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 BIOGAS
 Biogas is a cheap, commonly available and renewable
energy source that can be generated from organic feed
stocks under anaerobic conditions.
 It is primarily methane and can be generated from
various sources like animal manure, crops residues,
municipal solid waste, etc.
 The disposable bio-waste in India is estimated to be
around 600 million tonnes. If all of these are put into
productive use, it will produce 25 times the CNG that we
are using today, and replace more than 50 percent of the
total fuel imports.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIOGAS
PLANT
 Fixed dome type
 Floating drum type

 ARTI type

 Nisargruna (BARC) type

 ORGANIC WASTES AND THEIR
ESTIMATED QUANTITY IN INDIA
Sr.No. Organic wastes Estimated Quantity

1 Municipal Solid Waste 30million tons/year

2 Municipal liquid Waste 1200 million lt./day
3 Distillery (243 units)  8057 kilolitres/day
4  Press mud  9 million tons/year
5 Food & fruit processing wastes  4.5 million tons/year 
6 Willow dust  30000 tons/year
7 Dairy industry waste 50-60 million lt./day
8 Paper & pulp industry waste 1600 m3/day
9 Tannery 52500 m3waste water/day
 FUTURE PROSOECTS
 India is the second largest consumer of biogas in the
world. As per Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, the minister for
Oil and Natural Resources, India will receive an
investment of Rs 2 lakh crore in setting up 5000 biogas
plants, by 2023-24.
 Biogas industry is really taking off in India as it has
happened with solar and wind energy. The Ministry of
Renewable Energy under which it falls is very bullish
about it. India is becoming a favoured destination for
investing in renewable energy. Between 2014 to 2020
over $ 64 billion was invested in this sector, and much of
it was from foreign countries.
3 CATEGORIES OF BIOGAS PLANT

 Small scale biogas plant which comes in the household

and community level.
 Mid-size biogas plant.
 Industrial size.
The total number of small and mid-size plants in India is
about 5 million. In the large scale biogas plants, there are
about 300 megawatts of installed capacity.
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 Biogas has a number of applications:
 Household cooking and lighting.

 Production of electricity by running geneses or engines.

 The residues can be utilised as high quality compost to

fertilise the soil.
 Can be used as vehicular fuels reducing the need for imports.

One 100 meter cubic per day biogas bottling plant can fill 8
cylinders of 6 kg capacity per day. In one year, such a plant
can supply the energy equivalent of 17,520 litres of petrol or
diesel. This amounts to around Rs 10 lakhs of fuel annually
and can be sold as fuels for vehicles like auto-rickshaws,
buses, and also used for running irrigation pump sets and
electricity generators. With such widespread application of
biogas, the cost of one enriching and bottling plant can be
recovered in three years.
 CONCLUSION
 Due to a lot of support from the government, biogas
business in India is a sunrise sector and shows a lot of
prospects.
 Many biomass utilisations projects in India get subsidies
and show profits. The raw materials used in such plants are
mostly wastes, and the major expense is only on the
construction of the plant. 
  Selling biogas can be a profitable venture for an
entrepreneur who is into dairy farming with between 50 to
60 animals. The gas which is produced through anaerobic
digestion can be stored in small cylinders and used as
cooking fuel. 
 In rural areas it can be a source of clean energy, reduce the
reliance on firewood, and increase the income of dairy
farmers.