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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India

A. Biogas Power Generation (Off-Grid) and Thermal Energy Application Programme (BPGTP)

Biogas Power Generation (Off-Grid) and Thermal Energy Application Programme promotes biogas-based decentralized renewable energy sources of power generation (Off-Grid) in the capacity range of 3 kW to 250 kW or thermal energy for heating / cooling applications from the biogas generation produced from biogas plants of 30 M3 to 2500 M3 size. It also seeks to process scientifically the organic wastes/ biomass waste as feedstock for the purpose of setting up of biogas plants.

The programme is also implemented by the State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) for Renewable Energy, Biogas Development and Training Centres (BDTCs), Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in states where Agriculture and State Rural Development Departments are not in a position to implement the scheme.

The programme is beneficial for rural and semi-urban areas for meeting electrical and thermal energy demands, particularly for small dairy and poultry farms.

Website Link: https://mnre.gov.in/bio-energy/schemes

 

B. New National Biogas and Organic Manure Programme (NNBOMP)

The New National Biogas and Organic Manure Programme’s aim is to provide clean cooking fuel for kitchens, lighting and meeting other thermal and small power needs of farmers/ dairy farmers/ users, including individual households, to improve organic manure system based on bio-slurry from biogas plants in rural and semi-urban areas by setting up of small size biogas plants of 1 to 25 cubic metre capacity. It also aims to mitigate drudgery of women and save time for them for other livelihood activities, reduce pressure on forests and accentuate social benefits. Also, it seeks to improve sanitation in rural and semi-urban areas, including linking sanitary toilets with cattle dung biogas plants, and provide slurry (liquid / semi-solid or dried ) produced by biogas plants as an organic enriched bio-manure to help reduce use of chemical fertilizers such as urea. In addition, it seeks to link biogas slurry with enrichment units such as vermicomposting, Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM) plants and other organic enrichment facilities as a source of value addition to biogas plant slurry.

The Programme also aims to meet ‘lifeline energy’ needs for clean cooking as envisaged in “Integrated Energy Policy” of NITI Aayog (erstwhile Planning Commission) and help in combating and reduction in causes of climate change by preventing emissions of Green House Gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere.

Website Link: https://mnre.gov.in/bio-energy/schemes

 

C . Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial, Agricultural Wastes/ Residues and Municipal Solid Waste

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, launched the programme “Energy from Urban, Industrial, Agricultural Wastes/Residues and Municipal Solid Waste” with the following objectives:

  • To promote the setting up of projects for recovery of energy in the form of biogas / bio-CNG / power from urban, industrial and agricultural waste and captive power and thermal use through gasification in industries
  • To promote the setting up of projects for recovery of energy from municipal solid waste (MSW) for feeding power into the grid and for meeting captive power, thermal and vehicular fuel requirements.
  • To promote biomass gasifiers for feeding power into the grid or meeting captive power and thermal needs of rice mills/other industries and villages.
  • To create conducive conditions and environment, with fiscal and financial regime, to develop, demonstrate and disseminate utilization of wastes and residues for recovery of energy.

Website link: https://mnre.gov.in/waste-to-energy/schemes