Power Min revises biomass co-firing policy to enable purchase of pellets

The power ministry on Tuesday said it has revised the biomass co-firing policy to enable the purchase of biomass pellets by power plants.

The decision would encourage farmers, entrepreneurs as well as thermal power utilities to strive to establish a sustainable biomass supply chain, the ministry said in a statement.

“Ministry of Power (MoP) has decided to benchmark the prices of biomass pellets used for co-firing in Thermal Power Plants (TPPs). Ministry of Power has revised biomass Co-Firing Policy for enabling the purchase of biomass pellets by Power Plants at benchmark price,” it said.