Keeping in view
the energy shortage in the country there is a need to tap biomass resources
such as cattle dung, kitchen waste, agricultural waste etc for generation of
biogas through the involvement of entrepreneurs and industries to set up
decentralized biogas based energy infrastructure in the country, at the
potential sites where biomass available is plenty.
Under technology
demonstration of new RDD&D Policy of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE), the Ministry took up a new initiative for bottling of biogas to
demonstrate an Integrated Technology-package in entrepreneurial mode on medium
size mixed feed bio gas-fertilizer plants (BGFP) for generation,
purification/enrichment, bottling and piped distribution of biogas.
Installation of
such plants aims at meeting stationary and motive power, cooling, refrigeration
and electricity needs in addition to cooking and heating requirements. There
could be a huge potential of installation of medium size biogas-fertilizer
plants in the country. Under the demonstration phase, the Ministry is providing
a central financial assistance from 30-50% of the cost (excluding cost of land)
for a limited number of such projects for implementation following an
entrepreneurial mode on Built, Own and Operate (BOO) and re-imbursement basis.
The proposals are
proposed to be evaluated by experts and considered by Technology Demonstration
Appraisal Committee of the Ministry. Recommended projects are to be
implemented, operated and owned by the concerned industries/entrepreneurs/
project developers. A 500cum biogas generation per day capacity BGFP project
for generation, purification/enrichment, bot tling of biogas has sanctioned by
the MNRE with Rs. 50 lakh CFA during the year 2009-10 to Ashoka iogreen Pvt. Ltd. at vill.- Talwade, Dist. –
Nasik (Maharashtra).
Accordingly, the
first biogas bottling plant under Technology Demonstration of new RDD&D
policy of MNRE has been commissioned on 16.03.2011 after obtaining licence for
filling and storage of compressed biogas in CNG cylinders from Petroleum &
Explosives Safety
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