wide-scale b. Enhancing Support technical implementation funding sources institutions to adapt the of technologies technologies to suit local to either convert socio-techno-economic waste conditions agricultural c. Promoting Establish research projects biomass directly efficient to develop innovative, into energy (such technologies technologies rice-husk or such as bagasse fired briquetting, boilers) or biomass cooking convert it into stoves, etc. more easily usable fuel c. Price a. Price Establish biomass tariff 3-5 years Low equalisation, regulation of policy with provisions for fiscal incentives waste periodic revision and financial agricultural subsidies to biomass create greater business interest in waste agricultural biomass to energy projects. b. Fiscal Strengthen existing fiscal 3-5 years High Incentives incentives and establish (e.g. exemption from electricity duty) as required. c. Financial 5-8 years High Establish financial subsidy subsidies schemes to promote technological innovation and reduction in technology costs. establish schemes so as to create a balance between demand and supply of biomass establish subsidy schemes to bring about a parity in price of biomass and fossil fuel for the same thermal value d. Raising a. Awareness i. Develop awareness 3-5 years Low awareness raising raising materials among all energy
wide-scale implementation of technologies to either convert waste agricultural biomass directly into energy (such rice-husk or bagasse fired boilers) or convert it into more easily usable fuel b. Enhancing funding sources Support technical institutions to adapt the technologies to suit local socio-techno-economic conditions c. Promoting efficient technologies such as briquetting, biomass cooking stoves, etc. Establish research projects to develop innovative, technologies c. Price equalisation, fiscal incentives and financial subsidies to create greater business interest in waste agricultural biomass to energy projects. a. Price regulation of waste agricultural biomass Establish biomass tariff policy with provisions for periodic revision 3-5 years Low b. Fiscal Incentives Strengthen existing fiscal incentives and establish (e.g. exemption from electricity duty) as required. 3-5 years High c. Financial subsidies Establish financial subsidy 5-8 years High schemes to promote technological innovation and reduction in technology costs. establish schemes so as to create a balance between demand and supply of biomass establish subsidy schemes to bring about a parity in price of biomass and fossil fuel for the same thermal value d. Raising awareness among all energy a. Awareness raising i. Develop awareness raising materials 3-5 years Low
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