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A roadmap for production of sustainable, consistent and reliable electric power from agricultural biomass- An Indian perspective

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In this article, the authors present a methodology for estimating the power production potential of agricultural biomass in a country, which can help to reduce the environmental emissions while achieving energy security and sustainable development.
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This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2016-05-01. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biomass & Renewable energy.

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Bioelectricity from sugarcane bagasse co-generation in India‒An assessment of resource potential, policies and market mobilization opportunities for the case of Uttar Pradesh

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the potential of bagasse co-generation in India's largest sugarcane-producing state, Uttar Pradesh, to meet the increasing domestic demand for energy and recommended more strategically focused energy policies, including auctions, regular resource-mapping, and zoning that can catalyze biomass energy adoption, while mitigating the greenhouse gas footprint of India.
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Sugarcane bagasse cogeneration in Belize: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the state of bagasse cogeneration in Belize and assessed its potential for further expansion, and explored the expansion of co-generation energy technologies to increase local energy generation output to the national grid.
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Anaerobic digestion of sugarcane bagasse for biogas production and digestate valorization.

TL;DR: In this paper , a review of bagasse based processes for enhanced biogas production along with digestate valorization to make the overall process economical and sustainable has been presented.
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Energy production from biomass (Part 1): Overview of biomass.

TL;DR: The potential of a restored landfill site to act as a biomass source, providing fuel to supplement landfill gas-fuelled power stations, is examined, together with a comparison of the economics of power production from purpose-grown biomass versus waste-biomass.
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Bioenergy potential from crop residue biomass in India

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assessed crop residue biomass and subsequently bioenergy potential in all the 28 states of India using crop statistics and standard procedure, and a total of 39 residues from 26 crops cultivated in India were considered for the study.
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Biomass power cost and optimum plant size in western Canada

TL;DR: In this paper, the power cost and optimum plant size for power plants using three biomass fuels in western Canada were determined, and the three fuels are biomass from agricultural residues (grain straw), whole boreal forest, and forest harvest residues from existing lumber and pulp operations (limbs and tops).
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Electricity access for geographically disadvantaged rural communities—technology and policy insights

TL;DR: In this paper, the issues and options for increasing electricity access in remote and geographically challenged villages in interior Rajasthan, the desertstate in Western India where power sector reforms are currently underway.
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Lignocellulosic ethanol in India: Prospects, challenges and feedstock availability

TL;DR: The review discusses the current status of molasses based ethanol production in India and its limitations, the state of technologies for second generation ethanol production and the availability of feedstock for bio-ethanol production.
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Which state is the largest producer of biomass energy in India?

The present study reveals that about 650Mt/year of agricultural biomass is generated in India, while about one-third of this has been found to be surplus for energy applications.