[Stoves] Economic feasibility of agro waste pelletization as an energy option in rural India

[Tom Miles]

In this paper, an economic evaluation for agricultural waste pelletization
is presented. In the view of a small scale, village level bioenergy system
for India, we considered a 2 tonnes/day capacity pelletization plant as
base case. The capital investment and annual operating expenses were $41250
and $34282, respectively. The raw material cost shared the largest among
all elements of annual operating expenses. The results showed that the
pelletization plant appears to be feasible, considering the selling price
of pellet is greater than $120 per tonne. Sensitivity analysis showed a
strong influence of pellet price on profitability parameters (NPV and IRR).


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610219309816?dgcid=raven_sd_recommender_email


What has been the experience with pellets in India? There must be many
commercial pellet enterprises.

Tom
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