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With an objective to utilize country’s available biomass resources like bagasse, rice husk, straw, cotton stalk, coconut shells etc. for power generation the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been promoting various programmes to promote Biomass Power and Bagasse Cogeneration in the country. Waste to Energy projects are also being set up for generation of Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Waste / Residues such as municipal solid wastes, vegetable and other market wastes, slaughterhouse waste, agricultural residues and industrial wastes & effluents.
FICCI Bio Energy Committee (earlier known as the FICCI Bio Energy Task Force) was constituted in 2013 with the aim is to give a push to bioenergy as a thrust area under renewable energy and create a focus on all options under bioenergy such as sugar cogen, biomass, biofuels, and biogas and not limiting to electricity.
The biomass potential in the country has been estimated as 20 GW for biomass power (from surplus agro biomass). A total capacity of 9.8 GW grid connected bio-power has been installed in the country as on December 31, 2018 against a target of 10 GW bio-power by 2022. This includes 9.07 GW from bagasse cogeneration, 0.70 GW from non-bagasse cogeneration and 0.13 GW from waste to energy.
With an objective to utilize country’s available biomass resources like bagasse, rice husk, straw, cotton stalk, coconut shells etc. for power generation the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been promoting various programmes to promote Biomass Power and Bagasse Cogeneration in the country. Waste to Energy projects are also being set up for generation of Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Waste / Residues such as municipal solid wastes, vegetable and other market wastes, slaughterhouse waste, agricultural residues and industrial wastes & effluents.
Biofuels in India are of strategic importance for reducing dependence on crude oil well and offers great opportunity to integrate with the ambitious targets of doubling of Farmers Income, employment generation and waste to wealth creation. Biofuels programme in India has been largely impacted due to the sustained and quantum non-availability of domestic feedstock for biofuel production which needs to be addressed. The National Biofuel Policy released in May 2018 is a step to address such issues.
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FICCI Bio Energy Committee (earlier known as the FICCI Bio Energy Task Force) was constituted in 2013 with the aim is to give a push to bioenergy as a thrust area under renewable energy and create a focus on all options under bioenergy such as sugar cogen, biomass, biofuels, and biogas and not limiting to electricity. The task force aims to address policy gaps in various bioenergy technology/applications such as: Biomass based power/Co-generation, Biofuels and Gaseous fuels (Biogas/Bio-CNG). At present, the Committee is represented by 10 members from the entire bio-energy value chain.