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Power from agro-waste - Business Model 6

Year: 2018

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Power from agro-waste Waste streamAgro-waste (from farmers and agro-industries)Value-added product Power (through biomass gasification or combustion) GeographyRural areas with large acres of crop cultivation for ease of procurement of crop residues Scale of productionSmall to medium scale; 25-100 kW (gasification) and up to 8 MW (combustion) Supporting cases in this bookKoppal, India; Bihar, India Objective of entity Cost-recovery [ X ]; For profit [ X ]; Social enterprise [ X ] Investment cost rangeApprox.USD 1,000 to USD 1,400 per kW Organization type Private Socio-economic impactImproved energy access resulting in increased local income and productivity, cleaner local environment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and employment generation Gender equityClean air working environment supports in particular women where it is replacing kerosene lamps

Source: CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research)

Authors: Krishna C. Rao, Solomie Gebrezgabher

Language: English

Topic: Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development

Subfield: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Affordable and clean energy, No poverty, Climate action, Decent work and economic growth, Zero hunger, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3203919795

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