Cyber Times International Journal of Technology & Management

The demand of energy has been increased over the years as the sequence by increasing of the world population. Currently, the energy consumption in India was rising in relation to economic growth. India with the abundant and varieties of biomass and agricultural wastes should have the great challenge and opportunity for this supply to anaerobic digestion for biogas production accordingly by the strategy of government. Since India is an agricultural- based economy, there are various resources of agricultural residues which can be used for power generation. To what extent those residues go through future energy markets depends on various aspects, e.g. the availability of the resources, the logistic frame conditions for the fuel supply, the state of the art of conversion technologies and opportunities for technological developments, the costs of electricity generation and last but not least environmental, social and institutional factors. This paper point out which agricultural sources could be used as promising energy sources and analyzes the potential contribution in terms of electricity generation. An overview about the viable conversion routes and technologies is presented and discussed.