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Biogas
Suzuki biogas plant in Gurgaon started operations

Suzuki biogas plant in Gurgaon started operations

Automobile company Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has installed a pilot biogas plant at its site in Manesar, Gurgaon, Haryana, which began operations in June 2024. The plant processes Napier grass and food waste to…

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ONGC and EverEnviro to set up ten CBG plants

ONGC and EverEnviro to set up ten CBG plants

Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and environmental services company EverEnviro Resource Management Pvt. Ltd. have formed a JV to develop ten CBG plants across India. The plants should process agricultural waste, agro-industrial waste,…

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Maruti Suzuki launches plans for new biogas plant

Maruti Suzuki launches plans for new biogas plant

Automobile company Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has published plans for a pilot biogas plant at its Manesar facility in Haryana for the fiscal year 2024-25. The plant is designed to convert food waste and…

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GCC plans five new AD plants in Chennai

GCC plans five new AD plants in Chennai

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is planning to build five AD plants in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, by the end of this year. The plants should use around a third of the wet waste generated daily…

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Sistema to scale up small-scale biogas installations

Sistema to scale up small-scale biogas installations

Sistema.bio India has announced plans to install 1 million small-scale biogas installations, intended for domestic cooking, in the next 5 years across India. Sistema currently has over 75,000 of such units in India and sees…

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OIL and NRL plan CBG projects in Assam

OIL and NRL plan CBG projects in Assam

Government-owned companies Oil India Limited (OIL) and Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) plan to build 8 to 10 CBG plants across Assam and other northeastern states. The initiative aims to address problems of waste management in…

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Kuantum Papers Limited to receive boiler upgrade

Kuantum Papers Limited to receive boiler upgrade

Finnish technology provider Valmet Oyj has announced the delivery of a recovery boiler upgrade to Kuantum Papers Limited in Punjab, India. The project has an estimated duration of 1 year, with installation scheduled for February…

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NTPC tests biomass co-firing at Tanda and Dadri sites

NTPC tests biomass co-firing at Tanda and Dadri sites

Indian state-owned power utility NTPC is testing co-firing of biomass and coal at the Tanda thermal plant in Uttar Pradesh and at the Dadri plant. According to NTPC, larger use of biomass is possible with…

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Biogas project planned in Barkagaon

Biogas project planned in Barkagaon

The company Neelkanth Clean Fuel Private Limited plans the construction of a plant producing biogas, CBG, and biochar in Barkagaon, Jharkhand. Although the technology is not mentioned, pyrolysis could be assumed based on the products.…

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Biogas plant under construction in Akhara

Biogas plant under construction in Akhara

A biogas plant is currently under construction in Akhara, Punjab. Once operational, the plant should process organic waste to produce biogas. The plant is facing opposition from local residents who are calling for construction to…

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Funding demanded for 12 biogas projects in Lalitpur

Funding demanded for 12 biogas projects in Lalitpur

Local governments in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, demand about INR 90 million (EUR 10.1 million) from the state government for development works in the fiscal year 2024-25, including proposals for 12 so-called Govardhan plants. The plants…

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Nestlé plans to boost AD projects in Punjab and Haryana

Nestlé plans to boost AD projects in Punjab and Haryana

Nestlé India has announced plans to install nearly 70 large biodigesters and over 3,000 small biodigesters in 24 districts across Punjab and Haryana. The larger agricultural AD facilities should convert cattle manure into biogas for…

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Gruner Renewable Energy secures CBG projects

Gruner Renewable Energy secures CBG projects

Indian company Gruner Renewable Energy has secured CBG projects worth INR 15 billion (EUR 168.6 million) across India. Through the acquisition of 11 projects worth INR 11 billion (EUR 123.6 million) from an unnamed Indian…

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Indore AD plant at full operational capacity

Indore AD plant at full operational capacity

Environmental services company EverEnviro Resource Management Pvt. Ltd. has announced that its CBG facility located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has now reached full operational capacity. 550 tpd of organic municipal waste are treated and converted…

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LR Energy commissioned CBG plant in Karnal

LR Energy commissioned CBG plant in Karnal

Indian renewable energy company LR Energy has commissioned a CBG plant in Karnal, Haryana, as part of India’s Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiative. The plant processes waste from the sugar industry and agricultural…

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Oil India and Guwahati Municipality to develop CBG projects

Oil India and Guwahati Municipality to develop CBG projects

Oil India Limited (OIL) and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have signed an MoU to convert MSW into CBG. They aim to set up CBG plants, presumably in the Guwahati Municipality, Assam. A specific project…

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Phase one of Barsana CBG plant commissioned

Phase one of Barsana CBG plant commissioned

Adani Total Gas has announced to have started operations of the first of three phases of its AD plant in the Mathura district of Barsana, Uttar Pradesh. The plant now processes 225 tpd of agricultural…

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New CNG plant inaugurated in Moshi

New CNG plant inaugurated in Moshi

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has announced to have inaugurated a CNG plant in Moshi, Maharashtra. The plant processes 50 tpd of food waste from hotels and restaurants to produce CNG for waste collection vehicles. The…

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Tender issued for Vellalore biogas plant

Tender issued for Vellalore biogas plant

The Coimbatore Municipal Corporation has issued a tender for the planned biogas project at the Vellalore landfill in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. INR 600 million (EUR 6.61 million) have been allocated to the project. Construction is…

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AD plant inaugurated in Gorakhpur

AD plant inaugurated in Gorakhpur

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has inaugurated a new CBG plant in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The plant processes 200 tpd of paddy straw to produce 20 tpd of CBG. The EPC contract was carried out…

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MoU signed for biogas plants in Chhattisgarh

MoU signed for biogas plants in Chhattisgarh

Oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), the Municipal Corporations of Raipur and Bhilai, and Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority (CBDA) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish compressed biogas (CBG)…

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Tender issued for Tiruchi CNG plant

Tender issued for Tiruchi CNG plant

The Tiruchi Corporation has launched a tender to develop a CNG plant at the Ariyamangalam landfill in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The plant should be developed under a PPP. It should process 100 tpd of commercial…

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Nexgen Gujarat plans to establish CBG plant

Nexgen Gujarat plans to establish CBG plant

Renewable fuels company Nexgen Energia plans to invest RS 30 billion (EUR 332 million) to set up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Gujarat. Once operational, the plant should supply CBG directly to CNG pumps.…

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CBG plant in Dhuriyapar operational

CBG plant in Dhuriyapar operational

A compressed biogas (CBG) plant has been inaugurated in Dhuriyapar, Uttar Pradesh. Investment costs amounted to RS 1.68 billion (EUR 18.6 million). According to earlier sources, the plant should process 230 tpd of cow dung…

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Construction of Kochi CBG plant to start this month

Construction of Kochi CBG plant to start this month

Construction of the new CBG plant by oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at the Brahmapuram landfill in Kochi, Kerala. is scheduled to begin this month. BPCL plans to complete the plant…

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CBG plant planned in Tinsukia

CBG plant planned in Tinsukia

The Tinsukia Municipal Board (TMB) has signed an MoU with Oil India Ltd (OIL) to jointly develop a CBG plant in Tinsukia, Assam. Plans provide for the plant to process up to 50 tpd of…

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Plans for new biogas plant in Bathinda

Plans for new biogas plant in Bathinda

The Bathinda Municipal Corporation is planning to construct a biogas plant in Bathinda, Punjab, under the SATAT programme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation). The project should be executed as a public-private partnership (PPP). The plant…

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Gail to set up 3 AD plants in Chhattisgarh

Gail to set up 3 AD plants in Chhattisgarh

The Bathinda Municipal Corporation is planning to construct a biogas plant in Bathinda, Punjab, under the SATAT programme (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation). The project should be executed as a public-private partnership (PPP). The plant…

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Four biogas plants commissioned in Mira-Bhayandar

Four biogas plants commissioned in Mira-Bhayandar

The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has commissioned four out of seven biogas plants and now applied to the Maharashtra Electricity Commission for a tariff on the electricity generated. These plants, located in different parts of…

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RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

Multinational oil refining company Reliance Industries (RIL) has started a tendering process for 50 CGB plants in India, which should all be completed within the next 2 years. According to the source, 56 more tenders…

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RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

RIL launches tenders for 50 CBG plants

Multinational oil refining company Reliance Industries (RIL) has started a tendering process for 50 CGB plants in India, which should all be completed within the next 2 years. According to the source, 56 more tenders…

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Construction of Kochi AD plant to be awarded shortly

Construction of Kochi AD plant to be awarded shortly

The contract for the construction of a CBG plant in Kochi, Kerala, is to be awarded soon. Oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has announced the selection of three potential companies with experience…

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CBG plant planned to be set up in Parjudi

CBG plant planned to be set up in Parjudi

A new compressed biogas (CBG) plant should be established in Parjudih, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The District Magistrate (DM) has announced allocation of 20 acres of land for the plant, with a planned capacity…

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Adani to build biogas plant in Rajkot

Adani to build biogas plant in Rajkot

Oil and gas company Adani Group has announced to have secured an order from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation for a biogas project at the former Nakrawadi landfill in Rajkot, Gujarat. Adani should design, build, finance,…

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Construction start of new Kapavaram biogas plant

Construction start of new Kapavaram biogas plant

Reliance Bio Energy Limited has started construction of a biogas plant in the village of Kapavaram, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. It is planned to be completed in late 2024. The plant should produce about 7,000…

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Seven biogas projects to start operations this year in Punjab

Seven biogas projects to start operations this year in Punjab

According to the Punjab Minister of New and Renewable Energy Sources, seven compressed biogas (CBG) projects with a total capacity of 79 tpd should start operations by the end of this year. These projects should…

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IGL plans to establish 19 biogas compression plants

IGL plans to establish 19 biogas compression plants

Indian gas operator Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL) is planning to establish 19 biogas compression plants in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. The company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two technology partners for…

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CBG plant inaugurated in Budaun

CBG plant inaugurated in Budaun

As part of the plan to set up 100 new biogas plants in Uttar Pradesh, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated the compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Budhaun, Uttar Pradesh. The…

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Jhiri CBG plant to be operational soon

Jhiri CBG plant to be operational soon

Gas company GAIL India Ltd. has announced plans to commission a new CBG facility in February 2024. The new AD facility is located in Jhiri, Ranchi, Jharkhand, and is expected to process 10 tpd of…

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Nestlé plans new biomass plant in Karnataka

Nestlé plans new biomass plant in Karnataka

Food and beverage producer Nestlé has announced plans to invest in its coffee production business and install a biomass power plant in Karnataka state. The biomass plant is expected to go online in first half…

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TruAlt and GAIL form new CBG joint venture

TruAlt and GAIL form new CBG joint venture

Public gas company GAIL India Limited and TruAlt Bioenergy have formed a JV called Leafinity Bioenergy Limited to set up 10 CBG plants in India. The companies invested a total of USD 72 million (EUR…

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CBG plant planned in Deeppur

CBG plant planned in Deeppur

The District of Sant Kabir Nagar is planning to set up a biogas plant in Deeppur, Uttar Pradesh. An 8.3-hectare plot has been reserved for this project after a survey conducted by the Bio Energy…

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GPS signs contracts for new CBG projects

GPS signs contracts for new CBG projects

Waste management solutions company GPS Renewables (GPS) has secured INR 200 million (EUR 2.18 million) in contracts for compressed biogas (CBG) projects across India. These projects should process 4,000 tpd of agricultural waste and energy…

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Tender launched for Tonk AD plant

Tender launched for Tonk AD plant

A tender has been launched for the construction works of an AD plant in Tonk, Rajasthan. The deadline for submissions is 5 January 2024 and the tender value is estimated to amount to INR 493…

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New AD plant under construction in Firozabad

New AD plant under construction in Firozabad

Construction works have started on a new AD plant in Shankarpur Ghat, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Plans to develop a new biogas facility were proposed at the Global Investors Summit, after which a plot of land…

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Reliance partners with DBS Bank for CNG initiative

Reliance partners with DBS Bank for CNG initiative

Reliance Industries (RI) is collaborating with DBS Bank India to set up a financing programme for farmers to manage crop residues that should be used to produce CNG. The initiative intends to stimulate and finance…

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Plans for new biogas plant in Maheshwari Khurd

Plans for new biogas plant in Maheshwari Khurd

A new biogas plant by oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) should be set up at the dumping ground complex at Maheshwari Khurd, Uttar Pradesh. The plant should process 130 tpd of…

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Tamil Nadu power plant started co-firing biomass

Tamil Nadu power plant started co-firing biomass

The thermal power plant located in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, has been converted to co-firing biomass. The plant, called NLC Tamilnadu Power Ltd, is a joint venture of NLC India Ltd and TANGEDCO and started co-firing…

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India introduces new biogas blending scheme

India introduces new biogas blending scheme

The Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has announced the introduction of a blending scheme for biogas. Under this, compressed biogas (CBG) should be mixed with natural gas, starting at 1% in April 2025…

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PEDA and GAIL to set up 10 new CBG plants

PEDA and GAIL to set up 10 new CBG plants

The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) and public gas company GAIL India Limited have signed an agreement to develop 10 new CBG plants in Punjab. According to the agreement, the plants should, in total, process…