India has promoted biogas quite aggressively in the past few years and the immense potential of biogas is believed to have a positive impact on the agriculture sector. Biogas is a sustainable and far more economical energy source for the farmers in India; however, it has its own set of challenges in the sector. India’s […]
Biogas production is increasing at a rapid pace and more and more people have started to use biogas. The use of biogas must continue to increase in the future as well if we want to achieve the sustainability goals set by the United Nations. This renewable source of energy presents a lot of potentials and […]
GEDA- The Gujarat Energy Development Agency rolled out a tender to promote biogas projects in the state later last year. The tender was aimed at promoting large-sized biogas projects in the state. The tender rolled out in 2020 required bidders to deposit an amount of Rs. 1 lakh as the registration fee and the contract […]
A CBG plant is where compressed biogas is produced using fermenting biomass. This methane-containing gas is produced using substrates such as energy crops or waste materials. The fermentation residue left over from the substrates doesn’t get wasted either as it can be used as fertilizer. Biogas production takes place under anaerobic conditions in an oxygen-free […]
India launched SATAT (Sustainable Alternative towards Affordable Transportation) scheme in October 2018 with an aim to achieve 15 million metric tonnes of biogas production by setting up 5000 compressed biogas plants by 2023-24. We are still far behind the target with just 2 operational biogas plants in India in about two and a half years. […]