Uttar Pradesh to leverage agri waste value chain for power generation
To provide an additional revenue source to farmers, the Uttar Pradesh government is looking to enrich the agricultural waste value chain for power generation and ethanol production.
Agricultural waste or biomass will be converted into biomass pellets to replace coal in the state’s thermal power plants. The potential agricultural waste market in UP is estimated at Rs 50,000 crore annually.
Some thermal power units run by the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and the UP power utility are already using biomass pellets along with coal.
