GDP Growth: Slowing! · Abellon’s Response: Low Carbon & Integrated Solutions for Energy &...
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India: Perspectives
Population: 1.2 Bn and GrowingGDP: $1.8 Trillion
GDP Growth: Slowing!
Bioenergy WeekBrasilia, Brazil22nd March, 2013
Tarun RokadiyaAbellon CleanEnergy
India
• Share Abellon’s Model for Bioenergy
• Share some “on-the-ground” experience
• Relate to the GBEP Indicators
Objectives
India: Perspectives
Population: 1.2 Bn and Growing
GDP: $1.8 Trillion
GDP Growth: Slowing!
India: Energy
10% of GDP on Energy Import
• Transportation – Oil
• Cooking - Gas
• Industry – Coal, Oil, Gas
• Power – Coal
• Fertilizer Production – Gas
72% population relies on traditional biomass for cooking
30% without electricity access
India: Agriculture
15% Contribution to GDP
50% of workforce employment
India: Agriculture
39% of arable land irrigated
50% of land degraded
60% increase in fertilizer use per Ha – but decline in yield
2.5% of GDP spent on fertilizer subsidies
500 Mn tons of residues generated
Interdependent Challenges
1. Enhancing Energy Security
2. Reducing Energy Intensity of Agriculture
3. Restoring Soil Health & Productivity
4. Efficient Water-Use
5. Low-Carbon Growth
6. Climate Change / GHG
7. Employment Generation
An Integrated Approach is Needed
Abellon’s Response: Low Carbon & Integrated Solutions for Energy & Environment
• Sustainable Collection of Residues
• Maximizing Biomass Residue Utilization Value Chain
• Agro-Forestry, Inter-Cropping, Integrated Energy Plantation
• Agri-Genomics, Tissue Culture Plant Propagation
• Integrated Plant Nutrition & Soil Enhancement
• R&D to advance biomass value chain
• Farmer Outreach & Social Inclusion
Sustainable Biomass Collection
• Biomass collection is decentralized - within 50 kms distance from Plant
Decentralized Collection
Decentralized Collection
Decentralized Collection Impact
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• Rural Entrepreneurship – Local Change Agents Created
• Minimizes Logistical Complexity
• Enhancing Farmer Income
• Adapting to local context
• Employment Generation
Biomass to Bioenergy: Solid Biofuel Pellets
Biomass shredded and densified into Pellets at Abellon’s
Solid Biofuel Manufacturing Plants.
Densification Impact
BiomassDensification
• Reduced cost of transportation to consumers – per unit cost of
transportation reduced 4 times
• Biofuel can travel 4 times further in same cost = greater market
reach
• Improved handling & distribution of biofuel to consumers
Bulk Density
Cotton Stalk 150 kg/m3
Shredded Cotton Stalk 250 - 300 kg/m3
Densified Biomass 650 kg/m3
Bulk Density increased 4 times compared to traditio nal biomass!
Densification & Processing Impact on Combustion
Biomass Processing &Densification
• Material Consistency – Uniform Shape & Size
• Improved Combustion Efficiency
• Biomass is screened – minimizes impurities / metal
• Compatible with Conventional Thermal Systems
Densification & Processing of Biomass Improves Comb ustion Efficiency Compared to Raw
Biomass
Solid Biofuel: Biomass Flexibility
Flexibility in raw material makes it possible to us e local biomass resource effectively
Cotton Stalk Cumin Stalk Wood Waste Bamboo
Solid Biofuel: Energy & Application Diversity
Industrial Use Residential Use Commercial
Utilities & Power
COMMUNITY
Space Heating Hot WaterGenerator
Community Cooking Stoves
Solid Biofuel Caters to Energy Requirements Across M ultiple Segment s
Power | Heating | Cooking
Improved Utilization of Biomass for Cooking – A Global Need
Abellon’s Eco -Stove
• Improved Combustion Cookstove
• Convenient
• Smokeless
• Economical – Saves upto 50% Compared to LPG
Eco-Stove Use in India
Eco-Stove Use in India
Eco-Stove Use in Ghana
Eco-Stove Use in Ghana
10 MW Biopower – Under Commissioning
Biomass to Biopower
Abellon Agrisciences: Integral to Energy & Environment
• Agro-Forestry
• Inter-Cropping
• Agri-Genomics & Tissue Culture Plant Propagation
• Integrated Plant Nutrition & Soil Enhancement
Abellon Agrisciences: Integral to Energy & Environment
Bamboo
• A Livelihood Product - Energy, Pulp, Fiber,
Products, & more….
• Fastest growing grass
• Intercropping between Bamboo
• Tissue Cultured Plants
Abellon’s Agro -Forestry Model in Gujarat Spread Over 200 Acres
Palmarosa & Bamboo
Banana & Bamboo Lentils & Bamboo
Sandalwood & Bamboo
Intercropping – Energy + Food + Other
Integrated Plant Nutrition & Soil Enhancement
Integrated Plant Nutrition & Soil Enhancement
Organic FertilizerPellets
• Improves physio-bio-chemical properties of soil
• Improved Efficiency of Nutrient Uptake
• Moisture Retention in Soil
• Sustained Release of Nutrition
• Can be manufactured locally
• Deoiled Cakes (OM)
• Biochar (OC)
• Soil Beneficial Bacteria
• Mineral Solubilizer
• Plant Protectants
Integrated Plant Nutrition & Soil Enhancement
Crop-Specific All-Purpose
Product can be designed for specific Crops & Soils
R&D Focus Areas & Projects
1. Ligno-cellulosic Ethanol
2. Micro Algae Value Chain Development
3. Torrefaction of Biomass
Indo -US Project for Development of Sustainable Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuel system
Ligno -Cellulosic Ethanol Project
Department of EnergyMinistry & Science & Technology
Joint Clean Energy Research & Development Center
1. Improve feedstock using genomics and breeding tools
2. Develop production logistics and identify soil and environmental criteria to ensure a
commercially successful advanced feedstock production system.
3. Development of bio-catalysts for production of advanced biofuels and co-products
and optimization of pretreatment and fermentation processes.
4. Minimizing environmental impact and maximizing revenues from bio-refinery waste
streams.
5. Analysis and development of certification protocols and sustainability standards.
6. Assessment of energy requirements and emissions.
7. Supply chain management analysis.
Ligno -Cellulosic Ethanol Project: Objectives
WP1: FeedstockDevelopment
WP1: FeedstockDevelopment
WP2: ConversionTechnologies
WP3: CommercializationAnd Sustainability
ICRISAT
DSR
ABELLON
RVSKW
TNAU
IICT
JNTU
TNAU
IIT-M
IIT-D
HPCL
CESS
IICT
ABELLON
JNTU
TNAU
ICRISAT
DSR
Ligno -Cellulosic Ethanol Project: Work Plan
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R&D: Micro -Algae & Value Chain
R&D: Algae Bioreactor
Partly Supported by Ministry of New & &Renewable En ergy, Govt of India
Torrefaction of Biomass
• Further increase in Energy Density Per Unit
• Reduces Logistics Costs
• Improved Combustion
• Longer Shelf Life for Storage
• Hydrophobic
R&D: Impact of Torrefaction
Other Innovations: Solar – Agri Model
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Photo-voltaic
Photo-synthesis
Solar – Agri Model: Energy + Land + Water Efficiency
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Summary
1. Bioenergy models need to be adapted to local context
2. Biomass residue has multi-dimensional potential
3. Densification/Pelletization enhances economic value &
minimizes logistical cost
4. Models should be integrated to maximize potential & value
Abellon's Integrated Model
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Abellon’s Global Operations
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Abellon’s Plants & Operations
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Abellon is prepared and well positioned to partner global efforts in bioenergy.