Biomass briquettes in India
June 22, 2010
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Energy type: Biomass
Project goal: Use of biomass in brick kilns as well as for cookers in schools and hospitals
Carbon reduction: 130,000 tons of carbon dioxide over seven years
India produces millions of tons of agricultural waste each year but this material contains much more than just rubbish. The biomass can be used to generate low-carbon energy. That's what one state in northern India has now begun doing. It's producing briquettes of fuel from the biomass and selling it to local brick kilns.
A film by Christoph Kober