Concerning use in the UK and EU, with dominant UK/EU sourcing and some international sourcing.
If there was a market for utilising wheat straw and oilseed rape straw wastes for the use of energy production, would it work along side the food industry and prevent the issues we have all discussed in such depth?
I am focusing on the possibilities of a hydrogen market, but for this to be viable the primary uses of these wastes need to be less profitable than the potential for use in hydrogen production.
In the UK and EU, wheat straw is used primarily for animal feed and bedding.
Oilseed rape straw has no value, so this route is already viable.
Palm oil empty fruit bunches, fibres &shells are used for electricity/stream production on site and cake from the pressed fruit is sold on for use in animal feed.
If there are any other uses, I would be grateful for your contribution.
For research purposes, please reference sources where you can (preferably messaging them to me) rather than just stating opinions, (but opinions are still welcome so long as you say it is).
Thank you.
Sugar cane waste after extraction of its juice for manufacturing sugar & jaggery is extensively used as the fuel in small scale sugar manufacturing units in many parts of India,like in the states of U.P,Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu. Such information you can get them from the annual reports audited by Charted Accountant's firms.For e.g companies like E.I.D.Parry,Balrampur Chinni,Dhampur Sugar may be referred. Wheat straw is again used as an indirect source of fuel by feeding them to farm animals. Cotton seed straw is used for making table tops.Wheat straw is used along with milch animal's dung in plastering huts in rural areas,which remains cool even in hot summer & has been found to be completely safe in earth quake prone areas.
Thanks for your contribution Chandravadan. Earthquake proof? who would have thought! Not sure they will want to export it over to Europe if its that beneficial to the locals, or would they if they could make money from it?
Well,the raw material is available in plenty & the technology is also known,the only point is to get both the parties waiting to be connected & it's a win win situation for all.
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