2020
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Haryana
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Punjab
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Odisha
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Karnataka
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Detailed explanation-1: -Chitkara University-incubated startup GFF Innovations has curated a machine called Moksh that collects crop stubble and turns it into a biofuel. Come winter, and the skies in Punjab, Haryana, and surrounding areas turn ash grey with the smoke from burning crop stubble (paddy residue).
Detailed explanation-2: -Shri Dnyaneshwar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Biomass Power Plant is a 31.5MW biopower project. It is located in Maharashtra, India. The project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases.
Detailed explanation-3: -He explains that one of the reasons farmers choose to burn the stubble after harvesting paddy is because of the short window before the next crop is planted.
Detailed explanation-4: -Generating energy from stubble based biomass is an option but its high chlorine, potassium and alkaline content makes it difficult to burn. When released at combustion temperature, the alkaline content in the fuel solidifies on the heating surfaces of the boiler.