Biomass Potential from Agricultural Residues for Energy Utilization in West Nusa Tenggara (WNT), Indonesia

The residues of these crops increase as production increases. The potential availability of the residue was calculated on the basis of the amount of agricultural product and the availability of unutilized residues.

The estimated potential energy and collected data were processed and combined with converted factors, such as the yield per hectare and the calorific value, taking into account another purpose, the use of domestic residues for animal feed. Paddy straw,, corn straw and corn cobs had the highest percentage of residue availabilities, 85.91 %, 82.26 %, and 88.25 %, respectively. In addition, the WNT regency has a rich diversity of agricultural residues from superior commodities such as rice, corn, coffee, coconut and cacao.