Budaun CBG plant to produce 14 Metric tonnes of biogas per day: Petroleum Minister Hardeep S Puri

Speaking about HPCL’s Compressed Biogas (CBG) Plant inaugurated in Badaun today, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, said that this plant has a processing capacity of 100 MTPD of rice straw and can generate 14 MTPD of  CBG along with 65 MTPD of solid manure. The CBG plant at Badaun is commissioned with an investment of Rs. 133 crore (approx.) by HPCL and is spread across an area of 50 acres (approx.).

In a momentous event, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, inaugurated Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited’s (HPCL) pioneering Biomass-based Compressed Biogas (CBG) Plant in Budaun today i.e. on January 27, 2024 in the august presence of Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Rameswar Teli, State Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Labour and Employment, Govt. of India, Shri Dharmendra Kashyap,  MP, Aonla, Shri Rajeev Kumar Singh, MLA, Dataganj, Shri Mahesh Chandra Gupta, MLA, Budaun Sadar and Senior officials from MoPNG and UP Govt along with C&MD – HPCL and Senior officials from HPCL.

The Inauguration of this CBG Plant aligns with the Government of India’s emphasis on reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels. As part of the National Biofuel Policy 2018, this initiative contributes to the government’s goal of reducing import dependency by 10%, with a focus on second-generation (2G) bio refineries and Compressed Bio-Gas Plants.