1.1 Understanding Various Terms and Conversion Factors
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Fig. 1.2 Kilowatt hours generated from different source (Ref-Yearbook, Energy Statistics 2013)
non-commercial’ and the planning process does not consider as to how much electricity or gas will be required in future to offset the use of biomass. Every year
millions of tons of wood, animal, and plant waste is burnt for cooking food and other
purposes. It is a ‘no-win’ situation as replacing this biomass with coal or gas will
cost billions of rupees (for import, extraction, transportation, and distribution). No
replacement or slow replacement, on the other hand, would mean loss of trees, soil,
and water. For the sake of understanding, Box 5 gives the conversion ratio between
wood fuel and coal, crop waste and dung (Srivastav and Srivastav 2015).
Box 5
1 Cubic meter of wood (in volume) = 0.725 Metric Ton (in weight)
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 0.7 Metric ton of coal
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 1.53 Metric ton of crop waste
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 2.35 Metric ton of dried animal dung
Source - Srivastav et al., 2015
1.2 Energy Indicators
Different sectors of economy such as residential, commercial, transport, services,
and agriculture require energy in different forms. For example, housing may need
electricity, gas, and solar water heaters; transport may require petrol, diesel, gas,
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Fig. 1.2 Kilowatt hours generated from different source (Ref-Yearbook, Energy Statistics 2013)
non-commercial’ and the planning process does not consider as to how much electricity or gas will be required in future to offset the use of biomass. Every year
millions of tons of wood, animal, and plant waste is burnt for cooking food and other
purposes. It is a ‘no-win’ situation as replacing this biomass with coal or gas will
cost billions of rupees (for import, extraction, transportation, and distribution). No
replacement or slow replacement, on the other hand, would mean loss of trees, soil,
and water. For the sake of understanding, Box 5 gives the conversion ratio between
wood fuel and coal, crop waste and dung (Srivastav and Srivastav 2015).
Box 5
1 Cubic meter of wood (in volume) = 0.725 Metric Ton (in weight)
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 0.7 Metric ton of coal
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 1.53 Metric ton of crop waste
1 Metric ton of wood fuel = 2.35 Metric ton of dried animal dung
Source - Srivastav et al., 2015
1.2 Energy Indicators
Different sectors of economy such as residential, commercial, transport, services,
and agriculture require energy in different forms. For example, housing may need
electricity, gas, and solar water heaters; transport may require petrol, diesel, gas,