INDIA BOOSTS BIOMASS POWER THROUGH STRENGTHENING SUPPLY CHAINS
June 14th, 2024
India is boosting its biomass energy production by augmenting supply chains, providing financial incentives and issuing mandates for thermal power producers to supplement coal with agricultural residues. Local entrepreneurship, technological innovations and a pressing need to control air pollution are also increasing generation of biomass energy, which according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) ‘India Energy Outlook 2021’ (1), could supply 15% of the country’s total energy demand, but only currently supplies 2.3%.
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