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The study focused on the value of biomass-based power plants and hybrid systems to the grid today and in 2030. In India, there are 3 GW for biomass (excluding bagasse), 7 GW for bagasse-based cogeneration, and 20–25 GW for additional untapped biomass generation capacity. The high amounts of solar generation during daytime hours result in steep ramps during morning and evening peak times. Therefore, flexible resources such as energy storage, demand response, and flexible operations of gas and biomass power plants become increasingly important. Diurnal balancing support requires 4–6 hr of support during morning and evening peak periods for more than 300 days of the year. Seasonal balancing requires high capacity factors of 60–80% between the months of October and February when RE generation is reduced. In order to balance India's grid, 63 GW of energy storage, 60 GW of load shifting from nighttime to solar hours and using the existing gas-based capacity for seasonal balancing during low RE season (Oct-Feb) will need to be used in addition to 307 GW of solar and 142 GW of wind. In this economic framework, waste management and reduced pollution/emissions benefits from avoided waste burning are not considered.
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Godara, R. et al. (2023). Assessment of Economics of Hybrid Biomass Systems and Value to Grid. In: Gakkhar, N., Kumar, S., Sarma, A.K., Graham, N.T. (eds) Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research. ICRABR-2022 2022. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5758-3_20
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