Is India dealing with its energy demand surge?

Driving through the interiors of Punjab in November, I found miles of harvested rice fields with the remaining rice straw being burnt to prepare the soil for the next harvest. In a country where roughly 300 million people do not have access to electricity, it made me wonder about the huge potential being wasted each year. The 160 million tonnes (mt) of agricultural waste produced could theoretically produce 16 gigawatts (GW) of electricity.

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