100crore CBG plant to come up in Bilaspur to tackle urban solid waste

Time of India

11 hours ago

Raipur: In a significant step towards urban solid waste management in Chhattisgarh, a Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) plant will be established in Bilaspur, with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) investing approximately Rs 100 crore in the project.
A tripartite concession agreement was signed at the Bilaspur collectorate.
The plant, to be set up on 10 acres in Kachhar, will process 150 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste daily to produce 5 to 10 metric tonnes of biogas. This initiative aims to promote organic farming, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create around 30,000 annual jobs, and generate Rs 1 crore in GST revenue annually. An Integrated Energy Unit for biogas refilling and electric vehicle charging is also planned for Koni.
On Jan 17, 2025, a tripartite MoU for establishing CBG plants was executed between CBDA, GAIL, and BPCL for Bilaspur and five other municipal corporations in the state. This was done in the presence of CM Sai and deputy CM Arun Sao.
The municipal corporation has provided the land to BPCL at a concessional rate. An RDF plant is already established there by the municipal corporation. Officials from BPCL/Gas Authority of India Limited and CBDA conducted a preliminary survey for establishing the plant on this land.
The organic fertiliser produced as a by-product from the plant will promote organic farmingm they added. The plant's establishment is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The full-capacity production and sale from the CBG plant will generate Rs 1 crore annually in GST revenue, officials added. Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) is produced through the anaerobic digestion process using waste materials such as agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, municipal solid waste, and sewage treatment plant waste.
After purification, it is compressed and called Compressed Bio Gas (CBG), which has a high methane content.
Given the consumption of biogas in the country, CBG has the potential to replace CNG in automobile, industrial, and commercial uses in the coming years.
The agreement was between BPCL, Bilaspur Municipal Corporation, and Chhattisgarh Biofuel Development Authority (CBDA), in the presence of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Manoj Pingua.
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