Social acceptance of a biomass plant in India

摘要

Social acceptance of an electric power generating biomass plant is outlined in this paper. The need for social acceptance for diffusion of renewable energy technologies in the society has been emphasized in this paper. The study concerned is about survey of 167 persons, who are residing near the 8 MW power plant at Rangpur on the outskirts of Kota city in the state of Rajasthan in India. The questionnaire contains 14 questions to every person and answers have been obtained after interviewing them personally. This sample study shows that the respondents are though financially benefited, some are against for the establishment of biomass power plant near their agriculture fields.