Odisha has potential to establish 500 compressed bio-gas plants, say OMCs

The Union government has launched Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) to promote CBG production

Odisha has a potential to establish 500 compressed bio-gas (CBG) plants out of 5000 such plants targeted to be set up across the country. The plants are estimated to have an annual CBG production of 15 million tonnes by 2023. The target of putting of 5000 CBG plants is expected to attract  Rs 1.7 trillion in investment.

“The state has the potential to have 500 CBG plants. We are organizing a roadshow on December 16 to attract potential entrepreneurs and make available CBG in the market for use as automotive and domestic fuel” , said Pritish Bharat, state level coordinator