Jindal Bio-Fuel Limited is in the process of establishing a 250 TPD Bio-Methanation Plant in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, India, utilizing agricultural waste and Napier Grass as the primary feedstock. This state-of-the-art facility aims to contribute to India’s renewable energy sector by producing Compressed Biogas (CBG) and organic manure, fostering sustainable waste management, and promoting green energy solutions.

The project aligns with India’s Sustainable Energy Initiatives under the National Bio-Energy Mission and the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) Scheme, which encourage the production and utilization of clean energy while reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The proposed Compressed Biomethane Gas (CBG) Plant will be equipped with modern Mesophilic Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor (CSTR) Digester Technology, ensuring efficient waste digestion and gas production.

Waste / Bio-mass sources like agricultural residue, cattle dung, sugarcane press mud, municipal solid waste and sewage treatment plant waste, etc. produce bio-gas through the process of anaerobic decomposition. The biogas is purified to remove hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapor and compressed as Compressed Bio Gas (CBG), which has methane (CH4) content of more than 90%.

CBG has calorific value and other properties similar to CNG and hence can be utilized as green renewable automotive fuel. Thus, it can replace CNG in automotive, industrial and commercial areas, given the abundance biomass availability within the country.

Conversion of agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste (MSW) into CBG in a commercial scale is expected to have the following benefits;