Innovative Approach: NTPC to Co-fire Bamboo at Solapur Thermal Power Plant
NTPC to drive bamboo-based biomass power generation at Solapur Plant
This is one giant leap in the direction of renewable energy; NTPC is all set to add one more item into its basket: bamboo as a new biomass fuel added to its list. NTPC shall be the very first such national endeavour, after its Solapur foray, add coal to that basket of fuels and energies too.
This comes after a proposal made by Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis to NTPC chairman for the generation of sustainable and environment-friendly sources of energy. The pilot program will be led by the Solapur Thermal Power Station, which has a 1,320 MW coal-fired project.
Bamboo as a Biomass Fuel
As told by Pasha Patel, chief of the Chief Minister's Environment and Sustainable Development Task Force, it has been taken out from farmers from Solapur, etc, all close locations, bamboo that, on comparison of calorific values with coal has equivalent values and in its entirety will prove as a good substitute and as
