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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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