which is mainly used to mitigate the effect of fluctuations in hydropower due to poor rainfall during dry seasons. Diesel power plants rely on expensive imported petroleum fuel, which leads to a high cost of electricity.
A more recent study reported a calculated cost of USD 1.68 per gallon of bioethanol produced from A. tequilana bagasse, which is lower than the theoretical value reported by the U.S. Department of Energy, and the cost of bioethanol production from sugarcane bagasse [91]. Bioethanol can be ...