Rice Paddy as a Source of Sustainable Energy in India

The advancement of a microbial fuel cell, a plant microbial fuel cell, acts as a source of sustainable bioelectricity generation. Apart from incorporating green plants, the fuel cell produces in situ bioenergy thus conserving the ecosystem. Over the past decade, a lot of technological innovations have been exploited to find different models of the PMFC for effective outcomes. On the same note, various plant species are tried and tested. India being an agricultural land highly depends on rice paddy. The vast paddy fields can prove to be a unique source of bioenergy by incorporating in the PMFC. In this study, rice paddy was used in three different PMFC models. The adaptability of the plant to the model is tested, and it achieved a high-power density of 1.048 W/m² anode geometric area in a dual-chambered PMFC. Other proof of claim tests was conducted, and the microbial activity in the PMFC media was studied.