Biogas Forum India January, 2015

E–News Letter, Volume 6 No. 1

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(July–December, 2014) In Focus …

Highlights from
conference on
decentralized
biogas digester and
their slurry
management

Analyze your Biogas

Composition at
Biogas Development
and Training Centre,
COVER STORY IIT Delhi.
Proposal of National Biogas Technology mission
Biogas Forum India, is proposing National Mission on Biogas for
cooking, transport and power application which will target
installation of one crore (10 million) biogas plants across India in
all sizes utilizing all types of organic wastes.

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Contents
Letter from Editor 2
President Desk 3 CONTACT ADDRESS
Proposal of National Biogas Technology 4 Biogas Forum India
mission Room No. 375, Block III
CRDT, Indian Institute of
Biogas in News 5 Technology, Delhi
Events 17 Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Pin- 110 016
Articles 22
Upcoming Events 25 Ph. 011-2659 6351/6311
E–mail-bigfin.india@gmail.com
Annexures I 29
Annexures II 30

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President Editor’s Note
Dr. Atma Ram Shukla
Former Advisor It gives me immense
MNRE, GoI pleasure to release the half-
yearly newsletter of “Biogas
Editor-in-Chief Forum India”. Biogas
technologies have proved to
Prof. Virendra K Vijay be a ray of hope for
IIT Delhi resolving the waste
management and solving
Editorial Board
energy problems in rural
Dr. Ram Chandra, DBT Fellow areas.
Rimika Kapoor, PhD Fellow Over last three decades biogas plants played an important
Abhinav Trivedi, PhD (SRF-MHRD) role in Indian Villages. But, with the advancement of lifestyle
Bhaskar Jha, PhD (SRF-BDTC)
even in rural areas the aspirations of rural people are
Rahul Meena, PhD (SRF-MHRD)
Vandit Vijay, PhD (JRF-MHRD) skyrocketing. Most of the villages have cattle but the dung is
being used mostly for making dung cakes for burning as fuel
or as organic manure in an inefficient manner. This
Editorial Office traditional practice of cooking using firewood keep rural
women and adolescent girls engaged, and deprives them of
Room No. 375, Block III, better education, good health and comfortable lifestyle.
Centre for Rural Development and Generally, the energy usage also indicates the financial
Technology,
conditions of the families and thus, the scarcity of energy is
Indian Institute of Technology,
becoming the cause of resentment, poor economic condition,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Pin- 110 016 and ultimately the migration of the rural people towards
cities. Thus, there is utmost need to address these issues in a
Phone: 011-2659 6351 focused manner. Biogas offers an important solution to the
011-2659 6311 present energy crisis in rural area. Besides being a clean and
important source of energy for cooking it is an
environmentally green and clean technology.

An attempt has been made to prepare policy on national

level for installation of 10 million biogas plants across all sizes
to draw attention of policy makers and the users for the
greater use of biogas as cooking and vehicular fuel along
electrical power generation applications. This issue will be
interesting and useful to our readers, and I need your advice
and suggestions on due course to visualize installation of 10
million biogas plants.
Disclaimer: The views expressed by
authors including those of the editor in
this newsletter are not necessarily the
views of the Biogas Forum India.
Virendra Kumar Vijay

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 President’s Column
Integrating VacuFlush Toilet Technology System with biogas Plants to handle large volumes of liquid sanitary
wastes polluting rivers and water bodies, as 50–100 litres of water is used per person per day in flushing the
toilets. Under ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ serious attempts are underway to handle liquid wastes from cities and
industries through installation of STPs/ ETPS. As biogas technology, generally, requires about 10% solid
content, there is a need to add dry biomass to make the sanitary liquid wastes suitable to work optimally and/ or
attempt should be made to reduce the water content itself in the sanitary liquid wastes. Once the large volume of
water is reduced, it will help in handling problems of water shortage, energy shortage, space shortage, storage
and transportation of large volumes of digested slurry in liquid form to be used as organic fertilizer, amongst
many others. The VacuFlush Toilet Technology System operates with only about1/2 to 1 liter of water, as
against 10–20 litres of water used in conventional toilets. The rest of the work is done by vacuum system or use
of air as a flushing fluid instead of water. A typical VacuFlush toilet system may consists of a vcuflush toilet
seat, vacuum generator, vacuum pump, holding tank and piping network. Installation of VacuFlush technology
system with existing sewerage system is a need of the hour. If it is achieved, for a population 10 million, 500-
1,000 million litres of water per person per day can be saved, in addition to solving the problem of river water
pollution and treating all the human excreta through biogas plants much conveniently. With this it is possible to
hit many birds with one shot, namely sanitation, pollution, water shortage, space shortage etc. Taken together it
has to work out economical at the end of the day. To begin with vacuFlush toilet system installations can be
taken up in Railways, airports, bus terminals, hotels, hospitals, public institutions, shopping malls, inland
waterway ships/ boats, ocean ships and boats. For processing human excreta and green biomass wastes
installation of biogas plants cn be made mandatory for Railways, at each of its stations, Airports, Shipyards,

Hotels, industrial complexes, fruit/ vegetable mandies and other such organised sector set ups. The human
excreta collected by Railways from their moving trains are to be processed at their terminals through biogas
plants to be installed for the purpose. It is hoped that the Ministry of Urban Development will also be working
for framing suitable policy and programmes for handling liquid and solid biomass wastes through installation of
biogas plants in various urban settlements of the country.

The current issue of the ‘BigFIN News Letter’ is brought for you. Let us join hands to succeed in Integrating
VacuFlush Toilet Technology System with biogas Plants and impressing upon the concerned organizations
taking necessary steps immediately for achieving the goal of total sanitation together with enhancing energy and
organic fertilizer availability for producing increasing organic foods in the country.

Dr. Atma Ram Shukla

President, Biogas Forum-India (BigFIN)

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 Proposal of National Biogas Technology mission
This is a proposal for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to plan for a national biogas mission in India
which targets the installation of one crore Biogas plant across India in all sizes and types for cooking,
enrichment and bottling and power generation. This plan will not only help to make country more secure in
its energy requirements but will also contribute in proper waste management which can be linked to Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan, the initiative taken by the prime minister of India. India is an agriculture based country
with more than 1.2 billion people and largest cattle population nearly 300 million and there is enormous
availability of various resource which can be used for biogas production. This can prove a boon for both the
rural and urban population.

The standard designs for domestic/institutional/community biogas plants based on cattle dung is available,
Similar standardization of designs based on kitchen waste, vegetable market waste, flower waste, etc.
generated in huge quantities at various location need to be developed. Attempts have been made through
R&D projects regarding suitability of such waste material for biogas generation which remains in isolation
and has to be reviewed for mass propagation with standardized. More and more portable models of biogas
plants with low cost durable material and multi feed arrangements are to be popularized for Urban, remote
areas/tribal belts which could decompose forest residues/ agricultural surplus waste along with minor
percent mix of cattle dung. Massive implementation of programmes like NBMMP will require technical
backup support for repair and maintenance of such units. The attempt made earlier through NIOS, skill
development ministry and other such agencies running certificate course in Biogas Plant Maintenance
should be re-initiated and implemented effectively.

Biogas plant for rural areas is the primary focus of this mission– yet these need to be anchored in Urban Life
as well so that capacity, infrastructure and business potential created in rural areas remain viable for a long
time. Focusing only on rural areas, as we have seen before, may not provide adequate business opportunities
and therefore long term sustainability to these plants. Biogas plants should demonstrate the livelihood
potential in rural areas in the first phase – after this phase one could go for a semi-commercial mode. Also
there is a need of promoting the programmes related to the construction, manufacture/ repair & support
along with the R&D, training and business models, Publicity and monitoring methods should be encouraged
through various government incentives.

There is need of making an appropriate policy for the better accomplishment of this mission. Several
measures should be taken in economical, technological, commercialization and implementation measure for
success of the mission. In present situation, beneficiary has to incur the whole expenditure initially for
installation of biogas plant. Such a big amount cannot be put up by every interested person. Therefore
micro-credit loan should be facilitated. International environmental organization like Natural Conservancy
can contribute their support in such situations. Financial support for medium scale biogas plant based on
municipal waste can initiate zero garbage that can directly link to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Same mission
can also be applied for institutional mess for operating biogas plant on kitchen waste. Revenue can be
generated by selling out carbon credit to World Bank and Action Carbon under Kyoto Protocol’s Clean
Development Mechanism through mass scale 100% saturation of selected villages by biogas plant
installation.

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 Biogas in News
Biogas-fuelled community kitchen opened in Coimbatore
The boon for Women of Kamaraj Nagar will be able to save big on LPG cylinder usage, thanks to the
Coimbatore Corporation’s Rs. 17.80/ lakh initiative to provide them biogas-fuelled community kitchen and
Minister S.P. Velumani inaugurated this kitchen.

The Corporation engaged the

company, NirmalBiogen
Technology, to construct a biogas
tank, which uses human waste as
inputs to generate the gas. The
objective was to make use the
green energy to help the people.
The company constructed 30×40
feet tank with three chambers to
produce the gas. Women boiling milk during the inauguration of a biogas-fuelled community kitchen

The company says that the waste generated from the 100 families (or 400 to 500 people) will help meet the
cooking gas requirements of 35-40 people.
The waste that enters the tank from the two community toilets will reach the tank, which will get converted to
gas on the 41 day. What will remain in the tank will be water, which can be used to water plants. The company
has tapped the gas and taken into the kitchen, where 14 people can cook at one go. Now they are ready to use
the community kitchen to not only protect the environment but also save on cylinder at home. The families
there use one cylinder to three cylinders every two months depending on the number of members. They hope to
save on it by using the community kitchen.
By tapping waste from community toilets and building community kitchen, the country can save on fuel import
bills. The kitchen was the second biogas project for the Corporation after the Saravanampatty Amma Unavagam.
It has planned a few more projects.
(Courtesy: THE HINDU | June 29, 2014)

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Thiruvananthapuram to get 18 more biogas plants
As a step to further push decentralised garbage management programme, the city Corporation will set up 18
more biogas plants in schools and markets within its jurisdiction.

Biogas plants having capacity to process 500 to 2,000 kilograms of waste per day. The markets at Kinavoor,
Elipode, Poonthura, Beemapally, Vallakadavu, and Corporation-run schools at Nedungad, Konchiravila, Kattela,
Vattiyoorkavu, Thycaud, and Ponnara were identified for setting up the plants.

The establishment of plants would cost around Rs.4 crore. Since the closure of Vilappilsala plant, the civic body
had been pushing the case for setting up biogas plants in public places and also encouraging public to adopt
biogas as a method to dispose of waste.

The civic body had now formulated a project to install 62 high capacity biogas plants in the city and had sought
Rs.7. 25 crore from the State government for the project.

The success of the biogas plant at Palayam, which was the second one being established in a public place after
the one-tonne plant at Sreekaryam, prompted the civic body to aggressively push for having such plants in
public places.

The plant generated 5 kilowatts of electricity, and helped in powering 15 halogen lamps, 30 compact fluorescent
lamps installed in various parts of the market, and the two LED-powered high-mast lamps. So far, plants had
been set up in five markets, two hospitals, four schools, and two open places.

(Courtesy: THE HINDU | July 4, 2014)

Small Biogas Plants Planned for Hubli-Dharwad

As part of its efforts to manage solid waste, the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) plans to set up
small biogas plants to generate electricity, using garbage. To begin with, one such plant will come up in Hubli
at a cost of 60 lakh. The plant will generate 400 units of power every day by three tonnes of garbage. The twin-
cities generate around 400 tonnes of garbage every day.

HDMC executive engineer Suresh Chowti said. “Mailhem Engineers, a Pune-based company has already
bagged the tender and the HDMC has issued the letter of acceptance to the company. The work on this plant
will begin soon after the civic body signs an agreement with Mailhem Engineers,”

The location to set up the plant has not yet been finalised and added that the HDMC was to set up another plant
with similar capacity at Dharwad. The HDMC had initially planned to set up three such plants with a capacity
of five tonnes each. However, the plan was scrapped considering the requirement of land with larger dimensions.
These biogas plants are in addition to the integrated solid waste management plant planned by the HDMC at
Shivalli. (Courtesy: THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS | July 13, 2014)
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Biogas Enrichment Tech Developed
In Mysore, students of ATME College of Engineering have developed a technology to enrich biogas, which has
the potential to be used as Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

Eighth semester students Syed

Suhail Kadri, Pradeep and Suhas
of the Mechanical Engineering
Department developed the
technology under the guidance of
K Srinivasa, head of the
Department and Raghu, Assistant The biogas enrichment system present by final year students and Professor.
Professor.
The students said biogas consists of 50 to 60% methane and 20 to 30% carbon dioxide. Because of high
percentage of carbon dioxide, the calorific value of fuel decreases and causes environmental pollution.

The students developed a system to enrich biogas by increasing its methane content to 70 to 80% by reducing
carbon dioxide using water scrubbing process. The technology can be used for CNG too. Nowadays the focus is
on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biogas because of fast depletion of conventional fuels like
petrol, diesel and coal.
(Courtesy: THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS | July 15, 2014)

Raj Govt Scraps Taxes On Work Book, Biogas in Budget 2014-15

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje proposed scrapping tax on work-book, biogas, 'reetha and shikakai'
and in a series of tax relaxations or rebates to the tune of Rs 150 crore to people, Vasundhara Raje proposed no
tax on biogas. (Courtesy: THE Economics Time | July 14, 2014)

Anomalies in 2-crore biogas plant project

The municipal corporation (MC) House approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, for installation of two biogas plants of five metric
tonnes each at the cost of Rs. 2 crore. As the garbage processing plant at Dadumajra is unable to process
vegetable waste, mixed waste and waste from hotels, which are currently being dumped in open grounds, the
MC is coming up with these projects. While the BARC says Rs. 16 lakh per tonne as the cost.
(Courtesy: Hindustan Time | July 30, 2014)

Surat to get India's biggest biogas plant

In Surat, Gujarat, the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in partnership with Didask Bioenergy
Pvt. Ltd would be setting up the country's biggest biogas producing plant in a two hectare plot on its campus at

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Dumbhal. The plant will be commissioned in 15 months' time at a cost of Rs 40 crore. It will handle 110 metric
tonnes (MT) of bio-waste every day and produce 11,000 cubic metres of biogas. The plant would also produce
4,000 kg of bio CNG daily, bio CO2 and solid and liquid organic fertilizers by consuming the vegetable and fruit
waste in the market.
The paper work has been completed and the work to construct the plant will begin soon, Gujarat Government
has approved the project and would provide 25 per cent subsidy. The Gujarat Pollution Control Board and other
regulators have also given their go ahead to the project.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | Aug 5, 2014)

Leaner and meaner biogas plants for Jhabua tribals soon

In Jhabua (Indore), there will be a compressed biogas plant' virtually for each tribal house with an area of 1
cubic metre- approximately 1/100th smaller than conventional biogas plants. Inspired by compressed biogas
plants installed at Sangli in Maharashtra, the plant is in its testing stage in Jhabua and is expected to support one
time cooking and four hours of lighting with its fuel per household using just 5kg of cow dung every day.
NGO Shivganga, which is executing project in Jhabua, These plants are small and majority households in
Jhabua own bulls and cows, which leave them with large amount of dung every day that can generate fuel.
Schematically, plant in shape of a tank needs to be fed minimum 5kg of cattle or kitchen waste which will
decompose as methane gas that can be used by households for cooking and lighting purposes. As per their plan,
one biogas plant will be set up for 3-4 households for which approximately 25 kg of waste will be required
every day to support cooking and lighting of these households.
As installation work is soon to begin in Jhabua, tribals have welcomed the move. It will save them from
hazardous emissions of carbon monoxide from conventional chullah and expensive LPG cylinders. Shreekant
Patwardhan, engineer from Maharashtra who is installing plants in Jhabua, said, "1 cubic meter of biogas is half
kg of LPG and can easily support a day's cooking."
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | Aug 14, 2014)

Surat Municipal Corporation's sanitation plan aims at civic needs for next 15 years.
In Surat, sanitation plan making the Diamond City to zero-waste city. This new plan covering all aspects of
cleanliness will be put in place for the coming 15 years and would have new bylaws for both private and public
places. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) plans to put this plan into action in early 2015. The plan would
cover all aspects of basic infrastructural facilities and requirements of the city in the coming 15 years including
sanitation and hygiene, solid waste management, sewerage systems, water distribution and water treatment
facilities along with health-related issues of the citizens and also looking at possibility of generation of energy
like biogas from the waste."
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | October 2, 2014)

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A portable solution to waste management
In Njeliyanparamba, the city Corporation’s garbage disposal site, Ashraf Shafi, M. Riyas, and C.P. Harshad
know very well the need for scientific management of garbage. Hence they came together to develop an
affordable solution for waste management, in the hope that if every household in the city installed the ‘portable
biogas plant’ they developed, their ‘stinking’ neighborhood would one day become a better place to live.

The 1,000-litre capacity plant they

developed around two-and-a-half years
ago can produce enough biogas to cook
for up to three hours if it is fed around 3
kg of waste and as many litres of waste
water every day. A 500 litre plant yields
enough biogas to cook for up to 1.5
hours. He said that some of their 2,000
customers get more fuel than was
promised. Team members explaining the functioning of a biogas plant developed

Some get enough fuel to cook for around three hours even from a 500-litre plant. Rotten vegetables, food waste
and fish/meat waste can be put into the plant. Only items with acid content such as lemon peel should be kept
away. Mr. Riyas, a fiber molding expert, leads the work at the plant, which has more than half a dozen workers.
The plant’s body is quite sturdy. We give more than seven years warranty. The plant can be installed even at
households with three cents of land. The entire unit occupies only a square-meter space. They have clients even
from cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | October 2, 2014)

Tata Power installs bio-gas plants in Mundra

In Ahmedabad Tata Power, through its 100 per cent subsidiary Coastal Gujarat Power has installed 36 bio-gas
plants across eight villages under its 'Annapurna' project in Mundra and Mandvi. The project, in association
with Tata Power Community Development Trust (TPCDT), aims to promote the use of household bio-gas by
creating awareness on the optimal use of cow dung. According to the company, being considerably cheaper than
conventional energy sources, the daily input in each bio gas plant is nearly 40 KG which enables cooking for a
family of about six people.
The total cost of each plant is Rs 26,200, of which Rs. 18,000 was invested by Tata Power with Rs 8200
contributed by the community. The used cow dung can be further reused as fertilizer, whereas maintenance of
the unit is simple and stress free. The unit has also resulted in monthly savings of nearly Rs 300 which was

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earlier spent on wood and kerosene. Additionally, the unit assists in protection of the environment as well as
health of the villagers as it avoids the pollution caused by burning wood. This reduction in pollution further
protects the families from asthmatic problems, cataract and other future ailments, the company said. The bio-gas
plants equip us with a bouquet of benefits while utilizing readily available natural resources which protects
villagers from chronic diseases arising out of burning wood and coal. We aspire to work collectively for the
augmentation of the society and will continue implementing such initiatives in the future.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | November 7, 2014)

ESI Hospital Gets a New Biogas Plant

In Kochi the first biogas plant among the 13 ESI Hospitals in Kerala began functioning at ESI Hospital near
Ernakulam North. That the biogas plant installed here holds a capacity to dispose 150 kg of waste. The biogas
produced from the food waste is used for cooking purpose in the hospital.

The plant was installed as a part of eco-friendly

methods of waste management. The cost for
installation of this plant was met by the
contributions from Suchitwa Mission and ESI
Hospital Development fund. The ESI Hospital at
Ernakulam North with its limited facilities has
tried its best to go hand in hand with natural
conservation and eco-friendly methods.

The rain water harvesting plant with a capacity of 40,000 litre was installed here two years back was a part of it.
This fully functioning plant supplies the water requirements for cleaning purposes in the hospital.

The future eco-friendly initiatives of the hospital includes setting up an incinerator on the hospital premise and
also a drainage system for proper waste disposal. The hospital authority focus to establish a plastic-free
environment too.

(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | November 8, 2014)

Turning Bulk Waste into Cooking Gas

Bengaluru generates about 5,000 tonnes of waste every day, most of which is wet waste. There is no single
solution to tackling such a complex issue that’s only growing by the day. But two IIM-B graduates got right into
the middle of the waste industry to carve a niche for themselves, as well as create a significant environmental
impact.
Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar have developed a waste to energy system, now called BioUrja. A
biogas system that takes in wet waste from bulk waste generators like hotels, hostels, and schools, and converts

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them into cooking gas. Every 1,000 kg of waste can be converted to energy that will fill four commercial
cylinders of LPG. They wanted to take up a project that would yield profit, but at the same time create an
environmental impact and whole idea was that it should make economic sense. BioUrja was born for bulk waste
generators like restaurants and corporate houses, converting waste into compost was not a viable solution. They
would not have any practical use for the compost.

The biogas unit is made of efficient bacterial cultures, chemicals, latest biotechnology and a remote-sensing
technology that helps monitor the progress of each and every unit from their office. They have sold units across
the country by now and using our cloud-based monitoring system and brought the Internet of things into the
biogas space. The remote-sensing capacity also helps users monitor the temperatures of the unit and detect gas
leakages if any. A unit can cost anywhere upwards of 10 lakhs, depending on the size of the unit. They reach
out to many people to push the idea of waste to energy management, and most people are quite open to the idea.
With ideas like Swachh Bharat and what people like The Ugly Indians are doing in the city, it’s only a matter of
time before people start managing waste sensibly.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | November 13, 2014)

Introducing a ready-to-install biogas plant

The development of a compact and ready-to-use model of biogas plant, which can be installed in three hours,
will ease the process of putting bio-degradable waste to good use. The model caught the attention of visitors at
the recent Krishi Mela of the University of Agricultural Sciences–Bangalore, and its advantage is that it is
portable and comes in various capacities.
Developed by Sintex Industries and validated by IIT–New Delhi, a model with two cubic-metre capacity can
yield one kilogram of cooking gas a day and requires a space of only 6×6 feet, as against the conventional dome
model that requires brick work and takes up 12×18 feet, according to experts.
Biogas Development and Training Centre UAS–B, that setting
up of the conventional dome-type biogas plant requires about
15 days and the metal drum model takes 30 days for installation
and requires regular maintenance to prevent corrosion.
The ready-to-install model will boost to efforts by experts and
policymakers to turn waste into wealth owing to its convenient
features. The ready-to-use model has a spider spring
mechanism to help maintain constant gas pressure which will
ensure availability of quality flame. The ready-to-use model
with a capacity of two cubic-metre costs Rs. 36,000 as against
the metal drum model of Rs. 40,000 and the conventional
model of Rs. 30,000, the experts noted.
Ready-to-install model in Krishi Mela
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The model with two cubic-metre capacity requires 15 kg of waste a day. It is also possible to opt for power
generation if the plant is of a larger capacity.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | November 25, 2014)

Invest in development of inland waterways: Nitin Gadkari to industry

For controlling pollution, the government will promote in a big way the use of biofuels such as biodiesel and
bioethanol for public transport in the cities and school buses and also introduce electric buses. Minister Nitin
Gadkari said that biogas can be generated from city waste for use in industry and transport, while stressing that
increased use of biofuels will also help curbing crude oil import.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | December 20, 2014)

NMC plans biogas and biodiesel buses

In Nagpur the lines of ethanol, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has started the process to launch the
nation's first biogas and biodiesel city buses. The two new biofuel buses will also be introduced on pilot basis in
line with a concept mooted by city MP and union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari.
In association with Swedish-bus maker Scania Commercial Vehicles India Limited, NMC has successfully
launched the pilot project of ethanol-run bus on August 22. It was the initiative of Gadkari to boost sugar
industries, farmers, environment and also to reduce dependency on imported fuels to some extent and city
transport committee to launch buses run totally on biogas and biodiesel. The plan is in very initial stage. The
idea is to launch pilot project of all three biofuels; ethanol, biogas and biodiesel. NMC administration has
started the process to prepare detailed project report. Gadkari's plan to set up a biogas plant at Bhandewadi
dumping yard. He had directed the NMC administration to utilize methane being generated from treatment of
solid waste and sewage water to produce the biogas. He had also revealed Scania's plan to set up a biogas plant.
Earlier too Gadkari had many times asked NMC office bearers and officials not to waste methane generated at
Bhandewadi dumping yard. He went on to say that NMC office bearers and officials should run official vehicles
on biogas generated from the dumping yard.

Scania is manufacturing and also operating buses run on biogas and biodiesel in foreign countries. Scania is
likely to bring buses run on biogas and biodiesel on the lines of ethanol. It even had plans to set up a biogas
plant near Bengaluru in Karnataka. UMTC and ministries of urban development and road transport and
highways for launch of biogas and biodiesel buses. Gadkari has already assured to approve additional buses to
meet the city mobility plan target of 1,200 buses in city bus service. Currently, city bus service comprises 470
buses, of which hardly 210-220 are operational.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | December 24, 2014)

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Village in Coimbatore installed biogas plant
In Coimbatore Kurudampalayam Panchayat shows the way in solid waste management by installing a
biomethanation plant with the help of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). The plant installed at a cost of
30 lakh generates four cylinders of gas per day which is supplied to the community hall built by the panchayat
to fuel stoves. More than 250 families can use the stove free of cost to cook food on rotation basis.
20 fuel stoves at the community hall and families from Nehru Colony can cook their food using the stoves.
Token issue to each family based on which they could use the community hall for cooking on rotation basis.
The project has been funded by the district rural development agencies (DRDA) and BARC has provided the
technological support for the plant. Bio-degradable waste including vegetables, fruits, and wastages from agro
and slaughter houses are being used for the plant. The waste is crushed using a crusher machine. Cow dung is
also being used at the plant. The tank capacity is two metric tonnes and it can be produce four cylinders of gas
daily.
(Courtesy: The Times of India’s | December 31, 2014)

Tribals turn to biogas plants in agency areas

Tribals in the Visakhapatnam agency areas are gradually becoming more environment-conscious and are
shifting from traditional firewood stoves to modern biogas plants. Usage of firewood stoves not only results in
deforestation but is also leading to a rise in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (POCD) due to inhalation of
smoke from chulhas. Even though the general trend of rural residents turning to biogas plants has been on the
rise in the district over the last couple of years, the focus is now shifting towards the needs of tribals as
accessibility to LPG is more difficult in agency areas. So to solve this problem of accessibility of LPG, last year
around 100 biogas plants installed in the agency areas. They are going to install between 300 and 400 units this
financial year. The main thrust is on tribal areas because we want to avoid deforestation and also primarily
focusing on areas surrounding Paderu, Chintapalli and Araku.
(Courtesy: THE HINDU | Jan 03, 2015)

Railways starts first train that chugs on CNG, so the enriched biogas may play important
role in railways.
In New Delhi significant step towards adopting green fuel, the railways have launched their first CNG train.
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off the train, run on dual fuel system diesel and CNG on the Rewari-
Rohtak section of northern zone.

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 Inaugurating the CNG train by Railway minister Shri Suresh Prabhu

Introduction of CNG trains will reduce greenhouse gas emission and also cut the transporter's fuel bill by
reducing consumption of diesel and enriched biogas will contribute same as CNG. Biogas can opened a separate
environment directorate in the railway board, has stressed on the use of alternative fuel, including use of solar
and wind power, to reduce dependence on conventional energy. The railways have modified the 1,400 HP
engine to run on dual fuel - diesel and CNG - through fumigation technology. The passenger train would
consume over 20% of CNG, covering a distance of 81km in about two hours. Gradually, CNG usage will be
increased to around 50%. Currently, test trials are being conducted for increased usage of CNG.

There are plans to run more such CNG and enriched biogas trains to reduce diesel consumption. The move is
not only a significant step towards reducing the carbon footprint of the railways, but it will also provide
capacity to use a cheaper alternative fuel source in future. The train comprising of two power cars and six car
coaches has been manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory at Chennai with the CNG conversion kit being
supplied by Cummins.
(Courtesy: The Times of India | Jan 15, 2015)

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Soon, new emission norms for vehicles in India
In New Delhi push to move higher use of alternative fuels, India will
soon notify the emission standards for vehicles that can play on 85-
95% ethanol-blended fuel. This will pave way for manufacturing of
new engines that can use cleaner fuel. The road transport ministry
has issued a draft notification setting emission standards for flexi-
fuel ethanol (E85) and ethanol (ED95) vehicles.
E85 is commonly used by flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) in the United States and Europe. Ethanol is a cleaner fuel
and burns more completely than petrol and it is derived from sugarcane juice and molasses. The focus is to
bring in new technology such as biomethane or bio-fuel and facilitate the approval mechanism that will help
reduce pollution and cut our dependence on petrol and diesel. The setting vehicle standards — CMVR-TSC also
took up the issue of facilitating introduction and manufacturing of Bio-CNG vehicles. At present, only one
100% ethanol-fuelled bus is operating in Nagpur, which happens to be the parliamentary constituency of
transport minister Nitin Gadkari.

(Courtesy: The Times of India | Jan 25, 2015)

City club to set up biogas plant in Ahmedabad

In Ahmedabad to convert food waste and kitchen waste into biogas, Karnavati club has taken an initiative to set
up a 'Floating Type Biogas Plant' in its premises. Their main objective is to minimize load on Ahmedabad
Municipal Corporation's solid waste management system. In the club, daily solid waste generation including
kitchen waste is approximately 1200-1500 kg. The plant will be generate around 150 m3of biogas per day which
is equivalent to 67.5kg of LPG. In the first phase, 20 m3plant will be installed which will handle close to 200 kg
of waste.

Total installation capacity will be around 120 m3 at the cost of Rs 25 lakh. The plant will be come up at 125 m2
of space. Through the biogas plant, the club aims to cut down their fertilizer requirement substantially and will
also reduce consumption of cooking fuel like LPG.

(Courtesy: The Times of India | Jan 27, 2015)

Doctors plans to install more biogas plants in Sundarpur, Anand, Gujarat

Country's largest biogas plant producing 5,000 cubic meters of gas per day using agriculture waste and animal
dung has become operational in Sundarpur village of Umreth taluka in Anand district in Ahmedabad.
Dr. Bharat Patel plans to set ups 15 such plants in other parts of the state with an estimated cost of Rs 350 crore.
The biogas plants are planned in north Gujarat districts of Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, Mehsana and Junagadh,
Rajkot in Saurashtra regions. Patel also want to set up three more biogas plants in Anand.
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The biogas plant (in Sundarpur) supplies over 5,000 m3 gas to nearby industries where it is used in furnaces,
wielding work and melting copper. The slurry that remains after extraction of gas is used as organic manure by
farmers for better productivity. The capacity of the biogas plant can be increased to 10,000 m3. The current
plant has investment of Rs 35 crore and also plans to take it further by generating power using biogas. This
biogas can be used by households, small industries and even as fuel for vehicles. Once the capacity goes up we
can even generate power. This way the entire village can become self-sufficient in terms of energy.
The entire biogas plant uses multi-feed German technology to produce gas. The raw material for the plant is
collected from nearby villages and sugar factories. There are about 50 vehicles to collect waste like banana
stems, sugarcane waste, potato peels, green waste including flowers from temples and garbage from villages
within 2 km of the plant.

(Courtesy: The Times of India | Feb. 3, 2015)

Rajasthan Govt. enhances subsidy on biogas

Rajasthan government has announced installation of 25 thousand biogas plant in state budget 2013-14, for
providing cheap, easy accessible and clean fuel area to the rural area. In this program government will promote
installation of new biogas systems to private beneficiary, dairy, and cowsheds by providing a subsidy of 60%.
To accelerate this program government will give Rupee Five Thousand to Non-government Organization and
Rupee Ten Thousand to government institute as an incentive for each biogas plant installation.

(Courtesy: Nafa Nuksan,| Feb. 6, 2015)

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 Events
Biogas staff training programme of Nodal officer of Haryana Uttar Pradesh and NCR
Delhi Biogas at IIT Delhi on 8 Nov 2014.

IIT Delhi is one of the centers of excellence for higher academic training, research and development in science
and technology. It is technical support to states nodal agencies of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi to organize
training and to demonstrate new biogas technology for new and developing enterprises and for staffs of
departments and implementing agencies. To carry out research and development on new scopes of biogas
technologies involving biogas enrichment and bottling. In our country, large numbers of cattle rearing farms
(gaushalas) are maintained by charitable organizations producing quantity of dung daily. The scope of power
generation and bottling (after purification) is enormous at these locations which need to be trapped as a step
towards environmental protection and power/electrical energy sustainability.

Members of Nodal staff and training organizing team.

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This training was conducted by Prof. V.K. Vijay and 24 member participant in this program for training.
Objective of the training was to disseminating new knowledge and technology developed through research in
the field of biogas production, purification and power generation, to make entrepreneurs aware about
opportunities in the field of biogas in the developing countries and to exposure of working biogas technologies
in the field.

Nodal officers understanding the biogas enrichment water scrubbing process at IIT Delhi.
Information were also given on Government Supported Biogas Programmes, Entrepreneurial Opportunity in the
Area of Biogas-Fertilizer Projects, Including the suggestion for Promoting Biomethanation Sector, and Biogas-
Fertilizer Sector. A detailed information about the Central Financial Assistance under various programme for
example NBMMP, Biogas based Distributed/ Grid Power Generation Programme (BPGP) & CFA under Energy
Recovery from Industrial Wastes Programmes were presented. A several methods of Biogas production using
different types of feedstock especially from algae. How the algal biomass can be used as a feedstock for biogas
production were shown and a detailed comparison about the possible scenario of algal –dung co-digestion for
biogas production in India were presented which shows that how the biogas from these alternative can replace
around 90% of energy demand what we meeting now by LPG in India.

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Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
A national workshop “Unnat Bharat Abhiyan” was conducted on 7 September to 9 September 2014 with a view
to uplift rural India. The programme was launched in collaboration with the Indian Institutes of Technology
(IIT) and the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) across the country.

Participation of honorable MHRD minister, chairman BOG, Director and other members in Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
Although the programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, it will be
coordinated and steered by IIT Delhi. The programme will involve engaging with communities around each
institute and for their up-liftment. Each IIT will identify 10 villages in its neighbourhood and work out
technologies to solve the most pressing issues of the region.

That the different teams from these institutes will visit the villages, identify problems and then aim to find
financially-viable schemes. Once the solution is identified, they will then involve the industry to scale it up. The
programme, with the help of IITs, NITs and other “leading technical institutions” will prepare a roadmap for
holistic rural development. Along with the HRD ministry and the institutes, some other ministries such as rural
development and NGOs working in villages are also likely to be involved in the programme. Some of the
problems that the institutes could be looking at are, supply of potable water, sanitation, energy and low cost
housing. The main idea for launching the programme is to provide definitive research that can be aligned with
national development. A date for the launch is yet to be finalised but the institute has begun preparations and
IIT Delhi has already begun identifying villages in its vicinity.

A meeting was conducted on 22th Feb 2015, regarding the appropriate steps to be followed to meet the goal of
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and how to implement it on grass root level.

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Shri Baba Ram Dev Ji discussing the various issues of Swachh and Unnat Bharat Abhiyan with members of Core Committee
at IIT Delhi

It was concluded that the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, initiative taken by the govt. of India would be successful
only with the integration of biogas technology in the mission, as massive amount of organic waste materials
needs to be handled for their appropriate disposal. These organic material could be utilized for biogas and bio-
fertilizer productions.

How the biogas technology can play an important role in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, providing rural sanitation
and rural and urban energy security was shared by Professor V. K. Vijay on Doordarshan National Channel in
Swachh Bharat Programme which was telecasted on 28th November, 2014. You can see this informative video
at the link Swachh Bharat - Drinking Water and Sanitation in rural areas - Ep #112.

Conference on Decentralized Biogas Digesters and Their Slurry Management (Biogas 2014)

Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani (Goa Campus) organized two days
conference on DECENTRALIZED BIOGAS DIGESTERS AND THEIR SLURRY MANAGEMENT. The
conference focused on addressing the issue of organic waste disposal and in the same time yielding valuable
products as biogas and fertilizer. Researchers, scientists and professionals working in the field actively
participated in the conference and formed a strong collaborative network in order to update biogas technologies.

Among all the authors who has presented their work, some were at the stage of discovery of the tip of the
iceberg while others explored the submerged knowledge. Presentation by Dr. Boris Habermann from Germany
communicated German experiences in monitoring full scale biogas plants. In Germany, to control and regulate
biogas process plant operators check online process parameters and offline process parameters. While health of
anaerobic digester can be calculated online normally by monitoring temperature, pH-value, volume flow rate
and sometimes redox potential other parameters related to feed and slurry for example dry matter, organic dry
matter, nitrogen and fatty acids are other analyses, which are carried out by a laboratory. Further he focused on
an online-measurement of the dissolved volatile fatty acids and an online detection of dissolved hydrogen both
directly in the liquid phase as well as near-infrared spectroscopy which are under development.
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Dr. S. S. Sooch from Punjab Agricultural University discussed his experiences on economics of large capacity
fixed dome type biogas plant in state of Punjab. Due to lack of awareness regarding selection of a suitable
model and size of biogas plant, the full potential of the biogas producing material is not harnesses, and the
economic viability of biogas technology is rendered doubtful. 5 different capacity (25-150m3/day) of PAU Janta
Model Fixed Dome Type biogas plant were studied for cooking and power generation. He concluded that the
cost of installation and annual operational cost of biogas plant decreases with the increase in size of the biogas
plant.

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 Articles
Economics of large capacity fixed dome type biogas plant for state of Punjab, India
Biogas, the end product of anaerobic digestion of cattle dung, can successfully supplement the cooking fuels in
the countryside areas of India, where the raw material needed for its production is plentifully available. Because
of the lack of awareness regarding selection of a suitable model and size of biogas plant, the full potential of the
biogas producing material is not harnesses, and the economic viability of biogas technology is rendered
doubtful. To facilitate this decision making the economics of large size biogas plants with capacity from 25-150
m3/day was studied for cooking and power generation and 5 different capacity of PAU Janta Model Fixed Dome
Type biogas plant were compared. Calculations for Installation cost and annual operational cost was made for
the State of Punjab, India, where the hydraulic retention time is 40 days, and current market prices were taken
into account. Comparison of the economics revealed that the cost of installation and annual operational cost of
biogas plant decreases with the increase in size of the biogas plant. With increase in capacity, the payback
period decreased exponentially with the exponential character. However, on the basis of comparative economics,
the 100m3/day capacity biogas plant was found to be the optimum and most viable size of biogas plant. It has
been published Conference on Decentralized Biogas Digesters and Their Slurry Management (Biogas 2014)
(Nov 2014, Pages 3).

Potential of value added byproducts from biogas plants for a sustainable future.

The three typical outputs of a biogas plant are biogas, biogas digester liquid and anaerobically digested residues
– which in a cattle dung digester the latter two are generally mixed and solid and liquid parts become
reasonably inseparable. In the race for sustainability, although the biogas plants have for long provided both
environmental and social sustainability elements, these have for long been unable to compete against the
traditional fossil fuels inhibited primarily by the non-level playing field of subsidy. Further, sustainability
determinants also demand that biogas plants become keystone technologies providing more than mere energy
and compost as value bearing outputs. In this seemingly relentless battle to catch up with the ‘apartheid’
economics of fossil fuels or the governmental compulsions to keep domestic fuel costs low, the conversion of
three outputs to other useful and saleable products can place the biomethanation systems at a higher level of
economic sustainability. In today’s technological readiness there is potential to convert these three outputs of
the biomass digester to 20 by-products in place of just two, that we started with Circa 1980. Similarly, the rising
fossil fuel prices and its increasing interchangeability and substitution by biogas make this competition closer to
the notional finishline. Further, these partially degraded lignocelluloses provide a whole basket of C-skeletons

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for evolving newer biologically synthesizable by-products all of which can bridge this gap between economic
sustainability and business viability for using decentralized biomethanation systems. Some of the current level
of potential to convert biomethanation residues to value added products is described and its potential economics
addressed to show that the economic sustainability gap can be easily bridged. The future course of action for
technological development is discussed both from the point for view of broadening the options for a keystone
not only for today but also for a sustainable tomorrow. It has been published Conference on Decentralized
Biogas Digesters and Their Slurry Management (Biogas 2014) (Nov 2014, Pages 8).

Extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables and disinfestation of stored grains using
biogas

Biogas has been used to modify the atmosphere of the post-harvest storage of fruits and vegetables as well as
stored grain systems such as storage rooms, containers and silos. Modified atmosphere using biogas is a low
cost and decentralized alternative to the synthetic and chemical grain protectants and/or contact pesticides.
These additives to stored grain are expensive, toxic to humans and long term exposure to insect pests has the
potential to make them pesticide resistant. On the other hand biogas is comparatively cheaper, available
throughout rural India, has no known human ill health effects at exposure levels considered here and in the long
run may also be promoted as an organic food preservant. Currently over 30-50% of the fruits and vegetables
harvested do not reach the intended human consumers and every year millions of tons of post harvest products
such as grains are lost due to insect pest infestation. Post harvest products such as rice, wheat and semolina are
prone to pest infestation mainly by Sitophilus oryzae, Tribolium castaneum and Rhyzopertha dominica
respectively. In this study we displaced of air from the grain storage containers using biogas induces stresses of
hypoxia and hypercarbia which cease insect development and eventually leads to its death. Dry biogas (57.43%
CH4 and 42.57% CO2) at a flow rate of 2.4l/hr filled to displace 3 times the volume of the container; equivalent
to 3-5 volume displacements per hour removed 100% air from an empty and partially grain filled containers.
These conditions achieved 100% insect mortality of T. castaneum and R. dominica within 24h and S. oryzae
within 48h at a wide range of grain fill levels (25-75%) in thecontainers respectively. Similar efforts with fruit
and vegetables are also reported in this paperwhere efforts are being made to extend the shelf life of perishable
vegetables such as tomatoes. It has been published in Conference on Decentralized Biogas Digesters and Their
Slurry Management (Biogas 2014) (Nov 2014, Pages 20).

Biowaste based digestate as influenced by post-treatment methods - use as fertilizer and

environmental impact
In Germany more and more organic waste is collected separately and used for biogas production. The side
effect of energy production by anaerobic treatment is the stabilization and hygienisation of waste. The digestate
can be used as a fertilizer in agriculture. However, high amounts of impurities like heavy metals or pieces of
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plastic can lead to environmental problem. Within the framework of the VeNGA-Project, which started in 2013,
these different aspects of treatment of biowaste will be investigated. The anaerobic digestion is done by the
GICON® process, which is a two-stage process with percolation. The hydrolysis is separated from the
methanization. The procedure allows the application of organic and municipal wastes, impurity-laden solids and
structure-rich garden wastes as well as agricultural feedstock such solid manure. After fermentation the
digestate is composted. Thus it is more biologically stabilized and dry. In the next step, the plastic parts are
largely removed by screening. By further treatment such as drying, pelletization and agglomeration four
fertilizer were produced. To investigate effects of fertilizer and soil processes, a field test at the experimental
station of the IASP in the state of Brandenburg(Germany) was applied. The effect of the products on soil
microorganisms was tested by measuring the soil respiration. Moreover, the effects on earthworms are
investigated by using an avoidance response test, while a pot experiment with the monocot plant species oat and
dicotyledonous species shows the compatibility with plants. It has been published in Conference on
Decentralized Biogas Digesters and Their Slurry Management (Biogas 2014) (Nov 2014, Pages 28).

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 Upcoming Events

1. Municipal Solid Waste Management India 2015

Date:- 12th March 2015
Location:- India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India
C-108, Lajpat Nagar II, New Delhi - 110024 India
Email:kaushal@prospurevents.com
Mobile: +91-8130894551
2. Tel.: 011 - 4132 5197, 4132 7798First International Conference on ‘Recent Advances in
Bio-energy Research’
Date- March 14-17, 2015

Venue - SSS National Institute of Renewable Energy, Kapurthala

Website: http://icrabr.in/

The objective of the conference is to disseminate the knowledge about the recent advanced in bioenergy
research. Earlier, three National Conferences consecutively on ‘Recent Advances in Bio-energy
Research’ have been organized since 2011 at the Institute, which had captured Government policies,
field experiences and R&D efforts in the development and promotion of bio-energy in India. This year
we are planning to enlarge the scope of the conference to cover global scenario of bio-energy.

3. 2nd conference on Monitoring & process control of anaerobic digestion plants

Date-17-18 March 2015

Venue- Leipzig

Contact Authority- Diana Pfeiffer

Phone: +49 (0) 341-2434-554

Email: diana.pfeiffer(at)dbfz.de

Website: https://www.energetische-biomassenutzung.de/en/events/conferences/process-control-
2015.html

Anaerobic digestion is a complex process of subsequent and interacting degradation steps. A precise
control of this complex biological process is crucial to make the biogas production process more efficient,
reliable and profitable. Novel process monitoring and controlling tools are necessary to improve

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 performance of anaerobic digestion. focus on the requirements of measurement tools, best practice and
practically implemented applications of monitoring and control devices.

4. National Level Conference on Power and Energy in India: Building Industrial and Domestic
Demands
Date: 26 to 27 march, 2015
Location: The Organizing Secretary
National Conference (P&E-BiDD'15)
Department of EEE,
Jeppiaar Institute of Technology,
Kunnam, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu - 631 604
Contact person: MAX SAVIO
Email: maxsavio@jeppiaarinstitute.org
Website: http://www.pebidd.com/

5. GREEN Summit 2015.

Date: April 23-25, 2015
Venue: Bangalore, India
E mail: greensummit@fkcci.in
Website: http://www.greensummit.in/greensummit_2015/index.php
6. International Conference: Micro Perspectives for Decentralized Energy Supply
Date: April 23rd to 25th 2015
Venue: Bangalore, India
Website: http://www.microenergysystems.tu-berlin.de/conference/
Contact person: Conference Team
Interdisciplinary and interactive forum for academics and experts to discuss latest research and current
trends in the field of decentralized energy supply Keynotes: Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri (Chairman of the
IPCC) and Dr. Daniel Kammen.
7. REGATEC 2015
Date-7-8 May 2015,

Venue- Renewable Energy Technology International AB

Skarpskyttevägen 10 D
SE-226 42 Lund
Org.nr 556886-6700 Barcelona, Spain

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 Contact Authority- Prof. Frank Scholwin

Institute for Biogas, Waste Management & Energy

info@biogasundenergie.de

Phone: +49 (0)36 43-7 40 23 64

Website: http://regatec.org/

REGATEC 2015 has a technical and industrial focus and is directed towards biomethane production
through microbial and thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste, Power-to-gas and biomass
gasification for CHP production.

8. 2015 China International Bioenergy and Biomass Utilization Summit

Date-21-22 May 2015,

Venue- Shanghai, China

Contact Authority- Jenny Wu

phone：021-61834895
Fax：021-61924284
Cell：18101746786
E-mail: jenny.wu@bbs-summit.com

Website: http://www.bbs-summit.com/en/#page1

The theme of BBS 2015 is “Bioenergy: Comprehensive Utilization and Product Diversification”.
Besides the main forum, here we still have four sub-forums: “Biogas”, “Advanced Biofuels and
Biorefinery”, “ Biomass Pellets and Heating”, “Biopower and MSW to Electricity”. BBS 2015 will
discuss the latest trend of the development of biomass industry, fully demonstrate the bioenergy industry
advanced technologies and products, and promote the sustainable development of bioenergy industry.

9. Smart Cities India 2015 exhibition and conference

Date: 20-22 may, 2015
Venue- Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India

10.9th Renewable Energy India Expo 2015 - UBM

Date 23- 25 September, 2015
Contact person;RajneeshKhattar
Group Director, UBM India
Email: Rajneesh.khattar@ubm.com

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 M: +91 9871 726762
Organized by UBM India, the annual edition of Renewable Energy India Expo intends to accelerate the
growth of the Indian Renewable Energy sector and contribute to the country’s sustainable economic
development.

Useful links
Report: Wasted, Europe’s untapped resource (2015) by ICCT, IEEP, NNFCC
Discussion paper: Renewable Energy for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development: The Case of
Biomass Gasification (2015) by UNIDO
Report: EurObserv'ER Biogas Report 2014(2014)
Report: Biomethane Status and Factors Affecting Market Development and Trade (2014) by the
International Energy Agency
Report: Source Separation of Municipal solid waste (2013) by the International Energy Agency

Analyze your Biogas composition in Rs. 5000 at Biogas Development and

Training Centre, IIT Delhi.

Those who are interested in analyzing their biogas composition, they may send their biogas sample filled in
canister or bladder. The charges for biogas composition analysis are Rs. 5000 per sample. The amount
according to the number of samples should be submitted by Demand Draft /cheque drawn in the favor of
‘Registrar IIT Delhi’ payable at New Delhi.

The biogas sample should be send to following address:

Prof. Virendra K Vijay Pin- 110 016

Room No. 375, Block – III,

Centre for Rural Development and Technology,
Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016
Phone: 011-2659 6351, 011-2659 6311

Advertisements are invited for publication in Biogas Forum India News-letter.

Advertisements are invited for publication in Biogas Forum India News Letter from Biogas companies,
Consultants, Stake Holders, biogas related Agencies etc. Biogas News Letter is circulated (nationally and inter
nationally) to the R&D organizations, Biogas Agencies, Companies, all Stake Holders, Energy Organizations,
Policy Makers, Govt. Agencies etc. For advertisement send your queries to E–mail-bigfin.india@gmail.com
and Ph. 011-2659 6351/6311.

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 ANNEXURE I

Subsidy for setting up of Biogas Plants under National Biogas and Manure Management Programme

S. Particulars of Central Financial Assistance Family Type Biogas Plants under NBMMP (1 to 6
No. (CFA) & States / Regions and Categories cubic metre capacity per day )

A. Central Subsidy Rates Applicable (In Rs.) 1 Cubic Metre 2- 6 Cubic Metre

1. NER States, Sikkim (except plain areas of 15,000 17,000

Assam) and including SC & ST Categories of
NE Region States.

2. Plain areas of Assam. 10,000 11,000

3. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, 7,000 11,000

Uttrakhand, Niligiri of Tamil Nadu,
SadarKurseong&Kalimpong Sub-Divisions of
Darjeeling, Sunderbans (W.B.) and Andaman &
Nicobar Islands.

4. Scheduled castes / Scheduled Tribes of all other 7,000 11,000

States except NE Region States (including
Sikkim).

5. All Others 5,500 9,000

B. Turn-Key Job Fee including warranty for Rs.1500/- per plant for fixed dome Deenbandhu type
five years and quality control (in Rs. per and floating gasholder KVIC type brick masonry
plant). models. Turn Key Job Fee also provided for biogas
plants with prefabricated material involving part
construction work either for digester or dome. No fee
is provided for completely prefabricated /
manufactured plants such as Bag type plants with
rubberized material or plants made of HDPE / PVC /
fabric materials, as and when approved.

C. Additional subsidy (CFA) for toilet linked 1,200/-

Biogas Plants (in Rs. per plant).

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 ANNEXURE II

No.5-5/2014-BE (NBMMP)
Government of India
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
(Biogas Technology & Development Division)
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Block No.14, CGO Complex,

Lodi Road, New Delhi110003

Dated: 10th February, 2015

To

Heads of all State Nodal Departments/State Nodal Agencies and KVIC, BDTCs (As per list).

Subject:- Implementation of National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) during 2014-
15 – Additional/Reduction of the Target– reg.

Sir,

In continuation of this Ministry’s letter No.5-5/2014-BE(NBMMP) dated 30.06.2014, I am directed to convey

the approval of Competent Authority for the allocation of additional/Reduction of physical target under for the
following SNDs/SNAs for implementation of National Biogas and Manure Management Programme
(NBMMP) during the year 2014-15. The Additional target has been made on Demand and Reduction of target
has been made on the basis of poor performance of the SNDs/SNAs as per details given below:-

Sl. Name of State Nodal Original Allocation of Reduction of Revised target

No. Department/State Nodal Targets 2014- Additional Annual Target for 2014-15.
Agency 15 Target under under Gen. & (No. of Biogas
(No. of Biogas Gen & NER NER Category Plant)
Plant) Category
1. Andhra Pradesh 10440 - - 10440
(NEDCAP, Hyderabad) (8700 Gen. + (8700 Gen. +
1740 SC) 1740 SC)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (APEDA) 100 - 50 50

3. Assam (FDA) 6000 1500 (Gen.) - 7500

(5500 Gen.+ (7000 Gen.+
500 SC 500 SC)
4. Chhatisgarh (CREDA) 4000 - - 4000
(3900 Gen. + (3900 Gen. +
100 SC) 100 SC)
5. Goa (Dir. Of Agr.) 100 - - 100
6. Gujarat (GAIC) 4000 - - 4000
(3500 Gen.+ (3500 Gen.+
500 SC) 500 SC)
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7. Haryana (Dir.og Agr.) 1700 - - 1700
(1600Gen+ (1600Gen+
100SC) 100SC)
8. Himachal Pradesh 350 - 100 250
(Dir.of Agr.) (300 Gen.+ (200 Gen.+
50 SC) 50 SC)
9. Jammu & Kashmir (JKEDA) 100 - -- 100

10. Jharkhand (JREDA) 100 - - 100

11. Karnataka (RD&PRD) 10500 5000 - 15,500
(10000Gen.+ (Gen) (15000 Gen.+
500 SC) 500 SC)
12. Kerala (Dir. of Agr.) 2100 - - 2100
(2000 Gen.+ (2000 Gen.+
100 SC) 100 SC)
13. Kerala (ANERT), 2500 - 600 1900
Thiruvananthapuram (2400 Gen + (Gen) (1800 Gen +
100 SC) 100 SC)
14. Madhya Pradesh (MPSAIDC) 10400 - - 10400
(9900 Gen + (9900 Gen +
500 SC) 500 SC)
15. Maharashtra (RD&WCD) 13700 700 - 14400
(12800 Gen + (Gen) (13500 Gen +
900 SC) 900 SC
16. Meghalaya (MNREDA) 500 - 250 250
17. Mizoram (Dir.of AH) 500 - - 500
18. Nagaland (Dir.of NRE) 500 - 200 300
19. Odhisha (OREDA) 7100 - 2000 5100
(6600 Gen + (Gen) (4600 Gen +
500 SC) 500 (SC)
20. Punjab (PEDA) 9250 1000 - 10250
(9000 Gen + (Gen) (10000 Gen +
250 SC) 250 SC)
21. Rajasthan (BDTC, Udaipur) 1100 - - 1100
(1000 Gen + (1000 Gen +
100 SC) 100 SC)
22. Sikkim (SREDA) 200 - - 200
23. Tamilnadu (RD&RD) 800 - 300 500
(700 Gen + (Gen) (400 Gen +
100 SC) 100 SC)
24. Telangana(TNREDECL) 7560 2340 - 9900
(6300 Gen + (Gen) (8640 Gen +
1260 SC) 1260 SC)
25. Tripura (TREDA) 400 - - 400
(300 Gen + (300 Gen +
100 SC) 100 SC)

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26. Uttar Pradesh (RDD) 1800 - 500 1300
(1500 Gen + (Gen) (1000 Gen +
300 SC) 300 SC)
27. Uttar Pradesh (UPNEDA) 500 - - 500
(400Gen + (400 Gen +
100 SC) 100 SC)
28. Uttarakhand (UREDA, 400 - - 400
Dehradun) (350 Gen + (350 Gen +
50 SC) 50 SC)
29. Uttarakhand (RDD,Pauri) 500 - - 500
(450 Gen + (450 Gen +
50 SC) 50 SC)
30. KVIC, Mumbai 12800 - 6540 6260
(10500 Gen + (4660 Gen +
800 SC + 800 SC +
1500 NER) 800 NER)
Total:- 1,10,000/- (+)10,540 (-)10540 1,10,000/-

Note: Not exceeding the targets over 10% of the total as given in the last column.

2. All concerned State Nodal Departments/State Nodal Agencies and KVIC, Mumbai are requested to
take immediate steps for achieving the targets in full allocated as above with ensuring quality
construction, commissioning and proper functioning of plants as per same guidelines, terms and
conditions as were approved for 2014-15 and communicated vide this Ministry’s letter of even number
dated 30.06.2014.

3. Kindly acknowledger the receipt.

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-.

(S.K. Khurana)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Copy for information to:-

1. Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , New Delhi.

2. PS to Secretary, MNRE.
3. PS to AS & FA, MNRE
4. PS to Adv. (E), MNRE
5. Dir (BG)/ Dir(P&C)/ DS(IFD)/US(F)/SO (IFD), MNRE
6. PAO/SO(Budget), MNRE
7. Individual files of States/Agencies/Guard file Sd/-.
(S.K. Khurana)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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