BioDiesel: Desi Power - Find out about Desi Power - Biomass power generation in India

India suffers from terrible rural electricity shortages, primarily in remote areas which contain huge amounds of unused land. An initiative called Desi Power (Local Power) believe that 100,000 small (100kW) biomass generators could solve the problem simply by converting locally grown rotting weeds into electricity. There is no way that india could extend its national electricity grid to the country's furthest reaches, and so locally produced electricity for local consuption is the only way to bring electricity (and the associated economic boom and employment prospects) to the most remote parts of India. Sadly the Indian government's current policy favours 'ultra-mega' power projects with huge power stations being built near to mines and energy ports, and the generated electricity transmitted through a (currently unbuilt) network of cables. This will help prevent the current frequent city power cuts, but will still leave rural Indians without power.