{"id":24523,"date":"2024-06-27T03:29:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T21:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24523"},"modified":"2025-04-07T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:39:19","slug":"biomass-briquettes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/biomass-briquettes\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomass briquettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>About Biomass briquettes:\u00a0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>These are made up of compact blocks of <strong>organic materials<\/strong>, such as agricultural residues, forestry wastes, or industrial by-products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications:<\/strong> These are used for <strong>heating, cooking fuel, and electricity generation<\/strong> usually in developing countries that do not have access to more traditional fuel sources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advantages<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Environment Friendly:<\/strong> Bio-briquettes can be created from easily available biomass waste often found in rural settings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Affordable:<\/strong> These <strong>can be made by hand<\/strong> from any freely available organic matter, including invasive species and agro-waste.<\/li>\n<li>Biomass briquettes are <strong>carbon-neutral<\/strong>, meaning they release no additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when burned.<\/li>\n<li>By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, the adoption of biomass briquettes helps <strong>mitigate greenhouse gas emissions<\/strong>, thus contributing to climate change mitigation efforts.<\/li>\n<li>By diverting residues towards productive use, biomass briquettes play a crucial role in <strong>waste management and carbon sequestration<\/strong>, further enhancing their environmental credentials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is Carbon neutrality?<\/h3>\n<p>It means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then storing it is known as carbon sequestration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/sustainability-2\/how-biomass-briquettes-are-transforming-supply-chain-dynamics-towards-sustainability\/3534263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How biomass briquettes are transforming supply chain dynamics towards sustainability?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomass briquettes are made up of compact blocks of organic materials, such as agricultural residues, forestry wastes, or industrial by-products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}