In an effort to move away from natural gas and petroleum-powered plants, Procter & Gamble's Charmin and Bounty biomass plant in Albany, Georgia creates 100 percent of the steam used to run the plant. Biomass energy is energy created using renewable materials such as wood chips, pecan shells, and peanuts hulls as feedstock for fires that produce steam. The plant moves the consumer goods giant closer to its goal of using 30 percent renewable energy in its U.S. operations by 2020.