Biomass:
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Biomass is a renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals.
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Biomass can be used as an energy source.
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It is a renewable, widely available, carbon-neutral source with the potential to provide significant employment in rural areas.
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About 32% of the total primary energy use in the country is still derived from biomass.
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More than 70% of the country’s population depends upon it for its energy needs.
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing the Biomass power & cogeneration programme with the main objective of promoting technologies for optimum use of the country’s biomass resources for grid power generation.