Biomass Power Plant Planning using Remote sensing and

Biomass Power Plant Planning using Remote sensing and GIS M Hiloidhari Department of Energy, Tezpur University, India

Energy Demand Cost Emission Supply Petroleum 40 years Coal 200 years Gas 60 years 1 Future? ?

Rural power scenario in India Every tenth village…. . no electricity Fluctuating voltage, power shortage ……. day to day phenomena Dependency on Kerosene Poor quality light, health problems

Biomass: potential rural energy source Agricultural Rice straw Forest products Municipal organic waste Animal manure Aquatic plants ØRenewable, carbon neutral Ø 35% primary energy in developing countries Øheat, electricity and fuels Wood chip

Biomass power in India ØIndia generates 139 million tonnes surplus biomass annually ØBiomass power potential 22000 MW ØInstalled 2300 MW

RSGIS in Bioenergy Spatial and temporal mapping of biomass Collection, storage, transportation planning Biomass power planning upto micro level

Biomass power plant at Napaam village, Assam Supply side Rice straw as feedstock for power generation Assess rice cropland using GIS and LISS IV image Estimate surplus rice straw Estimate energy potential of surplus rice straw Demand side household electricity demand survey

Power plant characteristics Operating time 5 hours day-1 Generation technology Direct combustion of biomass Conversion efficiency 20% Plant size 155 k. W Rice straw residue biomass Straw demand: 363 tonne year-1 Surplus rice straw: 537 tonne year-1 Parameter Value Rice productivity (tonne ha-1) 2. 8 RPR 1. 757 Availability factor 0. 5 Calorific value (MJ kg-1) 14. 5

Biomass power plant location

Acknowledgement to DST-NRDMS, New Delhi for research funding

THANK YOU