Final Report Consultancy Services to Assess the Biomass Availability and Determination of Biomass Price in the Six Districts of Gujarat Supported by / Prepared for The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission Consultancy Services to Assess the Biomass Availability and Determination of Biomass Price in the six Districts of Gujarat © The Energy and Resources Institute 2017 Suggested format for citation T E R I. 2017 Consultancy Services to Assess the Biomass Availability and Determination of Biomass Price in the six Districts of Gujarat New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute. 168 pp. For more information Project Monitoring Cell T E R I Tel. 2468 2100 or 2468 2111 Darbari Seth Block E-mail [email protected] IHC Complex, Lodhi Road Fax 2468 2144 or 2468 2145 New Delhi – 110 003 Web www.teriin.org India India +91 • Delhi (0)11 ii Table of contents ABBREVIATIONS............................................................................................................................ XI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................................................. XII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 1 LIMITATIONS AND MITIGATIONS OF THE PRESENT STUDY ...................................................... 3 TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS ............................................................................................................. 5 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ...................................................................................................... 7 Objective .................................................................................................................................. 7 Scope of the study................................................................................................................... 7 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 9 Data collection ......................................................................................................................... 9 Secondary data collection ............................................................................................... 9 Primary data collection ................................................................................................... 9 Data collection from agricultural field ................................................................................ 9 Data collection from industries ............................................................................................ 9 Calculation for biomass generated .............................................................................. 10 Calculation for biomass costing ................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 1: GUJARAT PROFILE ................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Location and geographical area ................................................................................... 11 1.2 Demography ................................................................................................................... 11 1.3 Climate............................................................................................................................. 11 1.4 Biomass energy potential .............................................................................................. 12 1.5 Agricultural scenario and crop production ................................................................ 12 CHAPTER 2: JUNAGADH DISTRICT............................................................................................. 17 2.1 Brief profile of Junagadh District ................................................................................. 17 2.1.1 Location and geographical area .................................................................... 17 2.1.2 Climate and rainfall ........................................................................................ 17 2.1.3 Demography .................................................................................................... 17 2.1.4 Administrative set-up ..................................................................................... 18 2.2 Agricultural scenario of Junagadh District ................................................................ 18 2.2.1 Agricultural land holding pattern ................................................................ 18 2.2.2 Land use pattern .............................................................................................. 19 2.2.3 Production pattern of different crops ........................................................... 20 2.2.4 Cropping pattern ............................................................................................ 22 2.3 Biomass resource analyses ............................................................................................ 22 2.4 Primary data collection .................................................................................................. 23 2.4.1 Farmers’ survey ............................................................................................... 23 2.4.2 Industrial survey ............................................................................................. 25 2 4.3 Observations and analysis ............................................................................. 27 2.4.4 Institutions ....................................................................................................... 29 2.4.5 Summary of biomass generation, consumption, and surplus .................. 29 2.5. Biomass cost analysis .................................................................................................... 29 2.5.1 Modes and cost of transportation ................................................................. 29 2.5.2 Cost of fuels including losses ........................................................................ 30 2.5.3 Weighted average ........................................................................................... 31 CHAPTER 3: AMRELI DISTRICT ................................................................................................... 33 3.1 Brief profile of Amreli District ..................................................................................... 33 3.1.1 Location and geographical area .................................................................... 33 3.1.2 Climate and rainfall ........................................................................................ 33 3.1.3 Administrative set-up and demography ..................................................... 33 3.2 Agricultural scenario of Amreli District ...................................................................... 34 3.2.1 Land use pattern .............................................................................................. 34 3.2.2 Land holding pattern ...................................................................................... 35 3.2.3 Production pattern of different crops ........................................................... 36 3.3 Primary data collection ................................................................................................. 38 3.3.1 Farmers’ survey ............................................................................................... 39 iii Consultancy Services to Assess the Biomass Availability and Determination of Biomass Price in the six Districts of Gujarat 3.4 Observations ................................................................................................................... 40 3.4.1 Industrial survey ............................................................................................. 40 3.4.2 Institutions ....................................................................................................... 42 3.5 Crop residue resource analysis .................................................................................... 43 3.5.1 Total crop residue generated and its use ..................................................... 43 3.5.2 Crop residue consumption and surplus analysis ....................................... 43 3.6 Crop residue cost analysis ........................................................................................... 44 CHAPTER 4: BHAVNAGAR DISTRICT ........................................................................................ 47 4.1 Brief profile of Bhavnagar District ............................................................................... 47 4.1.1 Location and geographical area .......................................................................... 47 4.1.2 Climate and rainfall .............................................................................................. 47 4.1.3 Administrative set-up and demography ........................................................... 48 4.2 Agricultural scenario of Bhavnagar District ............................................................... 48 4.2.1 Agricultural land holding pattern ...................................................................... 48 4.2.3 Production pattern of different crops ................................................................. 50 4.2.4 Cropping pattern ................................................................................................... 51 4.3 Crop residue