Bioresource Inventory Using Remote Sensing for Regional Energy Planning

Ramachandra. T.V., Vijaya Prasad. B.K. and Samapika Padhy
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

Abstract

Introduction

Objectives

Study Area: Kolar District

Methodology

Biomass Resources Assessment

Literature Review

Results and Discussion

Status of Bioresource

Conclusions :

The bioresource availabilty to demand ratio ranges from 0.11 (Kolar) to 0.73 (Srinivasapura), fuelwood demand is taken as 1.3 kg/person/day. The ratio being less than one indicates that there is bio resource scarcity. Biogas seems to be a viable option to use bioresource prudently, can meet the cooking requirement of at least 20-30% of the total District population.

Acknowledgements

We thank Mr.Pramod Dabrase and Mr.Lakshmi Naryana for their assistance in field data collection. This research is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.