After the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in investor interest in Biotech stocks in India. Biotech or biotechnology is the integration of biology and technology to use living cells to develop products used in pharma, foods, waste processing, etc. Biotechnology has applications dating back to primitive days with fermentation using yeast to produce […]

Biomass Projects in India In the last 10 years, about 96 projects aggregating to 656 MW have already been in operation and about 60 projects aggregating to 536 MW are currently under implementation in different parts of the country. Moreover, 63 biomass cogeneration (non-bagasse) projects aggregating to about 211 MW and 153 biomass gasifiers with […]

Issues and Challenges of Biomass Energy in India The various issues and challenges faced by biomass power plants as well as the major barriers impeding an enhanced promotion of biomass power plants in the states are covered in the following article. The Government has been implementing the biomass power and cogeneration program since 1994. In […]

Bottleneck in Biomass Power Development India is predominantly an agricultural economy. The estimated food grain production in India in 2011-12 is estimated as a little over 250 MT (Source: PIB). Since biomass energy is primarily derived from the agricultural waste, this sanctify India with huge potential for Biomass power generation. However reality eludes this. The growing O&M costs and […]

Biomass in Punjab A large number of private companies have entered the biomass energy sector in order to capitalize on the potential of biomass growth. A new entrant into the biomass energy field in India, Punjab Biomass plans to set up seven 12 MW plants in India’s northern agri-state of Punjab. The company which is […]

Biomass Biomass Energy is the non-glamorous green energy form, which is one of mankind’s biggest energy providers. Biomass Energy is not frequently used to generate electricity like Wind and Solar Energy, but is mostly used in cooking and heating particularly in developing countries. Biomass Energy has been the principal provider of energy to humans until […]