The over consumption of traditional fossil fuels has led to serious problems of climate change and environmental pollution. Therefore, developing environmentally friendly renewable energy to replace fossil fuels is an effective solution to address clean energy supply. Renewable and clean lignocellulosic biomass from wood can be a substitute for carbon-neutral sustainable energy.

One of the major challenges of transition to clean energy regime is assured supply of appropriate biomass for replacing fossil fuels .Large quantities of crop residues are available but the inherent problems of unstructured market of crop residues and fluctuating rates inhibit the development of sustainable supply chain of biomass for bio energy.

Bamboo is a fast growing renewable source of biomass which offers a win-win solution of this problem. Bamboo, due to its fast growth rate, high calorific value versatile commercial value and sustainability, has become a promising alternative biomass resource.

A big environmental problem is the growing degradation of forest land and it requires immediate redressal. One of the best ways to reclaim degraded forest land is to plant large number of appropriate species of trees which would not only regenerate degraded land, facilitate carbon dioxide sequestration, help in achieving net zero carbon emissions and mitigate climate change but also fetch carbon credits for various products and activities developed from such plantation.

Such a plantation, especially of appropriate species of bamboo would also provide a sustainable supply chain of alternate fuel for:
• Land restoration
• Generation of large quantity of feedstock on sustainable basis for use as biomass fuel for renewable energy generation
• Creation of large carbon sink in the form of plantation
• Sustainable source of livelihood for local communities
• Climate change mitigation.