Current scenario of bio fuel in India

Abstract

Sustainable biomass resource has been receiving much attention worldwide due to the depletion of raw material for fossil fuels. However for proper and optimal exploitation of the available biomass, there is a need to quantify the district wise availability of biomass in our country and to prepare a zone wise recommendation for adopting appropriate technologies for converting the biomass into biofuels. Biofuels offer a number of environmental, social and economic advantages. The use of biofuels may lead to reduction in vehicular pollution and green house gas emissions as it is established that the emission of sulphur dioxide(SO2), particulate matter and carbon monoxide(CO) etc. are less from biofuels. The economic and social benefits arising out of the development of biofuel sector through increased income and employment opportunities for the rural communities is also highlighted. The greening of wasteland and regeneration of degraded forest lands through cultivation of biofuel crops is another added advantage.