Sustainable biomass production for energy in selected Asian countries

Bhattacharya, SC and Salam, Abdul P and Pham, HL and Ravindranath, NH (2003) Sustainable biomass production for energy in selected Asian countries. In: Biomass and Bioenergy, 25 (5). pp. 471-482.

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Abstract

This paper presents a synthesis of assessment of sustainable biomass production potential in six Asian countries-China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and is based on the detailed studies carried out in these countries under the Asian Regional Research Programme in Energy, Environment and Climate (ARRPEEC). National level studies were undertaken to estimate land availability for biomass production, identify and evaluate the biomass production options in terms of yield per hectare and financial viability, estimate sustainable biomass production for energy, and estimate the energy potential of biomass production in the six Asian countries. Sustainable biomass production from plantation is estimated to be in the range of 182.5-210.5, 62-310, 0.4-1.7, 3.7-20.4, 2.0-9.9 and 11.6-106.6 Mt yr(-1) for China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, respectively. The maximum annual electricity generation potential, using advanced technologies, from the sustainable biomass production is estimated to be about 27, 114, 4.5, 79, 254 and 195 percentage of the total electricity generation in year 2000 in China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand, respectively. Investment cost for bioenergy production varies from US$381 to 1842 ha(-1) in the countries considered in this study; investment cost for production of biomass varies from US$5.1 to 23 t(-1). (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Biomass and Bioenergy
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Biomass;Land use;Plantation;Sustainability;Asia
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2011 05:45
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2011 05:45
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/40245

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