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melidubia plants for sale
Electricity production in Biomass Gasifier / Combustion using 'Melia dubia':
Spacing @1.5x1.5m...........- 1740 Plants / Acre.
Yield @ 50 Kg/tree after 2 years - 87 Tonnes/Acre/irrigated & fertigated.
Yield per year...................- 44 Tonnes /Acre / Year
1MW production................- 24 Tonnes/Day. (Roughly 2Kg for 1 unit)
For 365 days.....................- 8760 Tonnes/Year. (Approx.9000 T)
If the yield is 50 T/Acre/Year, than for continuous feedstock availability 360 acres (180 acres x 2) of Melia should be planted.
Viability: 10 MW plant. So, 3600 acres are to be planted.
Profit for farmer:87TxRs.2000=Rs.1.74 Lakh /2 years (-) cultivation + Drip + Fertilizers + Harvest cost Rs.0.74= Rs.1.00 L (i.e) Rs.0.50/year.
Cost of production for the mill: Rs.3.50 per unit.
Cost of selling electricity - Rs.4.50 per unit.
Minimum profit for the company (per unit) - Rs.1.00
This meagre profit to the power producer is due to the wrong calculation adopted by the Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency when fixing power purchase rate. The agency estimated the biomass cost at Rs.1000 per ton whereas the present actual cost is around Rs.2500 / Ton.
Apart from sales, the other benefits being enjoyed by the companies are capital subsidy, selling the byproducts - Biochar and Activated charcoal, availing carbon credit under CDM and the subsidy from Department of Non-conventional Energy.
All is well for the producers and to the power buyers because they are getting cheap subsidy and power at cheap rate respectively.
All is not well to the farmers since companies are still offering Minimum Support Price of only Rs.1800/Ton/at farm gate even for contract farming .
Need of the hour is for the Government to take into account the interests of the farmers and fix a reasonable Minimum Support Price on the lines of 'Sugarcane Pricing' every year. In the present chaotic power scenario, our Govt. can also directly participate in the "Power from Biomass programme" like its decision to participate in the ethanol programme of Sugar Industry.
By announcing more procurement price for the feedstock and a reasonable price for the Power produced by the companies, our Govt. will not only solve the present power crisis but also will bring back smiles to the majority voters (sic) farmers.
Electricity production in Biomass Gasifier / Combustion using 'Melia dubia':
Spacing @1.5x1.5m...........- 1740 Plants / Acre.
Yield @ 50 Kg/tree after 2 years - 87 Tonnes/Acre/irrigated & fertigated.
Yield per year...................- 44 Tonnes /Acre / Year
1MW production................- 24 Tonnes/Day. (Roughly 2Kg for 1 unit)
For 365 days.....................- 8760 Tonnes/Year. (Approx.9000 T)
If the yield is 50 T/Acre/Year, than for continuous feedstock availability 360 acres (180 acres x 2) of Melia should be planted.
Viability: 10 MW plant. So, 3600 acres are to be planted.
Profit for farmer:87TxRs.2000=Rs.1.74 Lakh /2 years (-) cultivation + Drip + Fertilizers + Harvest cost Rs.0.74= Rs.1.00 L (i.e) Rs.0.50/year.
Cost of production for the mill: Rs.3.50 per unit.
Cost of selling electricity - Rs.4.50 per unit.
Minimum profit for the company (per unit) - Rs.1.00
This meagre profit to the power producer is due to the wrong calculation adopted by the Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency when fixing power purchase rate. The agency estimated the biomass cost at Rs.1000 per ton whereas the present actual cost is around Rs.2500 / Ton.
Apart from sales, the other benefits being enjoyed by the companies are capital subsidy, selling the byproducts - Biochar and Activated charcoal, availing carbon credit under CDM and the subsidy from Department of Non-conventional Energy.
All is well for the producers and to the power buyers because they are getting cheap subsidy and power at cheap rate respectively.
All is not well to the farmers since companies are still offering Minimum Support Price of only Rs.1800/Ton/at farm gate even for contract farming .
Need of the hour is for the Government to take into account the interests of the farmers and fix a reasonable Minimum Support Price on the lines of 'Sugarcane Pricing' every year. In the present chaotic power scenario, our Govt. can also directly participate in the "Power from Biomass programme" like its decision to participate in the ethanol programme of Sugar Industry.
By announcing more procurement price for the feedstock and a reasonable price for the Power produced by the companies, our Govt. will not only solve the present power crisis but also will bring back smiles to the majority voters (sic) farmers.