* Sugar mills produce 2,000 megawatt of biomass-based energy through cogeneration, says a new report. Cogeneration means the production of two forms of energy, electricity and heat
* Sugar mills are making a profit selling power to the grid. They can produce 5,100 mw of power – 69 per cent of the country’s total cogeneration capacity
* Such alternatives to fossil fuel energy are critical for India’s energy and climate security
* But lack of policy and pricing issues threaten the sustainability of this green power
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