Lok Sabha Question No. 870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Biogas/Waste-to-energy Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 870

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## BIOGAS/WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS

## 870. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set up biogas/waste-to-energy plants in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  such  plants  with  installed  capacity operating in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote such power plants?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for  SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)to(c)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  promotes  installation  of  Biogas/ Waste-to-Energy  plants  to  generate  Biogas/BioCNG/  Power  in  the  Country  through following schemes/incentives:

- i. Financial assistance available under  the  Programme  on Energy  from  Urban, Industrial  and  Agricultural  Wastes/  Residues for  setting  up  large  scale  Biogas plants/Waste to Energy plants.
- ii.  Financial assistance available under Biogas based Power Generation (Off-Grid) and Thermal  Energy  application  Programme  (BPGTP) for  promoting  biogas  generation for decentralized applications viz. decentralized power generation in the capacity range 3 kW to 250 kW and also for thermal energy applications having size range of biogas plants from 30 m3 to 2500 m3 per day.
- iii.  Concessional  Customs  Duty  and  GST  at  rate  of  5%  for  initial  setting  up  of  grid connected projects for power generation;
- iv. 'Must Run' status to Waste to Energy projects.
- v. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has also amended the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 and included the provisions for usage of biogas, in the form of bio-CNG, in motor vehicles produced from waste.

So far, 311 Biogas based Power generation projects (off-grid projects in the capacity range of  3kW  to  250kW)  with  cumulative  installed  capacity  of  7.128  MW  and  201  Waste-toEnergy  projects  with  cumulative  capacity  of  330.93MWeq  for  generation  of  Biogas /BioCNG /Power based on urban, industrial and agricultural waste have been established in the country. As per the evaluation study of the BPGTP scheme, about 90 % of the installed projects / plants of the inspected sample size have been found to be in working condition.

The State/UT-wise details of installed Biogas based Power projects (off-grid projects in the capacity range of 3kW to 250kW) and Waste-to-Energy plants in the country, as on 31.12.2019, are given at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.

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## Annexure-I referred to in Reply to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 870 for 06.02.2020 regarding 'Biogas/Waste Plants'

'State-wise details of installed  capacity  and  number  Biogas  based  Power generation projects (Off-Grid projects in the capacity range of 3kW to 250kW) set up in the country, as on 31.12.2020'

| S.No   | Name of the state   | Installed capacity &numbers of Biogas based Power plants   | Installed capacity &numbers of Biogas based Power plants   | Installed capacity &numbers of Biogas based Power plants   |
|--------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|        |                     | Nos                                                        | M 3                                                        | kW                                                         |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      | 33                                                         | 4145                                                       | 466                                                        |
| 2      | Gujrat              | 01                                                         | 200                                                        | 20                                                         |
| 3      | Haryana             | 02                                                         | 2370                                                       | 135                                                        |
| 4      | Karnataka           | 66                                                         | 15075                                                      | 1570.5                                                     |
| 5      | Maharashtra         | 44                                                         | 7520                                                       | 825.5                                                      |
| 6      | Punjab              | 32                                                         | 8510                                                       | 922.5                                                      |
| 7      | Rajasthan           | 01                                                         | 60                                                         | 7.5                                                        |
| 8      | Tamil Nadu          | 38                                                         | 20970                                                      | 1971                                                       |
| 9      | Uttarakhand         | 10                                                         | 625                                                        | 73                                                         |
| 10     | Uttar Pradesh       | 34                                                         | 4950                                                       | 679                                                        |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh      | 05                                                         | 650                                                        | 60                                                         |
| 12     | Kerala              | 38                                                         | 1060                                                       | 124                                                        |
| 13     | West Bengal         | 01                                                         | 340                                                        | 60                                                         |
| 14     | Odisha              | 01                                                         | 30                                                         | 6                                                          |
| 15     | Telangana           | 5                                                          | 2040                                                       | 208                                                        |
|        | Total               | 311                                                        | 68545                                                      | 7128                                                       |

## Annexure-II referred to in Reply to parts (a) to(c) of the Lok Sabha unstarred No. 870 for 06.02.2020 regarding 'Biogas/Waste-to-Energy Plants'

## 'State-wise details of installed capacity and number Waste-to-Energy plants set up for generation of Biogas, BioCNG and Power in the country, as on 31.12.2020'

|    |                  | Biogas generation plants   | BioCNG generation plants   | Power generation plants   | Total        |
|----|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|    |                  | (A)                        | (B)                        | (C)                       | (A+B+C)      |
|    | State/UT         | m 3 /day (No. of plants)   | Kg/day (No. of plants)     | MW (No. of plants)        | MWeq         |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh   | 90,540 (7)                 | -                          | 40.82(15)                 | 48.365 (22)  |
| 2  | Bihar            | 12,000 (1)                 | -                          | -                         | 1.00 (1)     |
| 3  | Chhattisgarh     | -                          | -                          | 0.33 (1)                  | 0.33 (1)     |
| 4  | Delhi            | -                          | -                          | 52.00 (3)                 | 52.00 (3)    |
| 5  | Gujarat          | 24,800( 4)                 | 28338 (5)                  | 11.275 (10)               | 19.25 (19)   |
| 6  | Haryana          | -                          | 4250 (3)                   | 4.0 (2)                   | 4.89 (5)     |
| 7  | Himachal Pradesh | 12,000 (1)                 | -                          | -                         | 1.00 (1)     |
| 8  | Karnataka        | 58,060 (3)                 | 9521 (3)                   | 7.8(5)                    | 14.62 (11)   |
| 9  | Kerala           | 2,760 (1)                  | -                          | -                         | 0.23 (1)     |
| 10 | Madhya Pradesh   | 27,014 (5)                 | 1,200 (1)                  | 15.4 (3)                  | 17.90(9)     |
| 11 | Maharashtra      | 1,09636 (10)               | 27,723 (4)                 | 28.713 (15)               | 43.63 (29)   |
| 12 | Punjab           | 34800 (5)                  | 1,847 (1)                  | 14.92(7)                  | 18.20 ( 13)  |
| 13 | Rajasthan        | -                          | 4,000 (2)                  | 3.0 (1)                   | 3.83 (3)     |
| 14 | Tamil Nadu       | 1,50218 (28)               | -                          | 10.45(6)                  | 22.97 (34)   |
| 15 | Telangana        | 37,100 (5)                 | -                          | 19.5(4)                   | 22.59 (9)    |
| 16 | Uttar Pradesh    | 62,320 (6)                 | 2,000 (1)                  | 44.63 (22)                | 50.24 (29)   |
| 17 | Uttarakhand      | 67,260 (5)                 | 5,880 (2)                  | 1.89 (2)                  | 8.72 (9)     |
| 18 | West Bengal      | 14,000(2)                  | -                          | -                         | 1.17 (2)     |
|    | Total            | 7,02,508 (83)              | 84,759 (22)                | 254.73 (96)               | 330.93 (201) |