Biomass for heating

• Industrial & commercial heating

• Residential heating

Biomass for power

• Combustion-based

• Gasification-based

• Cogeneration in biomass energy power

• Cofiring of biomass and coal

Pyrolysis of biomass

Torrefaction and biocoal

Biomass energy plus CO2 sequestration - BECCS

Biogas from biomass

• RNG

Feedstock

• Energy crops

  • Bamboo

  • Switchgrass

  • Miscanthus

• Agro waste for bio-energy

  • Rice husk

  • Rice straw

  • Cotton stalk

  • Mustard stalk

  • Wheat straw

  • Sugarcane trash

  • Corn stover & cobs

  • Barley straw

  • Palm kernel shells

Industrial waste

• Sugar industry - bagasse

• Paper industry

• Wood-based industries

End use industries for biomass heating

• Food & beverages

• Chemicals & fertilizers

• Pharma

• Steel

• Cement

• Textiles

• Pulp & paper

• Cosmetics & toiletries

• Hospitals

• Printing & publishing

• Hotels & restaurants

Use of biomass as:

• Pellets

• Briquettes

• Bio-coal

Training/capacity building

• Biomass power plant O&M

Collaboration

• With feedstock producers

• With biomass aggregators

• With logistics companies

Use of IT & digital solutions

Case studies

Economics

Challenges

• Feedstock challenges

• Economics challenges

• Policy challenges

Geographical trends

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia

• Middle East & Africa

• Australia