Role of Biofuels/Biomass in Current Energy Scenario of India

Abstract

In recent times in India, there is a strong urge to apply technologies that will convert waste materials to conventional fossil used in transport and also into chemicals and useful resources. This advancement will help to reduce petroleum imports and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and will use trash materials like municipal and agricultural waste mostly biomass across our country and transform them into value-added products. This calls for a need of novel group of biofuel technologies for better perspective and development of the country. One of the major feedstocks or raw materials that have come into the limelight nowadays for biofuel production is biomass. The present work tries to highlight the various biomass and biofuels and their roles with significance in perspective of Indian energy scenario.