NIT Andhra Pradesh encourages research in bioenergy for sustainable solutions

The programme on ‘Waste to Bio-energy: A Sustainable solution’ aims to bring advancements in the field of bioenergy through waste utilisation and minimise the dependency on fossil-based fuels to improve energy security. 

The National Institute of Technology (NIT), Andhra Pradesh, is encouraging its faculty and researchers towards advancements in the field of bioenergy. Bioenergy is a form of renewable energy derived from living organic materials known as biomass that can be used to meet energy demands. Biomass energy will improve energy security of developing nations such as India. 

Towards this, the institute is organising a five-day online faculty development programme on ‘Waste to Bioenergy: A Sustainable solution’, which began on September 13 and will continue till September 17, 2021. 

The programme aims to bring advancements in the field of bioenergy through waste utilisation and minimise the dependency on fossil-based fuels to improve energy security. 

Prof CSP Rao, Director, NIT Andhra Pradesh, said, “The demand for cleaner and greener fuels are increasing tremendously. India’s economy greatly depends on its agricultural production, which generates a lot of agricultural waste, which is unutilised and creates problem for disposal. Thus, the demand for transforming such waste to bioenergy/biofuels is increasing rapidly. The residues generated after processing can also be utilised further as biofertilisers. With the announcement of new biofuels policy by the Government of India in 2018, India has focused more in the area of bioenergy and has set a target to achieve 20 per cent blending of ethanol in petrol and 5 per cent blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2030. Hence, research should be focused more towards utilisation of waste for the production of biofuels/bioenergy.”  

Key outcomes envisaged from online training 

• Biomass  gasification  from waste 
• Transforming  waste to high  value bio renewables 
• Converting  unsegregated waste to fuels and energy   
• Biofuels  and enzyme production 
• Application  of microalgae to produce biofuel 

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