Odisha plans to invest INR200bn ($2.8bn) in the construction of 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants in India within five years, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told an investor roadshow on 16 December. The proposed plants will be part of a Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas' union initiative called Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT). Around INR400m will be spent on an initial plant for CBG, which is produced using 200 different feedstocks, including agricultural, municipal and forest waste.
India plans to invest INR200bn ($2.8bn) in the construction of 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants in Odisha within five years, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told an investor roadshow on 16 December. The proposed plants will be part of a Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas' union initiative called Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT). Around INR400m will be spent on an initial plant for CBG, which is produced using 200 different feedstocks, including agricultural, municipal and forest waste.