Renewable-Energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR GUJARAT SCENARIO: BIO ENERGYThe total bio-mass potential for Gujarat is about 1,800 MW from crop residue and about 140 MWfrom forest residueBiomass potential in GujaratCrop ResidueForest ResidueBIO-ENERGY PROGRAMMES• Institutional biogas plants 9835 m 3 /day capacity in various institutions acrossthe state• India’s first and Asia’s biggest power plant based on biomass gasification hasrecently been commissioned at village Kothara in the border district of Kutch,Gujarat. The project is expected to generate 500 KW electricity from its twogenerating units41.20 MW capacitybiomass projectscommissioned inAmreli, Junagadh andVadodara13.23 MW waste-toenergypowergeneration projectsDISTRICTS WITH THE HIGHESTBIOMASS POTENTIAL, MWCROPRajkot 228Jamnagar 203Bhavnagar 192Junagadh 168Surendranagar 142Amreli 137FORESTJunagadh 18The dangs 18Sabarkantha 16Valsad 15Dahod 12Banaskantha 11Source: TERI, Gujarat Energy Development Agency