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Biochar and its market effects
An excellent article on biochar and its possible market benefits - Read More
Biomass Energy Databook
An excellent database of data and details on all types of biomass...great resource - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
Capital cost of biomass energy half that of wind energy in India
The capital cost of biomass energy is roughly Rs.40-50 million per MW, which is half the cost of installing wind energy. - Read More
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RE potential in India
45 GW in wind, 15 GW in small hydro, 20 GW in biomass
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Topics : Renewable Energy
India produces 540 million tones of crop & plant residues per annum
India produces 540 million tonnes of crop and plantation residues every year, a large portion of which is either wasted or used inefficiently. Estimates show that even with the present use of these residues and by using only the surplus biomass materials, estimated at 150 million tonnes, about 17,000MW of distributed power could be generated, which is almost 15 per cent of existing installed power capacity. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
Agri residues can provide 67 TWh of electricity in India
The results indicate that in India around 74 million tonne agricultural residues as a biomass feedstock can be used for energy applications on an annual basis. In terms of the plant capacity the potential of biomass gasification projects could reach 31 GW that can generate more than 67 TWh electricity annually. - Read More
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Topics : Bioenergy
150 tons of biomass reqd for 1 lakh units of electricity
A 4.5 MW biomass based power plant installed in Karnataka, consumes about 150 Tons of biomass per day to generate about one lakh units of electricity. (that would be 100000 kWh) - Read More
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Topics : Waste to Energy