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"he Digest investigates.   In science, there exists the difficulty in developing a new energy crop -  improving yields and stress tolerance, identifying the right geographies for deployment, developing and sharing the agricultural practices and training, and so on.  A number of new energy crops and residues have been brought along by companies such as Agrisoma, SGB, Yulex, Ceres, Chromatin, NexSteppe and more, despite the odds. But there also has been the difficulty in developing an economic model for deployment, that proves more attractive and safe than the "here's your seed, get going" approach that has proven uninspiring to local growers. So, along comes Bosques Energeticos.  In fact, that's what the Bosques multi-year, multi-crop strategy is all about. In their model, growers plant castor as a lower-value, but relatively instantaneous oilseed cash crop - at the same time as jatropha is planted for the mid-term, and pongamia is planted for the long-term. In today's Digest we look at: What's different about Bosques - Legendary's interest - Pon-What? - Following the agronomy - improving yields and speed, margins and yields - the models, the next steps and The Bottom Line - at biofuelsdigest.com.      REG- Developing next-generation biofuels - investing in technology VecoPlan - shredding, conveying, screening, separating, storing The Latest in Brief   Turkey blocks US DDGS due to GMOs In Turkey, the country is effectively no longer accepting imports of U.S. corn coproducts following the stepped-up enforcement of existing biosafety laws that restrict which genetically modified (GM) corn varieties may enter the country's grain supply. As of Dec. 8, three shipments of U.S. distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) have been rejected following the detection of unapproved GM events, and for the same reason at least one other vessel of U.S. DDGS has been diverted from Turkey to another buyer while on the water.   Maine towns take first step in developi

"ile solar PV based captive power generation is in its infancy, there are specific market segments which have clean pain points that could be addressed well by solar PV. As a result, these segments are likely to have a much higher adoption of solar PV for captive power generation Solar PV is most cost competitive as a replacement for diesel-based power production. India has about 7,000 MW of diesel based power production in MW scales alone, with hundreds of thousands of diesel gensets used in diverse commercial locations from over 2,50,000 mobile telecom towers to over 5 million diesel based agricultural pump sets, and with tens of thousands of companies and industries using it for power generation from small kW to hundreds of kWs Grid-tied solar PV systems are the most common systems used in captive power production in India. The use of diesel solar hybrids is growing; however, the growth in use of wind-solar hybrid systems has much slower than expected, owing primarily to performance issues with micro wind turbines It costs about Rs. 80,000-1,00,000 per kW for setting up a captive solar PV system without battery storage and about 30-50% more for a system with batteries depending on the hours of autonomy There are a number of established companies that can take up turnkey implementation of captive solar PV systems; in addition, there are dozens of small players operating in this market, with this number expected to increase dramatically in the near future The National Solar Mission has a special section of incentives for offgrid solar power production, with incentives in the form of capital subsidies. In addition, captive solar power plants can also avail accelerated depreciation benefits Set as a replacement for diesel power generation, captive solar PV power plants provide attractive equity IRRs and equity payback periods, under typical financing patterns Until now, the most preferred route for captive solar PV has been the corporate financing route. Howev

"ile solar PV based captive power generation is in its infancy, there are specific market segments which have clean pain points that could be addressed well by solar PV. As a result, these segments are likely to have a much higher adoption of solar PV for captive power generation Solar PV is most cost competitive as a replacement for diesel-based power production. India has about 7,000 MW of diesel based power production in MW scales alone, with hundreds of thousands of diesel gensets used in diverse commercial locations from over 2,50,000 mobile telecom towers to over 5 million diesel based agricultural pump sets, and with tens of thousands of companies and industries using it for power generation from small kW to hundreds of kWs Grid-tied solar PV systems are the most common systems used in captive power production in India. The use of diesel solar hybrids is growing; however, the growth in use of wind-solar hybrid systems has much slower than expected, owing primarily to performance issues with micro wind turbines It costs about Rs. 80,000-1,00,000 per kW for setting up a captive solar PV system without battery storage and about 30-50% more for a system with batteries depending on the hours of autonomy There are a number of established companies that can take up turnkey implementation of captive solar PV systems; in addition, there are dozens of small players operating in this market, with this number expected to increase dramatically in the near future The National Solar Mission has a special section of incentives for offgrid solar power production, with incentives in the form of capital subsidies. In addition, captive solar power plants can also avail accelerated depreciation benefits Set as a replacement for diesel power generation, captive solar PV power plants provide attractive equity IRRs and equity payback periods, under typical financing patterns Until now, the most preferred route for captive solar PV has been the corporate financing route. Howev

"ome University of Colorado students are working to reduce air pollution and put money back into the pockets of drivers in India with kits that turn gas-powered auto-rickshaws into hybrid vehicl"

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