Study on the sustainability of Biomass based power generation in Karnataka

To take up the study of KERC on sustainability of bio-mass based power generation in Karnataka. Following are the objectives of the study: To study the cost structure of exisiting plants and assesses their financial health, the technical performance of the existing plants in terms of PLF / availability, the existing arrangement of procuring fuel / assessment of fuel risk in terms of quantum and cost and the proposed arrangement for mitigating the fuel risk in terms of quantum and cost.