India needs to integrate existing government initiatives related to the biogas sector: IBA
New Delhi, India on May 8, India needs to integrate existing government initiatives related to the biogas sector, the Indian Biogas Association said on Thursday.
According to a statement, in a white paper issued by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the Indian Biogas Association (IBA) advocates the unification of existing government initiatives – Sustainable Affordable Transportation (SATAT), Satat, Satat and CBG (Compressed Biogas) (Compressed Biogas) – according to a national declaration.
The association said in a statement that the IBA released a white paper at the 4th BBB summit held in the national capital on Thursday.
In addition, the white paper suggests that centralized tracking, standardized performance benchmarking, and integrated funding mechanisms are needed to drive rapid and large-scale deployment of Indian biogas solutions.
Key recommendations include the same CBG convergence in various sectors, the development of a green certificate ecosystem, and a fast tracked decentralized biogas infrastructure.
It also proposes to incentivize waste apartheid and inclusion of raw material supply chains, strengthen access to rural energy through clean cooking fuels, bridge skills gaps through dedicated labor programs, and empower women through biogas micro-enterprises.
It said that integrating biogas into public transportation systems and smart building infrastructure would promote the industry.
In addition, it calls for the use of LPG-biogenic mixing furnaces by introducing target subsidies and combined with the Ujjjwala Yojana and City City Gas Pressctions (CGD) networks to promote major culinary fuels in rural India.
“About 62 million tons of municipal solid waste lack proper scientific treatment and is unpopular every year, while more than 80% of rural households still rely on biomass fuels,” IBA chairman Gaurav Kedia said in a statement.
Meanwhile, he said India imported more than 85% of its crude oil, putting the economy facing global price volatility and excessive foreign reserves.
The IBA organized the summit in partnership with Reveille Energy and Indus Exposium.
“By leveraging untapped powers of the decentralized biogas system, India can redefine energy equality, empower rural and urban communities, and build a circular economy, which is reborn for design,” said Rohit Dev, IBA and MD consultant at Reveille Energy.
Dev added: “This white paper presents a pragmatic multistakeholder roadmap to remove this potential. But policy alone is not enough, and what India needs now is belief, coordination and collective action.”
Founded in 2011 and revitalized in 2015, IBA has been at the forefront of bioenergy solutions across India.
