Thailand Biomass Resources and Biomass Pellet Market
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Analysis of Thailand Biomass Resources and
Biomass Pellet Market
Catalogue
I. General Situation of Thailand Energy Sources
---Sugarcane
---Cassava
---Rise Husks and Rice Straws
---Giant king grass
II. Varieties of Thailand Biomass Resources
III. Production of Thailand Biomass Pellet
IV. Market and Prospect of Thailand Biomass Pellet
---Global wood pellet consumption forecast
---Adequate raw materials supply
---National policies support
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---Giant king grass
Giant king grass is a new-type energy crop with high producing, belonging to perennial herbs (it has 2 years of cultivation period before harvest), planted in tropical and subtropical areas, especially the areas of rich sunlight and rain; having low requirements on the soil condition, growing well in the areas without crops, so it can be planted around power station, easy to plant and manage. It has the same shape of sugarcane; fast growth cycle, its height can be 4 meters every 45-60 days, and one hectare can produce 100 tons of grass per year; one giant king grass has 20-35 seeds every year, the crop is of high yield with low investment.
Low CO² emission when burning makes the grass has a wide application for producing biochemical and biological products (like bio-methane, etc), bio-fuel, densified bio-fuel, green cellulose, biological cellulosic ethanol, and for biomass power generation. It is estimated that if there were 30 million hectares of giant king grass worldwide, the coal can be totally replaced. In the terms of production cost, the grass is higher than the charcoal, but it is much lower than other energy explorations (like solar energy). This renewable biomass energy has great development potentials.
