MNES ties up with UNDPGEF
The three-year project aims at removal of barriers, sustained supply of biomass, technology upgradation, equipment supply and development of standards for biomass energy projects.
By TNN |
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES) has signed a $39.15 million project with UNDP Global Environment Fund (UNDPGEF) and KFW of Germany for harnessing biomass energy resources in India.
The biomass energy has an established potential of about 19,000 MW while the co-generation power projects have a potential of about 5,000 MW. At present power projects of over 1,000 MW capacity based on biomass and co-generation have been set up in India.
The biomass energy has an established potential of about 19,000 MW while the co-generation power projects have a potential of about 5,000 MW. At present power projects of over 1,000 MW capacity based on biomass and co-generation have been set up in India.
The three-year project aims at removal of barriers, sustained supply of biomass, technology upgradation, equipment supply and development of standards for biomass energy projects.
It will contribute in exploiting the tremendous potential for setting up power projects based on biomass and co-generation in a big way, providing solution to eliminate the impediments such as supply of raw material, appropriate technology and the latest quality equipment. As these projects' potential sites are comparative smaller in size and scattered over different parts of country, development of standards for them assumes significance.
The development of biomass and co-generation power projects are environmentally benign and provide a vast employment opportunity to rural and semi-rural areas besides contributing to the reduction of gap between the demand and supply of power.
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