphaera species, Ellipsoidon species, Euglena, Franceia species, Fragilaria crotonensis, Fragilaria species, Gleocapsa species, Gloeothamnion species, Hymenomonas species, Isochrysis off. galbana, Isochrysis galbana, Lepocinclis, Micractinium, Micractinium (UTEXLB 2614), Monoraphidium minutum, Monoraphidium species, Nannochloris species, Nannochloropsis salina, Nannochloropsis species, Navicula acceptata, Navicula biskanterae, Navicula pseudotenelloides, Navicula pelliculosa, Navicula saprophila, Navicula species, Nephrochloris species, Nephroselmis species, Nitschia communis, Nitzschia alexandrina, Nitzschia communis, Nitzschia dissipata, Nitzschia frustulum, Nitzschia hantzschiana, Nitzschia inconspicua, Nitzschia intermedia, Nitzschia microcephala, Nitzschia pusilla, Nitzschia pusilla elliptica, Nitzschia pusilla monoensis, Nitzschia quadrangular, Nitzschia species, Ochromonas species, Oocystis parva, Oocystis pusilla, Oocystis species, Oscillatoria limnetica, Oscillatoria species, Oscillatoria subbrevis, Pascheria acidophila, Pavlova species, Phagus, Phormidium, Platymonas species, Pleurochrysis carterae, Pleurochrysis dentate, Pleurochrysis species, Prototheca wickerhamii, Prototheca stagnora, Prototheca portoricensis, Prototheca moriformis, Prototheca zopfii, Pyramimonas species, Pyrobotrys, Sarcinoid chrysophyte, Scenedesmus armatus, Spirogyra, Spirulina platensis, Stichococcus species, Synechococcus species, Tetraedron, Tetraselmis species, Tetraselmis suecica, Thalassiosira weissflogii, and Viridiella fridericiana. The biomass is derived from a microalgae of a genus selected from Chlorella, Parachlorella, and Prototheca; is derived from an oleaginous microbe genetically engineered to express at least one exogenous gene; is derived from an oleaginous microbe genetically engineered to express one of more exogenous genes, where the microbe producing lipid, where the proportions of fatty acids of the lipid are altered relative to that in the lipid produced by an oleaginous microbe lacking the exogenous gene.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The method (M1) additionally involves: cooling the gas to form a pyrolysis oil. The gas or oil produced is used as an energy source in the gasification of additional biomass. Preferred Composition: The composition further comprises combustible binder and/or crackling additive; non-microbial cellulosic or lignocellulosic material. Preferred Components: The biomass is spent microbial biomass; makes up by weight from 5-100 wt.% of the burnable composition. The biomass comprises protein (less than 10 wt.% by dry cell weight) and lipid (1-10, preferably 1-5 wt.% by dry cell weight). EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.