It is estimated that agricultural residues could provide up to
25% of the total primary energy demand of the country [27] and
a considerable share could be used for power generation. Within
the different conversion routes, the thermo chemical conversion
routes offer promising opportunities for those residues that are
predominantly dry such as rice straw and husk and the
biological routes such as anaerobic digestion for residues which
are predominantly wet such as e.g. empty fruit bunches (EFB)
from palm oil industry.