{"id":55871,"date":"2020-02-28T23:16:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=55871"},"modified":"2020-02-28T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T17:47:11","slug":"answered-what-is-bioenergy-discuss-how-bio-energy-can-help-in-meeting-indias-energy-demands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-what-is-bioenergy-discuss-how-bio-energy-can-help-in-meeting-indias-energy-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] What is bioenergy? Discuss how bio-energy can help in meeting India\u2019s energy demands."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n Demand of the question<\/strong>\n Introduction.\n <\/strong>What is bioenergy?\n Body.\n <\/strong>Discuss how bio-energy can help in meeting\n India\u2019s energy demands. Mention various government efforts in reaping\n bioenergy.\n Conclusion.\n <\/strong>Way forward.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bioenergy is renewable energy made\navailable from organic materials derived from biological sources. It is the\nenergy derived from biomass such as bagasse, cotton stalk, coconut shell and\nwood, plants, etc. With global warming and growing concerns biomass can play a\nvital role especially in rural areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bio-energy\nrole meeting India\u2019s energy demands:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Energy demand: <\/strong>Bioenergy can help to meet the growing demand for energy\nwithin
    \nthe country, especially in rural areas. Nearly 25% of its primary energy comes\nfrom biomass resources and close to 70% of rural population depend on biomass to\nmeet their daily energy needs. Biomass can further help in meeting rural energy\ndemands.<\/li>
  2. Climate change mitigation: <\/strong>Bioenergy provides important benefits compared to fossil fuels, in particular\nregarding GHG emissions. Biomass recycles carbon from the air and spares the\nuse of fossil fuels, reducing the additional fossil carbon from the ground into\nthe atmosphere.  <\/li>
  3. Market growth: <\/strong>The market for renewable energy systems in rural and urban\nmarkets in India is set to grow exponentially. Despite this, bioenergy does not\nfigure in most energy studies and is classified as \u2018non-commercial\u2019 energy.\nPlants like Jatropha, Neem and other wild plants are identified as the\npotential sources for biodiesel production in India.<\/li>
  4. Waste to energy: <\/strong>Biofuels can augment waste to wealth creation. Being a\nderivative of renewable biomass resources such as plastic, municipal solid\nwaste, forestry residues, agricultural wastes, surplus food grains etc. it has huge potential to help the country\nachieve the renewable energy goal of 175 GW.<\/li>
  5. Income generation: <\/strong>Adopting biofuels as an alternative source of energy can\nsignificantly improve farmers\u2019 income, generate employment opportunities etc.<\/li>
  6. Reduce imports:<\/strong> India\u2019s energy demands met by imports are about 46.13% of\ntotal primary energy consumption. Bioenergy can help in reducing these imports\nand boost India\u2019s energy security and self-reliance.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Various\ngovernment efforts in reaping bioenergy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. 10 GW national target: <\/strong>Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has\nset the national target is to achieve 10 GW of installed biomass power by 2022.\n<\/li>
    2. National Policy on Biofuels: <\/strong>The policy is aimed at taking forward the indicative\ntarget of achieving 20% blending of biofuels with fossil-based fuels by 2030.<\/li>
    3. Policy for biomass and bagasse cogeneration:<\/strong> MNRE has further developed a policy for biomass\nand bagasse cogeneration that will help in meeting India\u2019s energy demands. It\nincludes financial incentives and subsidies, both for biomass projects and\nsugar mills that use this technology. <\/li>
    4. Fiscal Incentives: <\/strong>Government gives 10 years Income tax holidays. Concessional\ncustoms and excise duty exemption for machinery and components for initial\nsetting up of Biomass power projects. General sales tax exemption is available\nin certain States. <\/li>
    5. Waste to energy projects: <\/strong>Waste to energy projects are also being set up\nfor generation of energy from urban, industrial and agricultural waste such as\nvegetable and other market wastes, slaughterhouse waste, agricultural residues\nand industrial wastes & effluents.<\/li>
    6. National Biomass Repository:<\/strong> MNRE also plans on creating a \u2018National Biomass\nRepository\u2019 through a nation-wide appraisal program which will help ensure\navailability of biofuels produced from domestic feedstock<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Way\nforward:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Utilising wastelands: <\/strong>There are about 63 million ha waste land in the\ncountry, out of which about 40 million ha area can be developed by undertaking\nplantations of Jatropha. <\/li>
      2. Reducing capital costs: <\/strong>Efforts must be made for reduction in the\ncapital cost of biogas plants, development of materials and techniques.<\/li>
      3. Institutional support:<\/strong> Establishing institutional support for\nprogramme formulation and implementation is important to utilise established\nenergy mechanisms.<\/li>
      4. Development of second-generation bi-fuels:<\/strong> Government must support and promote development\nof second-generation bio-fuels and related applications.<\/li>
      5. Establishing standards:<\/strong> It is important to lay down standards for\nvarious bio-energy components, products and systems.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Biomass in Indian energy matrix is very\nimportant for remote villages. Even with decades of experience in managing\nbiomass power, still there exists lots of gaps in the supply chain. The main\nscope for interventions are in collection, improving design and engineering\naspects, conducting feasibility studies and focused research and development. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Demand of the question Introduction. What is bioenergy? Body. Discuss how bio-energy can help in meeting India\u2019s energy demands. Mention various government efforts in reaping bioenergy. Conclusion. Way forward. Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from organic materials derived from biological sources. It is the energy derived from biomass such as bagasse, cotton stalk, coconut… Continue reading [Answered] What is bioenergy? Discuss how bio-energy can help in meeting India\u2019s energy demands.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55871","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}