Effective utilization of biomass can be an effective means to raise the green footprint in the country. Examine (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· Biomass today is an important fuel in many countries, especially for cooking and heating in developing countries.
· Though the government has been taking steps to make it an important part of India’s energy basket, the latest being a move to mandatorily push for biomass co-firing in the thermal power plants.
· It will be successful only if it finds full acceptance among the stakeholders, particularly power generation companies and distributors.
· There is a need to establish proper supply chain and ensure adequacy of stock to achieve the 5 per cent requirement, which increases to seven per cent from the second year.
· There is the issue of additional cash flow burden on independent power producers (IPPs) due to this transition, especially as the IPPs are already in stress due to distribution utilities defaulting on payments.
· According to the government, as a result of these efforts, around 1,400 tonne of biomass has been fired in October and 53,000 tonne of biomass was utilised as green fuel in power plants so far.
· The current availability of biomass in India is estimated at 750 million tonne annually. The estimated surplus biomass availability is at about 230 million tonne annually covering agricultural residues.
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