MNRE has continued the National Bioenergy Programme for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The programme has been recommended for implementation in two phases. The Phase-I of the programme has been approved with a budget outlay of Rs 8.58 billion. The National Bioenergy Programme will comprise of three sub-schemes including- waste to energy programme (programme on energy from urban, industrial and agricultural wastes /residues) to support setting up of large biogas, bio compressed natural gas (bioCNG) and power plants (excluding municipal solid waste to power projects); biomass programme (scheme to support manufacturing of briquettes and pellets and promotion of biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration in industries) to support setting up of pellets and briquettes for use in power generation and non-bagasse based power generation projects; and biogas programme to support setting up of family and medium size biogas in rural areas.
MNRE organises seminar on National Bio Energy Programme
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organised a seminar on the “National Bio Energy Programme” in New Delhi in partnership with UNIDO and GEF, as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. During the […]
Dr Sanjukta Subudhi: Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Advanced Biofuels Division, TERI
Dr Sanjukta Subudhi is a molecular microbiologist working as an associate director and senior fellow, and leading the Microbial Biofuels and Biochemical group at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. Her group’s research […]
Biomass co-firing in coal-based thermal power plants
In India, majority of power generation is through coal-based thermal power plants. Thermal-based generation gives rise to carbon emissions, Sox, Nox emissions, along with suspended particulate matter, thereby polluting the environment. As per the Paris […]