Total biomass potential

Biomass
Type

Area
(kHa)

Crop Production
(kT/Yr)

Biomass Generation
(kT/Yr)

Biomass Surplus
(kT/Yr)*

Power Potential
(MWe)*

Agro-residue

4758.0

6636.5

11272.8

2127.9

248.3

Forest and Wasteland residue

8762.1

0.0

13592.4

9066.0

1269.2

Total

13520.1

6636.5

24865.2

11193.9

1517.5

Biomass potential from agro-residues

District

Area
(kHa)

Crop Production
(kT/Yr)

Biomass Generation
(kT/Yr)

Biomass Surplus
(kT/Yr)*

Power Potential
(MWe)*

Bastar

435.3

447.2

776.4

137.4

16.1

Bilaspur

342.6

575.3

971.9

181.7

21.1

Dantewada

342.8

382.0

666.1

119.0

13.9

Dhamtari

163.5

300.4

507.4

92.7

10.7

Durg

581.2

874.6

1458.5

275.1

32.2

Janjgir-Champa

241.9

473.7

805.6

146.5

16.8

Jashpur

187.5

216.7

370.8

66.9

7.7

Kanker

187.7

301.2

513.6

94.6

10.9

Kawardha

217.3

215.8

335.2

83.6

10.3

Korba

127.4

193.8

332.9

60.5

7.0

Koreya

129.2

121.4

216.3

48.0

5.8

Mahasamund

222.4

436.9

743.1

135.2

15.5

Raigarh

276.4

419.9

718.2

127.7

14.7

Raipur

499.2

725.3

1225.5

225.7

26.0

Rajnandgaon

440.9

455.5

774.4

170.0

20.5

Surguja

362.7

496.8

856.9

163.3

19.1

Total

4758.0

6636.5

11272.8

2127.9

248.3

Biomass potential from forest and wasteland

District

Area
(kHa)

Biomass Generation
(kT/Yr)

Biomass Surplus
(kT/Yr)*

Power Potential
(MWe)*

Bastar

1313.2

2134.8

1423.9

199.3

Bilaspur

545.7

836.7

558.1

78.1

Dantewada

1292.5

2027.2

1352.1

189.3

Dhamtari

257.7

237.1

158.2

22.1

Durg

254.1

403.1

268.9

37.6

Janjgir-Champa

77.0

116.8

77.9

10.9

Jashpur

400.2

660.8

440.7

61.7

Kanker

287.6

494.3

329.7

46.2

Kawardha

241.2

411.3

274.3

38.4

Korba

408.9

719.5

479.9

67.2

Koreya

595.1

795.4

530.5

74.3

Mahasamund

253.6

359.7

239.9

33.6

Raigarh

391.4

540.9

360.8

50.5

Raipur

763.5

1136.9

758.3

106.2

Rajnandgaon

395.9

634.6

423.3

59.3

Surguja

1284.5

2134.8

1423.9

199.3

Total

8762.1

13592.4

9066.0

1269.2