Effective utilization of sugarcane trash for energy production

In recent years, there is a steep change in the climatic conditions which creates
environmental concerns globally. This leads to the development of bio-based economy in which the biorefineries are identified as key pathways for the production of
biofuels and chemicals. Biorefineries as viable platforms have been initiated worldwide to recuperate the scarcity of fossil fuels. This offers the advantage of utilization of variety of renewable biomass sources, especially agro-wastes generated
through cultivation and processing of crops. Among the Indian crop varieties, residues of millets and pulses hold the major fraction of agro-waste production. It is
crucial to understand the physicochemical characteristics of agro-wastes to facilitate
the processing and conversion of waste to value-added products. Agro-wastes
mainly contain lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose as target components. There is
an increasing attention toward the lignocellulose biomass due to its widespread
availability.