Abstract
India is one of the largest consumers and producers of sugar in the world and is the world's second largest producer next to Brazil of the sugarcane. Country has made impressive growth in the bagasse cogeneration. However, sustaining the growth is the real challenge. This article provides an overview of the current status, historical growth, technological status, policy, regulatory and fiscal support extended by the Govt of India as well as state governments to bagasse cogeneration. This work has identified the barriers in speedy adoption of the technology by sugar mills. The article concludes that support extended to bagasse cogeneration by the MNRE, especially to cooperative sugar mills, must be continued. The preferential tariff determined by CERC and SERCs for the bagasse cogeneration must take into account the increased support price offered to sugarcane by state governments as well as price offered to bagasse by competing technologies like paper and pulp industries. Strong RPO compliance by power distribution companies and streamlining of REC mechanism is required to attract industries, project developers and investors to invest in renewable energy in the country.
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